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The Afghan Taliban say they banned beauty salons because they offered forbidden services

The Taliban says beauty salons have been banned in Afghanistan because they offered services forbidden by Islam and caused economic hardships for grooms’ families

The Independent UK

The Taliban say they are outlawing women's beauty salons in Afghanistan

The announcement is the latest curb on the rights and freedoms of Afghan women and girls, following edicts barring them from education, public spaces and most forms of employment.

WEKU

Number of asylum seekers in France continues to rise, now counts over half a million

France granted asylum to some 56,000 people in 2022, bringing the total to over half a million – a symbolic number as the government would like to reform the country’s immigration laws and shorten the amount of time it takes to rule an asylum claim.

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Taliban bans hair and beauty salons in Afghanistan as part of latest crackdown on women’s freedoms

The move is the latest repressive measure to be implemented by the hardline Islamist group since seizing power in August 2021

Evening Standard

He was the CIA whiz kid in 'Charlie Wilson's War.' His new book offers advice for the US in Ukraine.

One of the architects of the covert U.S. strategy against the Soviets in Afghanistan has published a new memoir

The Independent UK

The Taliban ban women's beauty salons in Afghanistan

A spokesman at Afghanistan's Vice and Virtue Ministry says the Taliban are banning women's beauty salons

The Independent UK

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

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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

Just two Afghans promised safe haven by UK army brought from Pakistan in three months

More than 1,000 Afghans waiting for evacuation to UK under Arap scheme are ‘living like prisoners’ and face deportation back to Taliban-run country as Pakistan cracks down on refugees

The Independent UK

‘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

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

TV tonight: Our highlights for Sunday, July 2

Van Der Valk is just one of the gems on TV tonight.

WhatToWatch

As a special forces veteran, I welcome Indigenous voices when it comes to defending Australia

Sussan Ley’s fear-mongering highlights our propensity to dismiss ancient knowledge

The Guardian - AU

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.

The Independent UK

State Department failed to plan or respond fast enough in Afghanistan collapse, new US report finds

A State Department report says the department failed to do enough contingency planning before the collapse of the U.S.-backed government in Afghanistan

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Trump is the only living president whose family didn’t own slaves, report says

The Week

How the global drugs trade is changing

There has been a sharp rise in the number of people taking illegal drugs globally over the past decade as “increasingly agile trafficking networks are compounding intersecting global crises”.

Los Angeles Times

Should you chase the thrill? After Titan, adventurers weigh the risks of extreme travel

Where is your line? On your mental chart of risk and reward, where does yes become nope?

Al Jazeera

Over 1,000 Afghan civilians killed since Taliban takeover: UN

UNAMA says there have been 3,774 civilian casualties, including 1,095 civilian deaths, in violence since August 2021.

The Independent UK

Since Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, more than 1,000 civilians were killed in attacks, UN says

The United Nations says it has documented a significant level of civilian casualties from attacks in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover in August 2021

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.

The Independent UK

UK forces evacuating people from Afghanistan feared they ‘may not return home’

Military personnel interviewed for Channel 4’s documentary series Evacuation have shed light on what it was like to be involved in Operation Pitting.

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