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U.S. plans to free half of $7 billion in frozen Afghan funds for aid

The United States is seeking to free up half of the $7 billion in frozen Afghan central bank assets on U.S. soil to help the Afghan people while holding the rest to possibly satisfy terrorism-related lawsuits against the Taliban, the White House said on Friday.

Reuters

Ex-BBC journalist Andrew North 'kidnapped by Taliban' according to reports

Afghanistan's former Vice President Amrullah Saleh says nine people from western countries are among those taken by the group in the last few months.

Daily Record

Journalists working with U.N. detained in Afghanistan - UNHCR

Two journalists working with the United Nations have been detained along with several Afghan workers, the organisation's refugee agency said on Friday.

Reuters

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Former BBC journalist one of nine Westerners kidnapped by Taliban, it is claimed

The reports have been made by Afghanistan's former Vice President on Twitter

Wales Online

Taliban kidnap nine Westerners including ex-BBC journalist Andrew North, says former Afghan vice-president

Mr North is believed to have been working for the United Nations

The Independent UK

Ex-BBC journalist Andrew North 'kidnapped' by the Taliban according to reports

Sources say the former BBC reporter based in Afghanistan is among nine people kidnapped in recent months as the UN confirms two journalists have been detained in Kabul

Daily Mirror

Exclusive-U.N. aims to launch new Afghanistan cash route in February: U.N. note

The United Nations aims to kickstart this month a system to swap millions of aid dollars for Afghan currency in a plan to stem humanitarian and economic crises and bypass blacklisted Taliban leaders, according to an internal U.N. note seen by Reuters.

Reuters

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Swiss envoy says visiting Taliban interested in dialogue

A top Swiss diplomat who has met with a delegation from Afghanistan’s Taliban leadership says it expressed an interest in dialogue with the international community and realized “that they must take the first step” to unblock more aid desperately needed in the war-battered country

The Independent UK

UK officials talk to Taliban about Afghanistan humanitarian crisis

The UK does not recognise the Taliban regime.

The Independent UK

WHO chief, Taliban delegation discuss 'dire' health crisis in Afghanistan

World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday said that he met the 10-member Taliban delegation headed by health minister Qalander Ebad and discussed the "dire" health and humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan.

Dynamite News

‘We have never given up’: how Afghan women are demanding their education under the Taliban

Since recapturing Afghanistan, the Taliban have largely if inconsistently closed down girls’ schooling – but have found a new generation ready to fight for the right to study

The Guardian - UK

Famine in Afghanistan: Will crisis force reset of relations with the Taliban?

Is tying humanitarian assistance to human rights the right course for Afghanistan? Aid agencies are this week imploring the West and in particular the US Treasury to allow money transfers to flow unhindered and to unblock desperately needed funds.

France 24

Living in a woman’s body: the Taliban fear our beauty, strength – and resistance

Growing up in Afghanistan I was taught to hide my body. Now I see it as a symbol of rebellion against those who would try to control me

The Guardian - UK

Wednesday briefing: More trouble after mini-reshuffle

Criticism over new role for Mark Spencer … Tory group pushes to derail green agenda … and Adele reigns supreme at the Brit awards

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The Independent UK

New COVID wave batters Afghanistan's crumbling health care

All but five of the 38 COVID-19 treatment hospitals that once operated in Afghanistan have been forced to close in recent months for lack of doctors, medicines, even heat

The Guardian - AU

Covid news: Sweden scraps almost all restrictions and testing despite pleas from scientists; Spain’s King Felipe tests positive – as it happened

Sweden scraps almost all of its few restrictions and stops most testing; Spain’s King Felipe tests positive after displaying mild symptoms

The Guardian - UK

‘We are happy to fight you’: tensions rise on Afghan-Pakistani border

Five Pakistani soldiers killed as Taliban-led Afghanistan resists cooperation with Islamabad

The Guardian - UK

Two suspected British Islamic State recruits seized by Taliban at border

Exclusive: first reported case of attempted international recruitment to IS since US left Afghanistan

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Reuters

U.N. rights office demands release of Afghan women activists

The U.N. human rights office called on Tuesday for the release of four women activists and their relatives in Afghanistan who were detained or abducted last month after protests over women's rights since the Taliban seized control.

The Independent UK

Angelina Jolie shares letter from Afghan girl about Taliban rule: ‘I might never be able to go outside again’

Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in August 2021

Tribune News Service

Angelina Jolie shares letter from Afghan woman who details rights being ‘taken away’ under Taliban control

A letter sent to Angelina Jolie detailed the rights that are being taken away from women in Afghanistan after the Taliban seized control of the country.

The Guardian - UK

Scared, hungry and cold: child workers in Kabul – picture essay

As temperatures fall below freezing, children as young as four trying to make a living on the Afghan capital’s streets are all that stand between their family and starvation

The Hindu

India’s ‘return’ to Central Asia

While the gains from engaging Central Asia may be minimal, non-engagement could be costly

Reuters

Five Pakistan soldiers killed in attack from Afghanistan, military says

Militants firing from inside Afghanistan killed at least five Pakistani soldiers at a border post in northwestern Kurram district on Sunday, the Pakistan military said, the second such attack since Taliban militants took over Kabul in August.

The Guardian - UK

The US economic war on Afghanistan amounts to a humanitarian crime

Washington and the west are inflicting brutal collective punishment on an already destitute people by freezing assets and aid

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