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Russia Lifts Ban on Taliban As It Deepens Ties With Islamist Group

The Russian Supreme Court lifted a ban on the Taliban as it deepens relations with the Islamist group ruling Afghanistan

Latin Times

Russia's top court removes terrorist designation on Afghanistan's Taliban

Russian officials have recently emphasised the need to engage with the Taliban to "help stabilise" Afghanistan.

Euronews

Russia Scraps Taliban's 'Terror' Label Amid Warming Ties

Russia's Supreme Court on Thursday removed the Taliban's designation as a "terrorist organisation", a symbolic gesture aimed at building friendly ties with Afghanistan's de facto rulers.

International Business Times

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Pakistan accelerates deportation of Afghans: UN

Nearly 60,000 people have crossed back into Afghanistan since the start of April.

Al Jazeera

Nearly 60,000 Afghans Return From Pakistan In Two Weeks: IOM

Nearly 60,000 Afghans have been forced to leave Pakistan since the start of April, the International Organization for Migration said Tuesday, after Islamabad ramped up a campaign to deport migrants to Afghanistan.

International Business Times

Pakistan wants to deport millions of Afghans. In one region, they have no plans to go

Pakistan wants to expel more than 3 million Afghans this year as part of a crackdown on foreigners it says are in the country illegally

The Independent UK

Afghanistan’s women cricketers get ICC funding and elite coaching

ICC says Australia, India and England will work to support displaced Afghan women players

The Independent UK

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Trump officials end ‘temporary protected status’ for Afghans, Cameroonians

More than 14,600 Afghans and 7,900 Cameroonians are legally in the US under the programme which grants temporary safety.

Al Jazeera

Liberal candidate co-authored inquiry submission suggesting Hazaras not persecuted for ethnicity in Afghanistan

Exclusive: Zahid Safi, who is running in Melbourne seat of Bruce, listed as last author on 2021 Senate submission which says victims of Afghanistan war ‘not based on ethnicity’

The Guardian - AU

Millions of Afghans will be ‘abandoned’ to famine thanks to Trump’s aid cuts, warns UN

World Food Programme says essential programmes to prevent malnutrition and death will not be possible unless Elon Musk-led USAID cuts are reversed

The Independent UK

Four Men Publicly Executed In One Day In Afghanistan

Four men were publicly executed in Afghanistan on Friday, the Supreme Court said, the highest number of executions to be carried out in one day since the Taliban's return to power.

International Business Times

British couple detained in Afghanistan to face Taliban court verdict

The Reynolds family say that their parents have faced harsh conditions and arbitrary detention for unspecified reasons.

Euronews

Journalist barred from war crime hearing after surprise

As a former SAS soldier stands accused of war crimes during the Afghan War, an award-winning journalist has been forced to leave the courtroom.

AAP

Elderly British couple ‘interrogated 29 times by Taliban’ since imprisonment

Daughter of Peter and Barbie Reynolds, 79 and 75, says they have ‘no idea’ why they have been in jail for two months

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Evening Standard

British couple imprisoned by Taliban faced 29 ‘interrogations’, daughter says

Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife Barbie, 75, were arrested as they travelled to their home in Bamyan province, in central Afghanistan, in February.

The Independent UK

Taliban enforcers detain men and their barbers over ‘non-compliant’ haircuts, UN says

More than half of those detained in the first six months of new laws regulating personal conduct were men who had noncompliant hairstyles, the U.N. says

International Business Times

Pressure Builds On Afghans Fearing Arrest In Pakistan

Convoys of Afghans pressured to leave Pakistan are driving to the border, fearing the "humiliation" of arrest, as the government's crackdown on migrants sees widespread public support.

The Guardian - AU

Fleeing Taliban fighters, Ibrahim begs the country he helped – Australia – to save his family

Mohammed Ibrahim spent four years as a translator for aid workers who taught children and trained doctors. In today’s Afghanistan the penalty for that is death

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The Guardian - UK

A lifesaving midwife in Afghanistan: Noriko Hayashi’s best photograph

‘This woman was nine months pregnant but had never had a checkup. Anisa is listening to the baby’s heartbeat with a stethoscope. After foreign aid cuts, including Trump’s, she is now out of a job’

International Business Times

Trump Administration Reinstates Some Foreign Aid Programs After WFP Warns Of Deadly Consequences: Report

Sources with knowledge of the matter said Jeremy Lewin, the acting deputy administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), instructed the staff Tuesday to reverse the termination of multiple foreign aid programs.

The Independent UK

The Taliban say case of detained British couple will be decided under Islamic law

It's the first time in more than a month that Taliban authorities have publicly commented on the case of Peter and Barbie Reynolds

Evening Standard

Case of British couple imprisoned in Afghanistan 'will soon be resolved', says Taliban

Peter and Barbie Reynolds were arrested in early February

International Business Times

Kabul Slams Pakistan's 'Violence' Against Afghans Pressured To Leave

The Taliban government accused Pakistan on Tuesday of violently expelling Afghans after Islamabad cancelled hundreds of thousands of residence permits, pressuring families across the border.

The Independent UK

Mysterious US military flight to Afghanistan sparks speculation about Bagram air base

Military cargo plane from Doha was reportedly carrying CIA deputy chief

Euronews

Latest US cuts to emergency food schemes 'a death sentence' for millions, UN warns

The World Food Programme said that the Trump administration had axed funding for life-saving schemes in 14 impoverished countries — despite previously pledging to spare vital aid.

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