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Recovering Rashid Khan to miss Afghanistan's first-ever Sri Lanka Test

NEW DELHI: Afghanistan's premier spinner Rashid Khan will be absent from the squad for their historic first-ever Test against Sri Lanka next month, as confirmed by selectors in Kabul on Monday. This decision stems from Rashid's ongoing recovery from a recent back surgery.

The Times of India

Afghan Women Detained Over Improper Hijab: Taliban Official

A Taliban official has said several girls and women were detained recently in Kabul for not covering themselves properly, after reports circulated of a crackdown in the Afghan capital.

International Business Times

Afghan girls detained and lashed by Taliban for violating hijab rules

Girls as young as 16 arrested in shops, classes and markets in Kabul by the Taliban, who labelled them ‘infidels’ for wearing ‘bad hijab’

The Guardian - UK

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Veiled rebellion: Female medical students go underground in Afghanistan

One year ago, the Taliban told women they couldn’t study medicine. Now, some are doing it in secret.

Al Jazeera

Inside a Different Kabul

Seven portraits from post-Taliban Afghanistan

The Walrus

'Crazy For Cricket': Young Afghans Inspired By National Team's Success

In a central Kabul street, the sound of kids playing was once mostly the scuff of a football against concrete.

International Business Times

Is Modi’s India cosying up to the Taliban?

The embassy of the former Afghan government has shuttered in New Delhi amid allegations that India stopped helping it.

Al Jazeera

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Long Wait For Freedom: Afghan Refugees In Limbo In Pakistan

Abdullah was a well-known public figure in Afghanistan, a journalist and university lecturer respected by his readers and students.

International Business Times

Taliban in contact with Afghan diplomats: source

Taliban establishes contact with Afghan diplomats in Delhi; Deputy Foreign Minister Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai urges UN to give chair of Afghanistan to Taliban

The Hindu

The inhumane decision to expel Afghan refugees

What Pakistan does not understand is that the Afghan Taliban in power in Kabul, even if they do not have international recognition, will not do its bidding

The Hindu

A 'Turning Point' In Strategic Relationship: Afghan Embassy In New Delhi Closes Citing Challenges From India

There are no diplomats from the Afghan Republic remaining in India. Ambassador Farid Mamundzay and others who served at the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan have safely "reached third countries," the embassy said in a statement Friday.

International Business Times

Taliban welcome return of international flights to Kabul

Officials from Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban welcomed the resumption of FlyDubai flights to Kabul international airport

The Independent UK

FlyDubai resumes flights to Afghanistan after halting them 2 years ago as Taliban captured Kabul

Officials from Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban welcomed the resumption of FlyDubai flights to Kabul international airport

The Independent UK

‘They bring us joy’: Afghans swept up in cricketing fairytale

Blue Tigers’ exceptional performances in India a ray of light in country beset by problems

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The Times of India

Beaten, but Afghanistan is story and hero of this World Cup

Salar Sayed doesn't want to talk. "I am heartbroken right now," says the Kabul-born ticketing agent sitting behind his Lajpat Nagar desk in south Delhi. It's the noon after Afghanistan lost to Australia in the World Cup, and Afghan expatriates like him are still in mourning. They are agonising over…

France 24

Afghans leaving Pakistan after expulsion order 'have nothing to return to', NGO says

It's estimated that nearly 300,000 Afghan migrants have fled Pakistan since the start of October. This comes after the Pakistani government announced that the 1.7 million Afghans it says are living illegally in the country had just one month to leave. The decision has left thousands of Afghans, some of…

Al Jazeera

ISIL claims Kabul bus attack targeting Shia Muslims

Attacks against Afghanistan’s historically oppressed Shia Hazara community are rising.

Evening Standard

OPINION - The London Question: Why does TV have to portray London like it’s downtown Kabul?

Dear God, did you read about that gang shootout in an old people’s home in east London the other day? Maybe you did not, because it was weirdly under-reported in the news but… horrible. Just horrible. Tons of shots fired. Loads of people dead. “I peed myself four or five…

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Al Jazeera

As Pakistan deports refugees, tense Afghanistan ties come in sharp focus

Pakistan says most Afghans have left voluntarily, a claim rejected by Kabul which calls Pakistani action ‘humiliating’.

Al Jazeera

‘Kill me here, but I am not going back’: An Afghan refugee in Pakistan

Shakira Aslami’s family is among thousands fearing an uncertain future as Pakistan cracks down on undocumented migrants.

The Independent UK

Murdered, tortured or in hiding from the Taliban: The special forces abandoned by Britain

A major joint investigation has uncovered shocking evidence that Afghan soldiers who were trained, paid and worked ‘shoulder-to-shoulder’ with UK forces have been denied relocation to Britain and left to face torture and death

The Guardian - UK

‘I remember the silence between the falling shells’: the terror of living under siege as a child

The long read: I was 10 years old in 1992 when Kabul was bombarded by warring forces, and life became a cycle of hunger, fear and horror. Then as now, children bear the brunt of war

The Guardian - AU

For Afghans around the world this Cricket World Cup is providing a rare moment of joy

From Kabul to Melbourne, millions are celebrating Afghanistan’s stunning performance. It’s about more than just cricket

The Times of India

Watch: Afghanistan celebrates rare cricket triumph over Pakistan in World Cup

Kabul's skies were illuminated by fireworks and celebratory gunfire as Afghans rejoiced in their remarkable eight-wicket victory over Pakistan in the ICC World Cup, marking a rare moment of public jubilation.

The Hindu

An Indian in quake-hit Afghanistan cries for help, wants to ‘come back home’

Afghan quake kills 2,000; Indian woman Asma, husband and daughter flee home in fear. Asma called Indian embassy in Kabul for help. She married Afghan man in India and they lived happily until Taliban overthrew govt. Asma, family living in tent, out of money & scared of tremors. Hopes Indian…

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