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An Afghan teen makes it to the U.S., but his family is left behind in Kabul

As Kabul fell to the Taliban in 2021, a teenager got separated from his family at the airport and wound up on a plane without them. He's been living on his own in the U.S.

WEKU

Scholarships have helped displaced Afghan students find homes on university campuses across the US

Those fleeing Afghanistan as the Taliban swept back into power two years ago included university students

The Independent UK

OPINION - I fought in Afghanistan and I know it’s now time to talk to the Taliban

Afghanistan evokes negative emotions in the minds of most people. In the popular imagination it is a land of terrorism, extremism and mass migration. I first visited Kabul in 2002, not long after the events of 9/11. My abiding memory is of a city brutalised by war. Little did I…

Evening Standard

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Tory MP says Britain should reopen embassy in Kabul

Mr Ellwood said he is ‘far from’ being a Taliban appeaser but said Britain must ‘re-engage’ with Afghanistan

The Independent UK

'I am crying at my salon': Taliban orders Kabul beauty parlors to shut down

All beauty salons in Kabul must close by the end of July. These businesses are one of the few places where women can work and congregate under the Taliban regime.

WEKU

From thousands of miles away, an Army veteran and ‘big brother’ fights to keep a promise in aftermath of war

The pleading text messages would come at all hours of the day and night from Kabul, Afghanistan.

Chicago Tribune

The week in TV: Wimbledon; Evacuation; The Horror of Delores Roach; The Idol – review

A sodden Wimbledon opens without Sue Barker; the brutal inside story of the British campaign to evacuate Kabul lingers in the mind; and The Idol staggers to a close

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Lyft driver who worked as US interpreter in Afghanistan shot dead in Washington

Nasratullah Ahmadyar, 31, who left Afghanistan on last flight from Kabul in 2021, died in hospital after being shot in his car

The Guardian - US

Evacuation review – an astonishingly vivid picture of Kabul’s terrifying fall

This tale of the scramble to escape from Kabul airport – as told by the British military – will leave you with a thousand-yard stare. It’s some of the most shocking TV you will see this year

The Guardian - UK

Evacuation on Channel 4 review: a heartbreaking catalogue of failures

What is striking is the youth and inexperience of many of the services personnel deployed in Kabul, and their bravery in the face of trauma

Evening Standard

‘I’ve never seen desperation like it’: UK soldiers relive the terror of leaving Kabul

Military personnel speak frankly of the chaotic, terrifying evacuation, in moving new documentary series from Channel 4

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: a haunting series about the evacuation of Kabul – from the people who were there

Never-before-seen footage shows the terrifying reality of what happened in 2021. Plus: Jon Snow reflects on his incredible career. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Afghanistan withdrawal may have left members of armed forces with ‘moral injury’

Professor Walter Busuttil, from Combat Stress, said some of those in a Channel 4 documentary could be dealing with the dilemmas they faced in Kabul.

The Independent UK

Damning report criticises Trump and Biden for ‘dangerous and chaotic’ US withdrawal from Afghanistan

The US State Department report highlights shortcomings of Antony Blinken without naming him

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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.

Roll Call

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.

Al Jazeera

US report slams poor planning for Afghanistan withdrawal

State Department report criticises ‘insufficient’ preparation for worst-case scenarios as US forces left Afghanistan.

Al Jazeera

Fighting for a life: The Afghan refugees finding hope in MMA

Afghan mixed martial arts fighters living abroad try to bridge gap between poverty and glory after Taliban bans sport.

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The Hindu

Glass factory at Kabul

A hundred years ago, the Amir of Afghanistan granted important concessions to a local firm of industrialists for starting a glass factory at Kabul.

Daily Mirror

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

Al Jazeera

‘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.

France 24

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…

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.

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.

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