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Russia abstains on U.N. Afghan mission vote over 'ignorance' of new realities

The U.N. Security Council on Thursday renewed the world body's assistance mission in Afghanistan for another year, but Russia abstained from the vote over what it called a "stubborn ignorance of the new realities" after the Taliban seized power.

Reuters

UN's new Afghanistan mandate focuses on equality, inclusion

The U.N. Security Council has approved a robust mandate for its political mission in Afghanistan following the Taliban takeover last August

The Independent UK

Taliban to open high schools for girls next week, official says

The Taliban will allow girls around Afghanistan to return to class when high schools open next week, an education official said on Thursday, after months of uncertainty over whether the group would allow full access to education for girls and women.

Reuters

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Risking Their Lives to Rescue Afghans Left Behind

Inside the volunteer effort to save the stranded men and women who worked with the U.S. military

Reason

‘Flashback’: Ukraine war revives painful memories for Afghans

While sympathising with the plight of Ukrainians, Afghans also question double standards in the international response.

Al Jazeera

Docs prove CIA torture training

A prisoner at a CIA site in Afghanistan was used as training prop, according to newly declassified documents

Salon

Commentary: The International Criminal Court matters. Can Ukraine make us see that?

Two years ago, the U.S. government treated the International Criminal Court like an enemy of the state. Now, the ICC may be the only way to ensure justice for Russia’s war crimes.

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UN to Vote on Its Scope in Afghanistan, Barring a Russia Veto

The Security Council votes Thursday on a resolution to secure the United Nations' presence in war-torn Afghanistan into the future -- unless Russia, which has stymied negotiations this week, vetoes the measure. The draft text introduced by Norway reshapes the global body's relations with Kabul to account for last year's…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Homeland Security gives Afghans in US temporary protected status

WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security announced Wednesday it will designate Afghanistan for temporary protected status, providing 18 months of deportation relief to Afghans who fled the country following its fall to the Taliban last year.

Tribune News Service

Detainee at secret CIA detention site was used as living prop for torture techniques

Ammar Al-Baluchi - a Pakistani 9/11 suspect still being held at Guantanamo Bay - was routinely and repeatedly tortured by CIA agents while at a secret facility north of Kabul, Afghanistan known as "Cobalt" or "the darkness" to prisoners, declassified documents have revealed

Daily Mirror

United Nations votes are not black and white

Delegations do not vote for or against other countries; they vote for themselves

The Hindu

Biden administration shields Afghans in US from deportation

US grants TPS to Afghans, but advocates say law securing path to permanent residency for refugees still needed.

Al Jazeera

Biden to grant temporary deportation relief to Afghans in the United States

The Biden administration will grant temporary deportation relief and work permits to Afghans without permanent legal status but who are currently in the U.S., a move that could aid those evacuated after last year's U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Reuters

DHS offering temporary protection and work permits to Afghans in U.S.

Roughly 80,000 Afghans have been evacuated and brought to the U.S. since the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan

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The Independent UK

His bus has been shot and blown up but this US veteran is still crossing Ukraine, saving lives

EXCLUSIVE: Project Dynamo’s cofounder Bryan Stern tells Rachel Sharp about both the heartbreaking goodbyes and the emotional reunions as he carries out dangerous rescue missions to evacuate people out of Ukraine

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Homeland Security gives Afghans in US temporary protected status - Roll Call

More than 75,000 Afghans have been resettled in the US since their country's fall to the Taliban last year.

The Guardian - AU

Ben Roberts-Smith accused of ‘intimidating witnesses’ to war crimes inquiry, court hears

Court also hears evidence from serving SAS veteran that Victoria Cross recipient wanted to ‘choke a man to death with my bare hands’ in Afghanistan

AAP

Roberts-Smith's 'threat to choke to death'

Ben Roberts-Smith threatened to choke a man to death with his bare hands in Afghanistan and also assaulted an unarmed frightened prisoner, an SAS soldier says.

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The Independent UK

Countess of Wessex tells UN event ‘life has regressed’ for women in Afghanistan

Sophie called on the international community to support women peacebuilders and activists who have stood up to the Taliban to demand their rights.

The Independent UK

UN refugee chief in Kabul to say Afghans are not forgotten

The head of the U.N. refugee agency is in Kabul to tell Afghans they have not been forgotten — even as the international community scrambles to deal with the devastation of the war in Ukraine and a humanitarian crisis unseen in Europe since World War II

The Independent UK

Generals say Afghanistan, Somalia pullouts hurt terror fight

Senior U.S. commanders tell Congress that the complete U.S. military withdrawals from Afghanistan and Somalia last year have made it more difficult for the U.S. to counter terror groups that aspire to attack America and its allies

The Hindu

Pakistan’s neutrality, Taliban’s worry

The Afghan Taliban will be affected by Imran Khan’s diplomatic manoeuvres in the Ukraine minefield

Asharq Al-Awsat

World Must Not Forget Afghanistan Because of Ukraine War, Says UN

The Russian invasion of Ukraine must not make the world forget Afghanistan, the UN refugee chief said on Tuesday, warning that ignoring its humanitarian needs could be "very risky". UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi, who is on four day visit to Afghanistan, said the international community must continue to engage with…

Reuters

UNHCR chief asks world not to forget Afghanistan during Ukraine crisis

The dire humanitarian situation in Afghanistan should not be forgotten as the world's attention is focused on the conflict in Ukraine, the United Nation's High Commissioner for Refugees said on Tuesday ahead of a key donor conference set to take place this month.

Wales Online

Veteran Fox News reporter Pierre Zakrzewski killed in Ukraine

The 55-year-old had covered conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria

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