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Home Office sent family back to Afghanistan a week before Kabul fell

Exclusive: Ministers accused of ‘unforgiveable mistake’ after family of five flown back to Afghanistan days before Taliban takeover

The Independent UK

It’s a long wait to obtain e-visa for Afghan student studying in Kerala university

The government declared all the Visa of Afghans as invalid and requested them to apply for E-visa following the Taliban’s takeover last year.

The Hindu

Former British Army sergeant Steve Arnold on why he's hellbent on making his one shot at Winter Paralympic duty count

Arnold, 42, only started Para Nordic skiing five years ago after losing both of his legs while serving in Afghanistan but has now finally fulfilled his dream at Beijing 2022

Wales Online

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India, Pakistan take a similar diplomatic path on Russia-Ukraine

India and Pakistan have both stressed the importance of Russia and Ukraine de-escalating hostilities.

Al Jazeera

Former SAS soldier tells court he saw Ben Roberts-Smith kick handcuffed man off a cliff before he was shot dead

Witness heard gunfire and turned to see different patrol member with raised weapon and detainee shot dead, court hears

The Guardian - AU

Mumbai: Expect poor air quality for one more day

MUMBAI: The effect of a dust storm, that emanated from the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, over Mumbai is expected to continue for at least a day. Against Saturday's air quality index (AQI) of 302, the city continued to fare poorly on Sunday with an AQI of 304, ahead of Delhi's AQI at…

The Times of India

‘Double standards’: Western coverage of Ukraine war criticised

Social media users accuse media of hypocrisy in its coverage of Russia’s war on Ukraine compared with other conflicts.

Al Jazeera

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The One Armed Chef, Giles Duley: ‘Cooking was the way I found peace’

The photographer, who lost both legs and an arm in Afghanistan, on his documentary series in which he cooks with families in countries ruined by war

The Guardian - UK

Afghan public universities reopen with gender segregated classes

Universities reopen six months after Taliban returned to power, but only a trickle of women have returned to classrooms.

Al Jazeera

Afghan universities reopen, with few women

Afghanistan’s main universities reopened on Saturday six months after the Taliban returned to power, but only a trickle of women returned to now-segregated classes.

Bangkok Post

Brit tourist in Ukraine said it's 'still safer than London or Birmingham'

Student Miles Routledge, from Birmingham, is a disaster tourist and has made his way to Ukraine amid the Russian invasion - after previously being 'evacuated' from Afghanistan

Daily Mirror

US Allows Transactions with Afghan Govt despite Sanctions

The United States on Friday issued new rules that would allow most commercial and financial transactions with Afghanistan while maintaining sanctions against the Taliban, in an effort to ease the flow of humanitarian aid and kickstart the paralyzed economy. Non-governmental organizations and financial institutions have expressed concerns about running afoul…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Afghan students return to Kabul U, but with restrictions

Students have returned to Kabul University, among Afghanistan's oldest and most revered institutions of higher education

The Independent UK

U.S. issues new general license on Afghanistan financial transactions - U.S. officials

The U.S. Treasury on Friday issued a new general license allowing international aid organizations and private firms to conduct commercial and financial transactions with Afghan government institutions.

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The Independent UK

US allows trade with Afghanistan despite Taliban sanctions

The Biden administration is seeking to assure financial institutions and other businesses that U.S. sanctions on the Taliban aren’t intended to interfere with trade that could help Afghanistan emerge from an economic and humanitarian crisis

Reuters

Paralysed banking system pushing Afghanistan towards collapse - Red Cross

Afghanistan is inching closer towards economic collapse six months after the Taliban seized power, the Red Cross said on Friday, with a paralysed banking system stymieing international efforts to get financial aid into the war-ravaged country.

The Independent UK

UNICEF chief: Taliban committed to let girls back to school

UNICEF's top chief says the Taliban have committed to allowing Afghan girls to go to school next month

Reuters

College dreams dashed as young Afghan women fight to keep poverty at bay

As students return to universities across Afghanistan this month, law major Waheeda Bayat will not be among them.

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The Philadelphia Inquirer

Mothers who fled Afghanistan for Philadelphia are welcoming 16 babies. They got a baby shower

PHILADELPHIA — The invitations were written in Dari, Pashto, and English.

Reuters

Fresh clashes on Pakistan-Afghanistan border kill two, wound several

Clashes between Afghan and Pakistani security forces have killed two people and wounded several in a border region of the two neighbours, officials said, the latest in a series of such skirmishes.

The Guardian - AU

Ben Roberts-Smith trial: newspapers’ lawyers deny ‘deal’ with witness to ‘steer clear’ of evidence about alleged killing

Former comrade, referred to as Person 56, has been subpoenaed to give evidence, but is seeking to be excused from appearing

The Independent UK

Paralympic skier Steve Arnold admits he had no ambitions to be an elite athlete

The 42-year-old lost both legs above the knee while serving in Afghanistan.

Wales Online

Nato allies prepare to meet after ‘cynical and brutal invasion’ of Ukraine

Russian forces launched a full-scale invasion in the early hours of Thursday, thought to be Moscow’s most aggressive action since the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979

The Independent UK

Republicans at CPAC cast blame for Russia’s Ukraine invasion – but not on Vladimir Putin

Republicans are placing blame for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on a certain commander in chief – but not the one who gave the order to attack, Andrew Feinberg writes

Asharq Al-Awsat

Putin Ignores Global Condemnation as he Unleashes Attack on Ukraine

Russia launched a wide-ranging attack on Ukraine on Thursday, hitting cities and bases with airstrikes or shelling, as civilians piled into trains and cars to flee. Ukraine's government pleaded for help as it said Russian tanks and troops rolled across the border in a “full-scale war." President Vladimir Putin ignored…

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