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In the Taliban's Afghanistan, the near-broke central bank somehow still functions

A recent visit to Afghanistan showed a country facing an economic crisis. The banking system has seized up. Credit cards aren't working. Afghans abroad struggle to send money to relatives back home.

WEKU

A year after the Taliban’s capture of Kabul and women ‘do not even have air to breathe’

Almost half the population of Afghanistan are facing hunger

Bristol Post

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They escaped Afghanistan. But war’s struggles followed them

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Inside a two-bedroom apartment in Sacramento, three siblings laughed as they watched an eager group of contestants competing to win a Lamborghini on a YouTube stream.

Los Angeles Times

Taliban accuses Pakistan of allowing US drones in Afghan airspace

Acting Minister of Defence Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob says American drones have been entering Afghanistan via Pakistan.

Al Jazeera

Taliban Accuses Pakistan of Allowing US Drones to Use its Airspace

The Taliban's acting defense minister on Sunday said Pakistan had allowed American drones to use its airspace to access Afghanistan, a charge Pakistan has recently denied following a US air strike in Kabul. Acting Minister of Defense Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob told reporters at a news conference in Kabul that American…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Taliban accuses Pakistan of allowing U.S. drones to use its airspace

The Taliban's acting defence minister said on Sunday that Pakistan had allowed U.S. drones to use its airspace to access Afghanistan, which Pakistan's foreign minister denied.

Reuters

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There are lies, damn lies, and then there is Home Office propaganda about migrants

Priti Patel spreads Tory myths about Albanians but official statistics tell a very different story

The Guardian - UK

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.

Bangkok Post

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

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The Guardian - UK

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

Daily Record

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

Reuters

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.

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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.

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The Guardian - AU

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

Al Jazeera

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.

Reuters

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.

The Guardian - AU

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

Asharq Al-Awsat

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

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