After the evacuation mission has stopped Australia has not announced any specific programs or schemes for resettling Afghans. Instead the existing programs for visa applications should be used where Afghan applicants who fulfill certain criteria are prioritised.
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Afghan diplomat in Italy: We’re not giving up, nor should the West
Source: Politico Europe
ROME — The West’s war in Afghanistan is far from over.
That was the central message from Afghanistan’s ambassador to Italy, Khaled Ahmad Zekriya, during a recent interview at the country’s embassy in Rome.
Western forces may have pulled out of the country, he said, but that has only created a new set of issues that U.S. President Joe Biden and others will now be forced to deal with.
“I’m going to be very clear,” Zekriya said. “Contrary to what Biden says, America’s war has not ended — a very complex war has started.”
‘We don’t want people to be in a panic,’ says chief of Taliban morality police
Source:Guardian
Mawlawi Mohammad Shebani is officially in charge of policing morals throughout Kandahar, the Taliban heartland of southern Afghanistan.
He is newly appointed head of the provincial office for the promotion of virtue and prevention of vice, a title which strikes fear into many Afghans old enough to remember its previous incarnation under Taliban rule in the 1990s.
Three killed in explosions in Jalalabad, eastern Afghanistan
Source: Guardian
At least three people have been killed and more than 18 people injured in three explosions in Jalalabad in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province.
It is reported that the intended target may have been a passing convoy of the Taliban in the provincial capital. It is the first attack in the province since the Taliban came into power in mid-August.
Continue reading Three killed in explosions in Jalalabad, eastern AfghanistanUS drone strike mistakenly targeted Afghan aid worker, investigation finds
Source: Guardian
The US mistakenly targeted and killed an innocent aid worker for an American company in a drone strike in Afghanistan, the New York Times suggested in an investigation into the country’s final military action of the recently concluded 20-year war.
Continue reading US drone strike mistakenly targeted Afghan aid worker, investigation findsNearly 30 more Americans evacuated from Afghanistan
Source: The Hill
Nearly 30 more Americans were evacuated from Afghanistan via a charter flight, the State Department announced Saturday.
State Department spokesperson Ned Price said in a statement on Saturday that a Qatar Airways charter flight departed Kabul on Friday with 28 U.S. citizens and seven lawful permanent residents.
Continue reading Nearly 30 more Americans evacuated from Afghanistan‘They didn’t betray us yet,’ says stranded Afghan ally with enduring hope of US rescue
Source: CNN
Wakil’s eyes fill with tears. He has no idea whether he and his family will get out of Afghanistan, and fears that if they don’t the Taliban will hunt him down and kill him. A former US government employee, Wakil is not his real name; he spoke to CNN on the condition that his identify would not be revealed
Continue reading ‘They didn’t betray us yet,’ says stranded Afghan ally with enduring hope of US rescueGovernment accused of lowering cap on Afghan refugees by 10 per cent
Source: The Independent
Boris Johnson’s government has been accused of quietly slashing the number of Afghan refugees to be admitted to the UK by 10 per cent under a scheme set up to protect those fleeing the country following the pullout of international troops last month.
Continue reading Government accused of lowering cap on Afghan refugees by 10 per centGirls excluded as Afghan secondary schools reopen
Source: BBC
The Taliban have excluded girls from Afghan secondary schools, with only boys and male teachers allowed back into classrooms.
Schoolgirls told the BBC they were devastated not to be returning. “Everything looks very dark,” one said.
Taliban officials who seized power last month said they were working to reach a decision on the matter.
Many fear a return of the regime of the 1990s when the Taliban severely restricted girls’ and women’s rights.
Activists Protest Lack of Women’s Affairs Ministry
Source: Tolo News
Activists said the removal of the ministry is against the Taliban’s promises on women’s rights to work and gain an education.
The announcement of the caretaker cabinet by the Taliban did not include the Ministry of Women Affairs, which operated during the former government. Now its building has been given to the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice.