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Shabana Mahmood does not rule out sending back refused Afghan asylum seekers

Home secretary indicates Whitehall talks about returns programme, a move that would shock humanitarian groups

The Guardian - UK

A Grieving Afghan Man Says He Tried to Get Medical Care for His Brother Who Died in ICE Custody

Naseer Paktiawal just returned from burying his brother in Afghanistan. “I didn’t want to bury him here.”

Capital & Main

22 militants killed in northwest Pakistan clashes after army firefight near Afghan border

Pakistani security forces killed 22 alleged militants in Khyber District during an operation that also resulted in the death of a 10-year-old child. This incident occurs amidst a rise in militant attacks, particularly in provinces bordering Afghanistan, and ongoing tensions between Pakistan and Kabul.

The Times of India

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The Trump Administration Might Send Afghan Refugees to Danger in Congo

About 1,100 Afghans currently stranded at a military base in Qatar could be relocated to the crisis-addled African country.

Reason

Fourth Circuit Upholds Injunction Against Disclosing Names of Perceived Afghan Collaborators

The order came in a peculiar context—a civil lawsuit over the custody of a child born in Afghanistan—but its logic extends further.

Reason

Families trapped in Afghanistan ‘stopped from being evacuated to UK’

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The Independent UK

UK puts ‘freeze’ on bringing families from Afghanistan to Britain, court hears

Afghans found eligible for relocation to the UK as a result of their previous work alongside the British are no longer being helped to flee the Taliban-run country, lawyers say

The Independent UK

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Supreme Court revives wounded veteran’s lawsuit against a contractor over suicide bombing

The Supreme Court is clearing the way for a veteran wounded by a suicide bomb in Afghanistan to sue the government contractor for whom the attacker was working when he built the explosive

The Independent UK

Trump could send 1,100 Afghans who helped in the War on Terror to African nation: report

State Department accused of using the Congo as a ‘cover’ to avoid resettling allies and sending them back to the Taliban

The Independent UK

Trial begins for Afghan charged in deadly Kabul airport bombing as defense says US ‘got the wrong man’

Trial is underway in Virginia for an alleged Isis militant charged in a deadly suicide bombing at a Kabul airport during the American military’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021

The Independent UK

Active-duty US Army sergeant's wife detained by ICE in Texas, could be deported to Mexico

Sergeant First Class Jose Serrano, an active-duty US Army sergeant who served the military for 27 years, including several in Afghanistan, said the ICE is out of control after his wife Deisy Rivera Ortega, an El Salvadorian by birth, was detained by the ICE on April 14 in Texas. Ortega…

The Times of India

‘I will never give up’: Ben Roberts-Smith denies war crime allegations in first public statement since his arrest

The Victoria Cross recipient, once Australia’s most lionised soldier, faces five charges of war crime murder over allegations he killed unarmed civilians during his service with the Australian SAS in Afghanistan

The Guardian - AU

Something is different about Trump's $1 trillion war on Iran and its stress on the national debt, Harvard Kennedy scholar says

During the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, debt held by the public was around $4 trillion. Now it's $31 trillion, and 15% of the budget pays down interest.

Fortune

What a Former Army Ranger Thinks About Iran, War, and Why Young Men Should Serve

Cyrus Norcross is a former Army Ranger, podcaster, and Native American civil rights advocate. He's a traveling journalist, avid dancer, and someone who has spent the years since Afghanistan trying to make sense of what American military intervention actually accomplishes — and what it doesn't.

International Business Times

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Who is Noor Aziz Ahmadzai? Afghan veteran suffers serious brain injury after attack at UK railway station

An Afghan Special Forces veteran who once served alongside British troops is fighting for life after suffering a serious brain injury in an alleged assault while working as a security guard in the UK, police said.

The Independent UK

Australia's most decorated veteran granted bail on war crimes charges related to Afghan deaths

Australia’s most decorated living veteran has been granted bail 10 days after he was charged with committing war crimes in Afghanistan

The Guardian - AU

Ben Roberts-Smith released from prison on bail after being charged with five counts of war crime murder

Former SAS corporal granted bail ahead of potential trial on charges relating to alleged killing of civilians in Afghanistan

The Independent UK

Afghan asylum approvals plunge as UK denies women fleeing Taliban, analysis warns

Report from Amnesty International finds Afghans less likely to find sanctuary in the UK than before Taliban takeover

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The Independent UK

Afghan migrants in Poland fear forced deportations as asylum applications remain suspended

Afghan migrants in Poland face forced deportations and fear for their lives at the hands of the Taliban-run government back home

The Independent UK

Afghanistan's capital is in the grip of a water crisis

Nestled in a high-altitude valley in Afghanistan's Hindu Kush mountain range, Kabul is rapidly running out of water

The Guardian - AU

Ben Roberts-Smith’s arrest won’t erase the pain for Afghans – but it shows Australia is willing to face uncomfortable truths

In the context of the Afghanistan war, this kind of accountability is rare, and it matters

The Times of India

China sets up new county near PoK, Afghan border to curb Uyghur infiltration

China has established a new county in its Xinjiang region near Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and the Afghanistan border, a move that comes amid ongoing tensions with India over disputed territories, particularly in Ladakh.

The Independent UK

Iran war diverts US military and attention from Asia ahead of Trump's summit with China's leader

President Barack Obama in 2011 declared it was time to leave behind the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and “pivot” to Asia to counter China's rise

The Independent UK

ICE released an Afghan interpreter after three months in detention. Now officers have arrested his teenage son

After the Trump administration tried to deport his father to ‘near certain death’ in his home country, ICE is coming for his son, senator says

The Independent UK

Pakistan seeks end to own war while mediating peace talks between US and Iran

Mediator China says Islamabad and Kabul agree to not take actions that may ‘escalate or complicate the situation’

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