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Taliban slams US report on rising threats in Afghanistan

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid says the country is enjoying its greatest stability of the past 40 years.

Al Jazeera

Refugee's hard road to Canberra and freedom

Zerghona Jawadi's extraordinary story of trial and triumph.

The Canberra Times

After escaping the Taliban, hundreds of Afghans languish in Albania in a prolonged US visa process

Hundreds of Afghans are languishing in Albania, waiting for the U.S. visas they were promised, almost two years after fleeing the Taliban takeover of their country

The Independent UK

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Hero Afghan pilot: UK commanders sent me into combat... how can you abandon me?

Exclusive: Afghan war hero who escaped Taliban to come to Britain hits back at officials who say his military service is not enough to stop his deportation

The Independent UK

Transition: the story of a trans journalist embedded with the Taliban

In a fascinating new documentary, an Australian trans man gains unprecedented access to the terrorist organisation while keeping his identity secret

The Guardian - US

In a first, India and Pakistan special envoys participate in Western talks with Taliban in Norway

Taliban representatives met with Indian and Pakistani special envoys and officials amongst a number of international diplomats this week, in an effort by the Norwegian Government to break the impasse in talks on the sidelines of a peace conference in Oslo.

The Hindu

Hero soldier blown up by suicide bomb on first day of active service in miracle recovery

Dave Curtis will proudly represent Britain with other injured soldiers upcoming event, and credits it with helping him cope with devastating wounds he suffered in blast

Daily Mirror

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US offers asylum lifeline to Afghan war hero as UK refuses to recognise his military service

Exclusive: Humiliation for Britain as America – alerted by The Independent – considers safe haven for pilot facing deportation to Rwanda

The Independent UK

‘Wedding or a funeral?’ Taliban bans music at Kabul wedding halls

The Taliban bans music at Kabul weddings halls because it is considered against the teachings of Islam.

Al Jazeera

‘We should be scared’: the poisoning of schoolgirls in Afghanistan

Dozens of schoolgirls are suspected to have been deliberately poisoned in two attacks in Afghanistan, the latest in a decade of incidents in the region, intensifying fears for girls pursuing education.

The Week

Taliban slams UN report calling Afghan government ‘exclusionary’

Condemnation comes after UN Security Council report said there were rifts within the Taliban’s ranks.

Al Jazeera

Iran and Afghanistan dispute Helmand water rights as climate change deepens crisis

Iran and Afghanistan exchanged gunfire on May 27 amid rising tensions over water supplies in the region. The countries are engaged in a decades-long dispute over rights to the Helmand River, on which Iran depends to irrigate land in its arid south. The construction of dams on the Afghan side…

France 24

The Taliban’s ‘unprecedented’ crackdown on opium poppy crops in Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have succeeded in slashing opium poppy production in the country after banning cultivation of the crop, analysis of satellite imagery and reports from the ground suggest.

The Week

Jaishankar kicks off BJP’s outreach bid, woos Sikhs

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Thursday met members of the Sikh community, including those who came to India following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, in West Delhi Lok Sabha constituency, as part of the BJP’s month-long outreach campaign on the completion of nine years of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s…

The Hindu

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The Independent UK

UNICEF concerned by Taliban move to bar international groups from Afghan education sector

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Bangkok Post

The Afghan valley proud of its young suicide bombers

TANGI VALLEY (AFGHANISTAN): Taliban-trained suicide bomber Ismail Ashuqullah regrets missing the chance to blow himself up at the height of the Afghan war -- like many other young men from the lush green Tangi Valley.

Al Jazeera

Afghan students feel abandoned as India restricts visas

Hundreds of Afghan students are unable to resume their studies as India stopped issuing visas after Taliban takeover.

The Independent UK

European Union urges probe into 'horrible and heinous' poisoning of Afghan schoolgirls

The European Union is urging Afghan authorities to follow up on the poisoning of schoolgirls in the country's northern region

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Cycling News

Rukhsar Habibzai - The day I left home

'It is a story shared by thousands of Afghans. It is the day we left home, left our souls and left Afghanistan'

Bangkok Post

Some female aid workers return in Afghanistan

KABUL: Afghan women employed by a leading international NGO have resumed their work in some provinces, months after the Taliban government banned them from working.

The Texas Tribune

Almost two years since Kabul fell, a frayed refugee system creates obstacles for Afghans in Texas

The refugee system in Texas and nationally is still recovering from major cuts under the Trump administration. The latest casualty is Texas’ largest resettlement agency, Refugee Services of Texas.

Al Jazeera

Afghan provincial governor killed in car bombing

The ISIL group claimed responsibility for the attack that killed Nisar Ahmad Ahmadi, the acting governor of Badakhshan.

Reuters

Aid group NRC resumes work with female staff in Taliban heartland

An international aid agency in Afghanistan has resumed operations in the southern province of Kandahar - the birthplace of the Taliban and home to its supreme spiritual leader - after its Afghan female staff were allowed to return to work.

Evening Standard

Nearly 80 primary schoolgirls thought to have been poisoned in Afghanistan

Poisoning attacks targteted girls at two primary schools in northern Afghanistan, said police

Reuters

Budget for Afghanistan aid plan revised down to $3.2 billion

The United Nations and humanitarian agencies have revised the budget for Afghanistan's aid plan for 2023 to $3.2 billion, down from $4.6 billion earlier in the year, the U.N. humanitarian office said on Monday.

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