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International Women’s Day: The exclusion of Afghanistan’s women

Eighty percent of school-aged Afghan girls and young women – totalling 2.5 million people – continue to be out of school

Al Jazeera

Afghan universities reopen but women still barred

KABUL: Afghan universities reopened on Monday after a winter break, but only men returned to class with a "heartbreaking" ban by the Taliban authorities on women in higher education still in force.

Bangkok Post

How an Afghan girls’ school principal fled the Taliban

After fleeing Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, a former head teacher from Kabul tries to make a new life in Canada.

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The Mughal gardens that bring the fragrance of Delhi to Kabul

Emperor Babur sought to construct ‘Gardens of Paradise’ in his beloved city of Kabul more than five centuries ago

The Independent UK

Taliban: 2 senior IS members killed in Afghanistan

Two senior regional members of the Islamic State group have been killed in Afghanistan in recent weeks during separate raids in Kabul

The Independent UK

Taliban Forces Kill 2 ISIS Members in Kabul Raid

Taliban security forces killed two militants from the ISIS group and detained a third in an overnight raid in the Afghan capital of Kabul, the spokesman for the Taliban government said Monday. The regional affiliate of the ISIS group — known as the ISIS in Khorasan Province — is a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘Books they love’: A Kabul graveyard library for two schoolgirls

In Taliban’s Afghanistan, Hazara cousins, both blast victims who loved to read, inspire a library – and new readers.

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She put Taliban members behind bars for their crimes. Now she’s in fear for her life – and the UK won’t help

Exclusive: Afghan judge, Yousa, has had death threats, been shot at and is a Taliban target after putting many behind bars. She is now ‘stateless’ in Pakistan and the UK government won’t help, as Maya Oppenheim reports

The Independent UK

Afghanistan reopens key Pakistan trade route, Islamabad to follow

Decision to reopen Torkham crossing came a day after high-level Pakistani delegation met Taliban officials in Kabul.

Al Jazeera

Pakistan’s defence and spy chiefs discuss security with Taliban

High-level delegation visits Afghanistan’s capital, days after closure of major border crossing between two countries.

Al Jazeera

Pakistan defense minister in Kabul over shut border crossing

Pakistani officials say the country's defense minister is in Afghanistan and has met with Taliban officials in an effort to resolve the closure of a key border crossing between the two neighboring states

The Independent UK

Taliban bans contraception calling use a ‘western conspiracy’

Reports that fighters have threatened those issuing birth control medicines come as Afghan midwives and activists warn of impact on women’s health and rights

The Guardian - UK

Former bodyguard arrested over shooting of Afghan female ex-MP

Afghan police have arrested the former bodyguard of a female member of parliament who was shot to death at her home in Kabul last month, the Taliban administration said on Friday.

Reuters

British Council has failed to support Afghan staff after fall of Kabul, former director warns

Afshaneh, a teacher for the British Council for three years, said she ‘screamed with excitement’ when she was interviewed for the job: ‘Now when I think about it, I only feel regret’

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Ruling Taliban display rare division in public over bans

A rare public show of division is emerging in the ranks of Afghanistan's ruling Taliban

Reuters

Doctor? Engineer? As dreams fade, Afghan girls turn to madrasas

In a chilly classroom in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, the birthplace of the Taliban movement, teenage girls pore over Islamic texts as the disembodied voice of a male scholar emanates from a loud speaker.

The Independent UK

Taliban forces kill 3 IS members in raid on Kabul building

An official says Taliban intelligence forces killed three Islamic State group militants and arrested one other in an overnight operation in the Afghan capital of Kabul

Sports Illustrated

The Agony of Afghanistan’s Ironwoman

You can draw a straight line from the hellish endurance race Zeinab Rezaie ran two years ago, trying to escape Kabul, to the moment she became the first Afghan woman to finish an Ironman 70.3.

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Foreign Policy

Have China and Pakistan Hit a Roadblock?

Beijing-funded infrastructure projects have slowed, but their longtime partnership remains inevitable.

The Guardian - UK

Shelter to challenge Home Office plan to uproot Afghan refugees

Families brought over after fall of Kabul had been told to relocate to Yorkshire despite no guarantee of jobs or school places

Radio France Internationale

Appeal for release of French journalist jailed in Afghanistan

The media protection organisation Reporters Without Borders and 14 French news organisations have called for the immediate release of the franco-afghan journalist Mortaza Behboudi, detained by the Taliban in Kabul since 7 January.

The Independent UK

Kabul whistleblower warns of Civil Service politicisation under Tories

Josie Stewart said officials saw it as their job to protect ministers rather than to serve the public.

Reuters

U.N. rights rapporteur urges release of detained Afghan education activist

The United Nations Special Rapporteur for Human Rights called on Afghanistan's Taliban administration on Friday to release a university lecturer and education activist detained by security forces in the capital Kabul.

The Guardian - UK

Fall of Kabul whistleblower sues UK government after sacking

Exclusive: Civil servant who gave anonymous interview to BBC about Afghan withdrawal says service ‘dangerously politicised’

Al Jazeera

Taliban detains professor who protested ban on women’s education

The Taliban confirms the detention of Ismail Mashal, who tore up his degrees to protest against women’s education ban.

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