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US will not fund non-state actors in Afghanistan: Taliban sources

Taliban sources tell Al Jazeera that US officials assured them during a meeting in Doha.

Al Jazeera

Woman, 24, found dead day before she's going to be stoned to death in execution

The 24-year-old was sentenced to death by stoning last week after the Taliban caught her out and about with a man who was not her family member in Afghanistan

Daily Mirror

Afghan refugees camp out in Brazilian airport in search of new life

Blankets and luggage carts have become the makeshift homes to more than a hundred Afghan migrants in Sao Paulo's international airport, serving as a temporary shelter for refugees after their year-long odyssey since the Taliban returned to power.

Reuters

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Gay Afghan man brutally murdered by Taliban in evil bid to ‘eradicate’ LGBTQ+ people

Under the Taliban's interpretation of Sharia Law, homosexuality is strictly prohibited and punishable by death meaning many gay people fear for their lives in the country

Daily Mirror

Taliban say Afghanistan secure enough for big projects

The Taliban say there is enough security across Afghanistan to restart major economic projects, despite attacks rocking the country since the group seized power more than a year ago

The Independent UK

Ukraine’s forgotten refugees: They fled Putin’s war too – but Britain won’t help because of their nationality

Refugees Welcome: Non-Ukrainian nationals who escaped the same invasion have been cut out of the schemes offering sanctuary. Now they find themselves alone with nowhere to turn, reports May Bulman

The Independent UK

United States restricts visas to Taliban, others over repression of Afghan women

The United States has restricted visas from being issued to current and former members of the Taliban, among other individuals, for repressing women and girls in Afghanistan, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said in a statement on Tuesday.

Reuters

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Malala Visits Pakistan on 10th Anniversary of Taliban Shooting

Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai on Tuesday returned to her native Pakistan to meet flood victims, 10 years after a Taliban assassination attempt against her. Her visit -- only the second since she was flown to Britain for life-saving treatment -- comes as thousands of people protested in her home…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ted Cruz attacks AOC for calling out Kanye’s antisemitic tweet

‘So you’ll be voting to censure the Squad’

The Independent UK

Afghanistan on brink of mental health catastrophe, with girls most at risk, report warns

Experts are warning that Afghanistan is on the brink of a mental health catastrophe as the country's economic crisis and decades of conflict take a dangerous toll on children and teens' mental wellbeing.

ABC News

Chilling documentary reveals women's struggle for survival in Afghanistan

British-Iranian correspondent Ramita Navai was in Bayeux, Normandy on Thursday to present the première of her documentary "Afghanistan: No Country for Women", a harrowing look at life under the Taliban. Often using a hidden camera, she witnessed the daily struggle women face to stay alive.

Radio France Internationale

Afghan family in hiding wins waiver on biometric tests for UK visas

Home secretary lifts requirement for Afghans applying to join British family members after high court challenge

The Guardian - UK

The diary of an Afghan girl killed in bombing reveals a list of unfulfilled dreams

Ride a bike. Learn the guitar. Continue studying. All of this came to a violent end for 16-year-old Marzia Mohammadi. Her diary lays bare the struggles of Afghan girls since the Taliban takeover.

WEKU

Ties in focus as Pakistan army chief meets US officials

Analysts say General Qamar Javed Bajwa is in Washington to ensure relations remain functional.

Al Jazeera

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‘She could have done so much good in this world’: victims of the Kabul blast remembered

Relatives and friends of young women killed by a suicide bomber at an education centre in Afghanistan last week write about their loved ones

The Independent UK

Trump nixed Taliban Camp David talks amid worries Ivanka would have to wear burqa

New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman reveals that Mr Trump scrapped a Camp David summit with the Taliban after an adviser asked if Ivanka Trump would have to wear a burqa

WEKU

Since the Taliban takeover, Afghans hoping to leave Afghanistan have few ways out

A year after the U.S. withdrawal, tens of thousands of applicants remain stuck in the backlog of the Special Immigrant Visa program, designed to help those who served the U.S. overseas.

Al Jazeera

Afghan women protest school attack as Taliban cracks down

Women rallied across various cities in Afghanistan after dozens of mostly young women were killed in a school attack.

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Around the world, protesters take to the streets in solidarity with Iranian women

The gatherings are an echo of the protests that have erupted in Iran since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who had been detained by the country's so-called morality police.

The Independent UK

Death toll in last week's Kabul school blast climbs to 52

A tally compiled by The Associated Press shows that last week’s suicide bombing at a Kabul education center killed as many as 52 people, more than double the death toll acknowledged by Taliban officials

The Guardian - UK

Taliban beat women protesting against school bombing, say witnesses

Forces said to have opened fire on crowds who were demonstrating over attack targeting Hazara community

Al Jazeera

‘My sister had dreams’: Mourning after school blast in Kabul

At least 38 killed and 82 wounded in attack on education centre where the majority of victims were young women.

The Hindu

Nobody can doubt India’s feelings for Afghans, says Jaishankar on student visas

As Afghan students protest visa denial, EAM Jaishankar cites security concerns, trust and efficiency of visa system

The Guardian - US

‘These people had our backs’: US veterans lobby to rescue allies trapped in Afghanistan

The Afghan Adjustment Act would offer permanent resident status to Afghans who fled the Taliban but Congress has not taken action

ABC News

As Iranian women protest hijab rules, here are some of the strictest clothing laws around the world

The death of a young woman detained by morality police in Iran has sparked protests across the globe. But there are other countries that impose strict rules on the way both men and women can dress in public, and it's not always about religion.

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