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Hollywoodgate review – a fascinating insight into the Taliban’s insular world

It’s no surprise that Ibrahim Nash’at’s documentary lacks in-depth interviews – his subjects barely tolerate his presence as he reveals the fighters’ lack of purpose after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan

The Guardian - UK

Is fentanyl coming to London?

It kills tens of thousands of Americans every year, but the toll from fentanyl and other lab-made opioids could be about to get much worse. Gavin Haynes explains why a global heroin shortage could spark a US-style drugs crisis on British shores

Evening Standard

Afghanistan's female cricketers plead with sport's world governing body: help us play again

Two years ago Firooza Amiri was an 18-year-old batter for the Afghanistan women’s cricket team and ready to take on the world

The Independent UK

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Thousands of Afghans still in limbo as ministers miss own deadline to slash resettlement backlog

Interpreters who worked with British army are among those waiting to hear if they will be relocated to UK

The Independent UK

Rise in homeless Afghans on government’s deadline day to move out of hotels

The government gave a deadline of August 31 for all Afghan nationals to have moved out of hotels

The Independent UK

Councils report rise in homeless figures for Afghans on hotel move deadline day

The Government gave a deadline of August 31 for all Afghan nationals to have moved out of hotels into more settled accommodation.

The Independent UK

How a gifted cot, a ukulele group and a network of women saved refugees

Hundreds have made it to Australia with the help of Vanessa Alexander.

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‘It’s heartbreaking’: Malala Yousafzai meets exiled Afghanistan women’s football team

Football must fight against gender discrimination, says the Nobel peace prize winner – or future generations of women will suffer

The Guardian - UK

The Gardener of Lashkar Gah by Larisa Brown review – Afghanistan abandoned

A deeply moving book that lays bare the human cost of the 2021 western withdrawal

The Guardian - UK

Taliban bans women from visiting Afghanistan national park

‘Going sightseeing is not a must for women’, Taliban minister says

The Independent UK

Afghanistan: Taliban bars women from visiting popular national park

Decree by all-male Government ministry latest crackdown on women’s human rights in Afghanistan

Evening Standard

Taliban ban women from national park in Afghanistan

Minister says women visiting the lakes of Band-e-Amir have not been wearing their hijabs properly

The Guardian - UK

Security forces will stop Afghan women from visiting national park, Taliban says

The Taliban will use security forces to stop women from visiting one of Afghanistan’s most popular national parks, according to information shared by a spokesman for the Vice and Virtue Ministry. The ministry alleges that women have not been observing the proper way to wear the hijab, or Islamic headscarf,…

France 24

‘We can’t let him down’: Calls for action as Afghan war hero now faces homelessness

Exclusive: Don’t allow pilot to fall into ‘tragic’ destitution, government warned, after The Independent’s campaign sees him win asylum

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How can Afghan pilot’s family escape Afghanistan to safety in UK?

Afghan pilot can finally stay in UK – but the process to reuniting him with his family is a long and arduos one

The Independent UK

‘Now help hero Afghan pilot’s family escape Taliban’: Fresh calls to bring war hero’s loved ones to UK

Military and political leaders demand action to save loved ones – as they applaud The Independent’s victory in forcing government to grant asylum

The Independent UK

Government ‘failing Afghans’ as only 233 people come to UK on flagship resettlement scheme

The small numbers coming to the UK are in contrast to the promise of 20,000 places, charity says

The Independent UK

Government ‘failing Afghans as safe routes not matching scale of need’

One organisation said the figures ‘reveal the shocking reality of the Government’s failure to provide protection for vulnerable Afghans’.

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The Independent UK

‘A just outcome’: Military chiefs and politicians hail common sense victory for Afghan war hero

‘There are people who came to us for help, and we owe them,’ says former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith, amid win for Independent campaign

The Independent UK

How The Independent fought five-month campaign to give Afghan pilot sanctuary in UK

Here is a timeline of all the frontpages that led to today’s monumental victory

The Independent UK

At last! Hero Afghan pilot who fought Taliban is granted asylum in Britain

Exclusive: After five months of resisting this paper’s call to honour our debt to a war veteran who fought with UK forces, the government capitulates – and does the right thing

The Hindu

No bulwark for Pakistan’s minorities

The litmus test for Pakistan as a democratic state lies in its ability to safeguard the rights of even its smallest minority

Reason

Can Traditional Legal Customs Coexist With Western-Style State Law?

Geoffrey Swenson’s book Contending Orders tackles Afghanistan and Timor-Leste.

Al Jazeera

200 former Afghan troops, officials killed since Taliban takeover: UN

The UN mission documents 800 cases of serious rights violations despite amnesty; Taliban dismisses the report.

The Independent UK

More than 200 former Afghan officials and security forces killed since Taliban takeover, UN says

A new U.N. report says more than 200 extrajudicial killings of former Afghan government officials and security forces have taken place since the Taliban took over the country two years ago

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