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‘End is near’: Will Kabul become first big city without water by 2030?

The city of six million people could soon run out water, amid climate change, sanctions and governance failures.

Al Jazeera

Russia recognises the Taliban: Which other countries may follow?

From China to Iran, several countries have already been engaging with the Taliban. Experts say they could be next.

Al Jazeera

With Minerals Deal, Ukraine Finds Way To Secure Trump Support

In signing a minerals deal, Ukraine has found a new way to tie the United States to its future, but it remains to be seen if it can guarantee long-term support from mercurial President Donald Trump.

International Business Times

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Taliban trying to normalise ties, install appointees in India: Afghan diplomat

Days after Afghanistan’s most senior diplomat in India resigned over charges of smuggling, diplomats still loyal to the previous democratic regime in Kabul warn that the Taliban is making another attempt to install a nominee in India, and urged India and other countries not to “normalise” ties with the Taliban.

The Hindu

Pakistan’s internal challenges, shifting dynamics

Pakistan stands at the crossroads, where adopting a new path is imperative to its securing a more stable and prosperous future

The Hindu

Caught between the Taliban’s restrictions and India’s no-visa ‘policy’, Indian citizen in Herat longs for freedom to return

Iqra, an Indian citizen, was jolted out of a holiday with her Afghan husband and their daughter when bombs and gunfire erupted in Herat. Despite applying for an Emergency Visa, her husband has not been granted one due to India's restricted visa policy. This has left Iqra and her family…

The Hindu

The Taliban Is Dangerous to Me. I’m Dangerous to the Taliban

I left Kabul after the Taliban regained power in Afghanistan in 2021. As a female journalist in exile, I’m learning what it means to help my country from afar

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White House's Afghanistan planning lacked ‘urgency,’ report finds

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration lacked “a sufficient sense of urgency” when planning for the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021, according to an after-action report released Friday by the State Department.

Tribune News Service

White House Afghanistan planning lacked ‘urgency,’ report finds - Roll Call

Biden administration worries about political perceptions limited planning, among other shortcomings, the State Department report contends.

Roll Call

Another Afghan hero who served with British forces is threatened with Rwanda deportation

Exclusive: Afghan Colonel who fought with British in Helmand province facing deportation from the UK

The Independent UK

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

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

Gun attack targets Pakistan's top diplomat in Kabul

Pakistan’s prime minister says an “assassination attempt” has targeted his country’s top diplomat in Afghanistan, amid tensions between the neighboring countries

The Independent UK

‘Assassination attempt’ on Pakistan envoy in Afghan capital

Attacker failed to harm the Pakistani diplomat, but shot and wounded his security guard outside its mission in Kabul.

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Afghan activist Zarifa Ghafari: ‘They sold Afghanistan to the Taliban’

The exiled politician on the ‘game’ America plays in her homeland, the ‘Taliban twilight for women’ — and the day militants tried to blow up her car

Al Jazeera

US watchdog blames Washington, Ghani for the fall of Kabul

SIGAR identifies six factors that contributed to the collapse of the Afghan government and return of Taliban to power.

Foreign Affairs

What the Taliban Really Fear

A resistance movement is growing in Afghanistan—and it needs international support.

Axios

Former U.S. envoy Khalilzad on leaving Afghanistan to the Taliban

"The president thought we might get stuck there."

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One year on: Misinformation about the Taliban’s rise to power in Afghanistan

One year ago, on August 15, 2021, the Afghan capital of Kabul was surrounded and then captured by the Taliban. As the world watched the takeover unfold, numerous examples of misinformation began circulating online. The FRANCE 24 Observers followed the fake news trail: debunking posts that critiqued the American withdrawal,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Taliban Mark Turbulent First Year in Power

The Taliban marked the first anniversary of their return to power in Afghanistan with a national holiday Monday, following a turbulent year that saw women's rights crushed and a humanitarian crisis worsen. Exactly a year ago, the hardline Taliban captured Kabul after their nationwide lightning offensive against government forces ended…

The Independent UK

A year on, ex-Afghan leader defends role in Taliban takeover

On the eve of the anniversary of the Taliban takeover of Kabul, Afghanistan’s former president has defended what he says was a split-second decision to flee

The Independent UK

Afghan rights leader heartbroken after year of Taliban rule

A year after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, prominent Afghan human rights activist Sima Samar is still heartbroken over what happened to her country

The Conversation

From future lawyer to betrothed to a Taliban fighter: August in Kabul shows how life changed overnight for so many in Afghanistan

On page 79 of August in Kabul, Andrew Quilty introduces us to Nadia Amini, a 19-year-old student of Tajik descent who attends a madrassa, or religious school, in the Afghan capital. She is completing her third-semester exams with ambitions to become a lawyer.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ties Between Al-Qaeda and the Taliban... Will ISIS benefit from the Rupture?

After having killed Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri with a drone that hit the home he had been hiding in Kabul, the United States has, to a large extent, finished avenging the 9/11 attacks. The perpetrators were killed in bloody attacks, and Osama bin Laden was then killed by Navy…

The Independent UK

Biden to visit CIA as intelligence plays key role in Ukraine

President Joe Biden will visit the CIA at a time when his administration’s support for Ukraine has pushed the normally secretive intelligence agencies into the limelight

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