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A year later, communities find ways to honor 13 service members killed in Kabul airport bombing

SAN DIEGO — Most of them were based at Camp Pendleton, but they came from all over America, from small towns and suburbs. And that's where the sorrow and the pride linger, one year later.

Tribune News Service

Greene tells Biden to "go to hell"

Greene lashed out after the reveal from the White House that she had $183,504 in PPP loans forgiven

Salon

Global markets advance, foreigners power SET

RECAP: Global markets advanced as investors believe inflation might be starting to ease in many countries, but they were awaiting further signals yesterday from US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell about how aggressively he will raise interest rates.

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September 11 victims not entitled to seize Afghan central bank assets, US judge says

A US judge recommends that victims of the September 11, 2001, attacks not be allowed to seize billions of dollars of assets belonging to Afghanistan's central bank to satisfy court judgements they obtained against the Taliban.

ABC News

Afghan female journalist struggles for women 'heroes' from exile

It was when the Taliban came to arrest her and her brother in October that Fawzia Saidzada, an Afghan journalist and women's rights activist, finally decided it was time to flee.

Reuters

Taliban ban crypto in Afghanistan, arrest digital coin dealers

Afghanistan’s central bank imposed a nationwide ban on cryptocurrencies this month and the Taliban regime has arrested several dealers who defied orders to stop trading digital tokens, according to a senior police official.

Bangkok Post

Truss’s warmongering rhetoric is empty, antagonistic – and wildly dangerous

The potential PM’s plan to cut benefits and boost defence spending merely serves her craving for the theatre of conflict, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Lanarkshire diplomat reflects on anniversary of Afghanistan rescue mission

Katrina Johnson saw 'the best and worst of humanity' as she helped co-ordinate the UK evacuation of 15,000 people from Kabul

Daily Record

Afghan refugees rebuild lives in South Korea a year after Taliban takeover

A year after nearly 400 Afghan refugees fled the Taliban takeover of their homeland to settle in South Korea, many have swapped white-collar pursuits for factory jobs in a struggle with language and cultural challenges as they build new lives.

Reuters

Taliban say body of Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has not been found in Kabul

The Taliban say they have not found the body of Ayman al-Zawahiri and are continuing investigations after the United States claimed they killed the Al Qaeda leader in an air strike in Kabul last month.

ABC News

Morning mail: visa backlog’s human impact, Putin’s army plan, Dutton denounces ‘witch-hunt’

Friday: Australia’s bureaucracy is tackling a huge number of visa applications. For people like Huma, it’s a race against time as she fears being sent back to the Taliban who burned her. Plus: the gendered double standards for prime ministers

The Guardian - AU

Afghanistan floods kill more than 180, Taliban say

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid says 182 people were killed after torrential rains destroyed more than 3,100 houses.

Al Jazeera

Death toll from floods in Afghanistan rises above 180 - Taliban

Flooding in Afghanistan this month killed more than 180 people, the Taliban said on Thursday, appealing to the international community for help.

Reuters

In hiding, an Afghan woman set alight by the Taliban is forced to wait to join her brother in Brisbane

Huma and her family fled to Pakistan where they now fear deportation. Australia’s visa backlog is making them increasingly desperate

The Guardian - AU

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Taliban Say They’ve Not Found Body of Qaeda Leader

The Taliban have not found the body of Ayman al-Zawahiri and are continuing investigations, group spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said on Thursday, after the United States said they killed the al Qaeda leader in an airstrike in Kabul last month. The United States killed Zawahiri with a missile fired from a…

Reuters

Taliban say they've not found body of al Qaeda leader

The Independent UK

One year on, Afghans at risk await evacuation, relocation

More than a year after the Taliban takeover that saw thousands of people rushing to Kabul’s international airport amid the chaotic U.S. withdrawal, Afghans who failed to get on evacuation flights say they are still struggling to find safe and legal ways out of the country

The Guardian - UK

‘The Taliban don’t know how to govern’: the Afghan women shaping global policy from exile

Despite the upheaval of the Taliban takeover, the ‘group of six’ are finding ways to tackle the political and humanitarian crisis

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Reuters

Afghan women open library to counter growing isolation

Afghan women's rights activists opened a library in Kabul on Wednesday, hoping to provide an oasis for women increasingly cut off from education and public life under the ruling Taliban.

Al Jazeera

Afghan evacuees protest in UAE over slow resettlement

Some Afghans who fled the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan say they have been stuck in limbo in the UAE for a year.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Afghan evacuees are being crushed by grief. A Philly agency is trying to help

PHILADELPHIA — The Taliban has her son, she says. It's starving him.

Reuters

Taliban impose 'harsh' limits on Afghans' religious freedom -U.S. panel

Conditions for religious freedom in Afghanistan have "drastically deteriorated" since the Taliban seized power last year as the last U.S.-led foreign troops pulled out after 20 years of war, a bipartisan U.S. commission said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Eight children dead, more missing as flooding destroys Afghan homes

At least eight children were killed in floods that swept away houses in central and eastern Afghanistan this week, the United Nations' children's agency said on Tuesday, adding that more children were missing.

The Conversation

How the Taliban's more effective and ‘fairer’ tax system helped it win control of Afghanistan

When the Taliban dramatically gained control of Afghanistan in August 2021, they used bombs and guns to swiftly overcome state security forces. But they also had another valuable and effective weapon at their disposal: taxes.

The Conversation

The history of secret education for girls in Afghanistan – and its use as a political symbol

In August 2021 the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, and since then secondary education for girls in the country has been banned. However, there have been reports of clandestine girls’ schools operating despite the ban. Teenage girls are reportedly taking extraordinary risks to attend lessons. Their teachers bravely share knowledge,…

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