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The Observer view on Afghanistan: withdrawal should be a cause for lasting shame in Britain and the US

Governments on both sides of the Atlantic are still failing to take responsibility for abandoning the Afghan people to the Taliban

The Guardian - UK

Afghan religious scholars criticize girls' education ban

Afghan religious scholars say the government's ban on girls' education is un-Islamic

The Independent UK

Blood-soaked copies of Prince Harry's Spare to go on sale after he admitted killings

Artist Andrei Molodkin is selling copies of blood-soaked Prince Harry's Spare after the Royal said he'd killed 25 people while serving in Helmand, Afghanistan

Daily Mirror

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Republicans furious at Biden’s Afghanistan review, Democrats mum

A review released by the White House largely blamed former President Trump for chaotic US pullout from Afghanistan.

Al Jazeera

Afghan women-run radio resumes broadcasts after shutdown

A women-run radio station in northeastern Afghanistan has resumed its broadcasts, after officials shut it down for a week for playing music during the holy month of Ramadan

The Independent UK

Biden review of Afghanistan withdrawal sees need for better evacuation plans

WASHINGTON — The White House acknowledged that the tumultuous Afghanistan withdrawal underscored the need to better plan and more quickly implement evacuations from conflict zones in an after-action report, even as aides sought to put much of the blame on former President Donald Trump.

Tribune News Service

Biden administration reviews chaotic US withdrawal from Afghan, blaming predecessor Donald Trump

President Joe Biden's administration lays blame on his predecessor, Donald Trump, for the deadly and chaotic 2021 withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan that brought about some of the darkest moments of Mr Biden's presidency.

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Trump lashes out at ‘moron’ Biden after White House blames him for Afghanistan chaos

Furious ex-president responds on Truth Social in response to report eviscerating his handling of the withdrawal

The Independent UK

UN: 3,300 Afghan staff stay home over Taliban ban on women

The United Nations says the 3,330 Afghan men and women it employs stayed home for a second day to protest the Taliban’s ban on U.N. female staff working in the country, as it continued to press for the decision to be reversed

The Independent UK

U.S. admits Afghanistan evacuation should have begun sooner

The Biden administration also placed blame on Trump.

Axios

Biden administration defends Afghanistan withdrawal, blames Trump

White House says while Joe Biden wanted to end war, lack of planning by Donald Trump ‘severely constrained’ options.

Al Jazeera

Biden Afghanistan report mostly blames Trump for chaotic US withdrawal

(This April 6 story has been corrected to say that 124,000, not 100,000, people were flown out of Kabul in paragraph 18)

Reuters

Prince Harry and Meghan's Coronation indecision causing 3 key 'headaches' for organisers

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle urgently need to make a decision on whether they will attend the Coronation - with organises hoping it's resolved soon with just a month to go

Daily Mirror

Taliban top spokesman Mujahid asked to work from Kandahar

Zabihullah Mujahid to split work between Kandahar and Kabul in a move seen as assertion of control by the Taliban chief.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Afghanistan's Taliban Move Spokesman's Office to Kandahar

The main spokesman for Afghanistan's Taliban administration will move his office from the capital to the southern city of Kandahar, the information ministry said, a sign of the growing importance of the region that is home to its supreme leader. The province of Kandahar is the historical birthplace of the…

The Independent UK

UK halts removal of Nepalese security guards who worked at British embassy in Kabul

Some of Nepalese men who were detained have been released

Reuters

Afghanistan's Taliban move spokesman's office to Kandahar

The Independent UK

UN: Ban on Afghan female staffers by Taliban unacceptable

The U.N. says it cannot accept a Taliban decision to bar Afghan female staffers from working at the agency, calling it an “unparalleled” violation of women’s rights

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Reuters

U.N. chief condemns Taliban ban on Afghan women working for U.N

U.N. chief Antonio Guterres condemned on Wednesday a ban by Afghanistan's Taliban authorities on Afghan women working for the United Nations, calling it "an intolerable violation of the most basic human rights" that should be immediately revoked.

The Guardian - UK

UN concern after its female workers are ‘banned’ from working by Taliban

All staff in Afghanistan ordered to stay home for 48 hours to give officials time to negotiate with Taliban

The Independent UK

‘I escaped – but Taliban are hunting my colleagues’: Afghan British Council worker reveals fears for those left behind

Many more contractors still live in fear in Afghanistan and struggle to get the documentation to flee

Reuters

UN tells Afghan staff not to work for 48 hours - UN sources

The United Nations has told all Afghan staff not to report to work in Afghanistan for 48 hours for security reasons while it seeks additional information from the Taliban authorities about a ban on Afghan women working for the world body, U.N. sources told Reuters on Tuesday.

Reuters

UN Afghan staff told to stay home as Taliban signals UN female ban

The United Nations told some 3,300 Afghan staff not to come to work in Afghanistan for the next two days after the Taliban authorities signaled on Tuesday that they would enforce a ban on Afghan women working for the world body.

The Independent UK

Terror convict back in prison after meetings with Lindh

A northern Virginia man convicted on terrorism charges as a teenager has been sent back to prison for a year after violating conditions of his release by meeting with convicted Taliban supporter John Walker Lindh and others linked to terrorism

Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera’s Malika Bilal wins Gracie Award for best podcast host

Multiple-award-winning journalist garners second win in three years for excellence in work produced by and for women.

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