MILNEWS.ca #AFG Update as of 171845UTC Sept 2021

• Operation AEGIS Information Page (CAF) – Canada’s Response to the Situation in Afghanistan (IRCC)
• “Support for Afghan citizens with travel authorizations to leave Afghanistan” (IRCC)
• “Afghans being resettled in Lethbridge with help of immigrant services” (Lethbridge News Now)
• “Plane carrying Afghans, U.S. and European citizens from Kabul arrives in Doha” (Reuters)
• “Afghan-American flies to Kabul to rescue family” (Fox News Video)
• ” ‘There’s security but no money’: Afghans settle into life under Taliban rule” (BBC News)
• “Friday prayers imam in Kabul praises Taliban ascent” (Euronews)
• “Taliban say Afghan boys’ schools to reopen, no mention of girls” (Reuters)
• “#DoNotTouchMyClothes: ‘The women of Afghanistan are facing an assault’ ” (Euronews)
• “Afghanistan: Taliban morality police replace women’s ministry” (BBC News)
• “Taliban replaces women’s ministry with ministry of virtue and vice” (Reuters)
• “UN Security Council Renews Mandate Of Afghan Mission For Six Months” (RFE/RL, US govt funded media)
• “U.N. Afghanistan mission extended, Afghan envoy asks to keep seat” (Reuters via Metro US)
• “UN Security Council renews UNAMA’s mandate” (UN Assistance Mission to AFG info-machine)
• “UN Security Council extends Afghan mission mandate for six months” (Al Jazeera English)
• “Second Dutch minister resigns over Afghan refugee evacuation disaster” (AFP via france24.com)
• “2nd Dutch minister quits over handling of Kabul evacuations” (The Canadian Press via Yahoo)
• “In Panjshir, Few Signs of an Active Resistance, or Any Fight at All” (New York Times)
• “Afghanistan under Taliban rule: Parts of Panjshir valley lie empty and abandoned” (AFP via France 24)

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MILNEWS.ca #AFG Update as of 171245UTC Sept 2021

• Operation AEGIS Information Page (CAF) – Canada’s Response to the Situation in Afghanistan (IRCC)
• “Support for Afghan citizens with travel authorizations to leave Afghanistan” (IRCC)
• “Trevor Greene: Canada joins all the other nations that fell in the sands of Afghanistan” (Georgia Straight)
• “Canadian veterans hit hard by Afghanistan’s return to Taliban” (Vancouver Province)
• ” ‘The hardest goodbye ever’: Afghan-Canadian woman recounts dangerous journey to evacuate Kabul” (Globe and Mail)
• ” ‘I’m here but my mind is always there:’ Ontario woman returns home from Afghanistan” (Toronto Star)
• “Winnipeg women born in Afghanistan fear Taliban’s return to power ‘like history repeated itself’ ” (CBC News)
• ” ‘Let me die:’ Afghan interpreters stage hunger strike, demand Canada evacuate families at risk” (Sudbury News)
• “Saskatoon Open Door Society seeks volunteers to help 200 Afghan refugees resettle in city” (CTV News)
• ” ‘We will accept them as our own’: Sask. Afghan refugees receiving warm welcome” (CBC News)
• “European Nations Face Challenges Offering Refuge To Afghan Refugees” (NPR)
• “No refugee camp in Pakistan after Taliban takeover, says (PAK interior minister) Sh Rashid” (The Nation, PAK media)
• “Crowds Grow Outside Kabul Passport Office” (TOLO News, AFG media)
• “Govt Issues 4,500 Passports A Day Across Country” (TOLO News, AFG media)
• “The Latest: Taliban orders male students, teachers to school” (infotel.ca, BC media)
• “Afghan Women Protest Online Against Taliban’s New Dress Code” (Voice of America, US gov’t funded media)
• “Afghan musicians mourn abandoned instruments after Taliban takeover” (The Frontier Post, PAK media)
• “Germany awards Order of Merit to Afghanistan airlift general” (DEU govt funded media)
• “Dutch foreign minister quits over Afghanistan evacuations” (The Canadian Press via Yahoo)
• “Dutch foreign minister resigns over handling of Afghanistan evacuation” (The Independent, UK)
• “Dutch Foreign Minister Sigrid Kaag quits over Afghanistan chaos” (BBC News)
• “Dutch minister of Foreign Affairs Sigrid Kaag steps down” (Netherlands government statement)
• “Taliban hands over seized cash, gold to Afghan central bank” (The Nation, PAK media)
• “Pakistan urges US to release frozen Afghan assets” (The Nation, PAK media)
• “Putin: US and NATO Countries Should Provide Most of Money for Post-War Afghan Reconstruction” (RIA Novosti, RUS state media)
• “Putin says Russia needs to work with the Taliban” (Reuters)
• “At SCO, (IND) PM Modi Says Entire Region at ‘Terror Risk’ After Taliban’s Topple of Afghanistan” (news18.com, IND media)
• “China, Russia, Pakistan, Iran agree to strengthen coordination on Afghan issue” (ARIANA, AFG news)
• “China’s Xi urges Afghanistan to stamp out terrorism, vows more aid” (Reuters)
• “Afghans who fled Panjshir: ‘Everything can change by the hour’ ” (Al Jazeera English)
• “Taliban find dozens of ballistic missiles in Panjshir Valley” (defence-blog.com)

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MILNEWS.ca #AFG Update as of 161800UTC Sept 2021

• Operation AEGIS Information Page (CAF) – Canada’s Response to the Situation in Afghanistan (IRCC)
• “Support for Afghan citizens with travel authorizations to leave Afghanistan” (IRCC)
• “Former Afghan interpreters stage hunger strike on Parliament Hill” (CTV News)
• “Black Market Visa Business Booming in Afghanistan” (TOLO News, AFG media)
• “Afghan Students Anxious as Schools Remain Closed” (TOLO News, AFG media)
• “Streets Become Flea Markets as Afghans Sell Belongings” (TOLO News, AFG media)
• “Why African Governments are Accepting Afghan Refugees” (lawfareblog.com)
• “Pakistan can’t accept more Afghan refugees, says (PAK National Security Advisor” (The Hindu, IND media)
• “Neighboring countries can help Afghanistan to overcome crisis — foreign minister” (TASS, RUS state media)
• “Rights groups say EU fails Afghans fleeing Taliban” (Associated Press)
• “Deputy head of Taliban government refutes reports about his death” (TASS, RUS state media)
• “Taliban’s Mullah Baradar denies rumours of his death” (Al Jazeera English)
• “Reports of differences among Taliban leaders ‘baseless’: Anas Haqqani” (PAK media)
• “Pakistan’s Imran Khan says world should give Islamic Emirate ‘time’ on human rights but fears ‘chaos’ ” (PAK media)
• “Taliban should be given time to form govt in Afghanistan: (PAK interior minister) Sheikh Rasheed” (PAK media)
• “Pakistan (National Security Advisor) criticises ‘wait and watch’ policy on recognising Taliban regime in Afghanistan” (Times of India)

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MILNEWS.ca #AFG Update as of 161115UTC Sept 2021

• Operation AEGIS Information Page (CAF) – Canada’s Response to the Situation in Afghanistan (IRCC)
• “Support for Afghan citizens with travel authorizations to leave Afghanistan” (IRCC)
• “They risked everything to help Canada’s armed forces build a new Afghanistan. Now, Afghan interpreters in Canada say the government needs to step up and save their families left behind. Dozens staged a hunger strike at Parliament Hill Wednesday, saying they wouldn’t leave without answers …” (City TV news)
• “Afghan interpreter must be rescued from Taliban, says retired N.L. military officer” (CBC News)
• Opinion: “What we should have learned in Afghanistan” (Open Canada)
• “Measles concerns may delay Afghan resettlement by weeks” (POLITICO)
• “US Pauses Flights For Afghanistan Evacuees To Fort McCoy, Other Bases Over Measles Cases” (Wisconsin Public Radio)
• “Russia’s Central Asian allies say won’t host Afghan refugees” (Reuters)
• “Asylum applications by Afghans approaching those by Syrians” (EU EUROPEAN ASYLUM SUPPORT OFFICE)
• “A month after Taliban takeover, signs of 20-year occupation still visible, including evidence of a humiliating exit by US …” (Al Jazeera English)
• “Afghan envoys marooned abroad after Taliban’s sudden return” (Reuters)
• “With foreign funds frozen, Afghan aid groups stuck in limbo” (Associated Press)
• “Taliban fighters make themselves at home in Dostum’s mansion” (Al Jazeera English)
• “Mullah Khairullah Khairkhwa Acting Minister of Information and Culture introduced Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesman of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, as acting deputy minister of publications affairs for the Ministry of Information and Culture …” (Bakhtar News Agency, AFG media)
• “Taliban remind US of its promise to de-list its leaders from terror lists” (IND media)
• “UN envoy meets Sirajuddin Haqqani, new Afghanistan interior minister wanted by US” (The Indian Express)
• “United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday said any suggestion the world body can solve Afghanistan’s problems is “a fantasy” and that its capacity to mediate for a more inclusive Taliban government is limited …” (Reuters)
• “Can Taliban handle a new generation of Afghans who have breathed the air of freedom?” (IND media)
• Opinion: “The world should not yet engage with the new Taliban government” (Al Jazeera English)

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MILNEWS.ca #AFG Update as of 152120UTC Sept 2021

• Operation AEGIS Information Page (CAF) – Canada’s Response to the Situation in Afghanistan (IRCC)
• “Support for Afghan citizens with travel authorizations to leave Afghanistan” (IRCC)
• “Open-source evidence of operational military helicopters captured by the Taliban” (Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab via medium.com)
• ” ‘We put our lives at risk’: Afghan interpreters push for family resettlement” (CBC News)
• “Temporary housing needed as Peterborough prepares for nearly 80 Afghan refugees” (Globalnews.ca)
• “U.S. helped at least 36 citizens leave Afghanistan since Aug. 31 – State Dept” (Reuters)
• “(US) States learning how many Afghan evacuees coming their way” (Associated Press)
• “Combined Teams Working to Reestablish Kabul Airport Operations” (TOLO News, AFG media)
• “Iranian flight lands in Kabul after Taliban takeover – TV” (Reuters)
• “Pakistani security official urges US to engage with Afghanistan” (channelnewsasia.com)
• “Afghan diplomats chide allies, call on world to deny Taliban recognition” (Reuters)
• “UN High Commissioner for Refugees completes three-day visit to Afghanistan” (UNHCR info-machine)
• “Taliban order Afghan squatters in Kandahar out” (Ahram Online, EGY media)
• “IOM Reports Major Internal Displacement in Afghanistan” (TOLO News, AFG media)
• “Taliban Says it Will Build Regular Army, Include Former Members” (TOLO News, AFG media)
• “Taliban ‘seize gold’ from Afghan officials” (Australian Associated Press via yahoo)
• “Afghanistan: Taliban seize millions from former Afghan officials” (DEU media)
• “Friction among Taliban pragmatists, hard-liners intensifies” (Associated Press)
• “Taliban leaders had a massive brawl after disagreeing over which of them did the most to boot the US out of Afghanistan, report says” (Business Insider via Yahoo)
• “Afghanistan: Taliban leaders in bust-up at presidential palace, sources say” (BBC News)
• “Tensions intensify in Afghanistan between Taliban hardliners, pragmatists” (AFP via france24.com)
• “Taliban’s Baradar says reports he was hurt in internal clash are false” (Reuters)
• “Afghan killed by drone praised by co-workers in US aid group” (Associated Press)
• “How the Taliban’s win in Afghanistan could reshape the jihadist movement” (Radio-Canada.ca)

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MILNEWS.ca #AFG Update as of 151130UTC Sept 2021

• Operation AEGIS Information Page (CAF) – Canada’s Response to the Situation in Afghanistan (IRCC)
• “Support for Afghan citizens with travel authorizations to leave Afghanistan” (IRCC)
• “Afghan interpreters who worked with Canadian military to gather at Parliament Hill for hunger strike” (Globe and Mail)
• “Canadian woman who was stranded in Afghanistan is finally back home” (CHCH.com)
• “New fund to help groups working to resettle Afghan, other refugees in Waterloo region” (CBC News)
• “Afghan refugees grateful to settle into ‘bright future’ in Calgary” (Globalnews.ca)
• “Five families from Afghanistan to settle in N.L. as refugee sponsorship gets funding boost” (ntv.ca)
• “… Since Aug. 27 when Trudeau’s event in Bolton, Ont. was cancelled due to security concerns, headlines across news organizations in Canada have heavily featured information about the protests and protesters. We pulled all headlines from Canadian news organizations from Aug. 27 to Sept. 9 (totalling 8,709 headlines) and found 3.1 percent contained reference to the protests (representing 268 stories during that period). Coverage of these events far exceeds that of other major stories during this period including Afghanistan (2.3 percent) and gun control (2.3 percent) …” (Media Ecosystem Observatory)
• “Trump aides aim to build GOP opposition to Afghan refugees” (Associated Press)
• “Afghanistan women’s football team flees to Pakistan” (Al Jazeera English)
• “A day with the Taliban 2.0” (Al Jazeera English)
• “Afghan Journalists: Reporting Hindered by Lack of Govt Sources” (TOLO News, AFG media)
• “Moscow-led bloc calls on Afghan parties to refrain from armed confrontation” (TASS, RUS state media)

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MILNEWS.ca #AFG Update as of 142350UTC Sept 2021

• Operation AEGIS Information Page (CAF) – Canada’s Response to the Situation in Afghanistan (IRCC)
• “Support for Afghan citizens with travel authorizations to leave Afghanistan” (IRCC)
• “Nearly 1,300 people with ties to Canada still in Afghanistan two weeks after U.S. pulled out” (Globalnews.ca)
• “Ajax collecting for Afghan refugee resettlement campaign” (durhamregion.com)
• “Current Housing Crisis will Hobble Arriving Afghans for Years to Come” (Toronto Star)
• “Afghan child, evacuated alone, arrives in Canada: Report” (Al Jazeera English)
• “Afghan embassy in Ottawa honours anti-Taliban hero” (National Post)
• “How to Help Afghans in Afghanistan and Canada” (muslimlink.ca)
• “Virginia fears Afghanistan evacuees may have exposed locals to MEASLES, but says high vaccination rate means no reason for panic” (RIA Novosti, RUS state media)
• “U.S. Ex-Presidents Bush, Clinton, Obama band together to aid Afghan refugees” (Reuters)
• “New and Improved Taliban! Now With Nuance!” (The Dignified Rant blog)
• “Qatar refuses ‘responsibility’ for Kabul airport without Taliban” (Al Jazeera English)
• “Conflict amongst Taliban leaders, deputy PM unhappy with government makeup: Report” (Al Arabiya English)
• “Taliban deny their deputy prime minister, Mullah Baradar, is dead” (Reuters)
• “EU says it has no option but to talk to Taliban” (Reuters)
• “Taliban Welcomes Intl Aid, Pledges to Distribute Transparently” (TOLOnews, AFG media)
• “Taliban thank world for promised aid, urge US to show ‘heart’ ” (AFP via Ahram Online, EGY media)
• “Afghan foreign minister reports no resistance to Taliban authorities – Foreign Minister of the interim government emphasized that the Taliban gained control over the entire country, noting that “no military operations were being conducted in the Afghan territories” …” (TASS, RUS state media)
• “UN Raises Concerns Over Civilian Casualties In Panjshir” (TOLO News, AFG media)
• “Minister pledges Taliban govt won’t allow militant attacks” (Associated Press)
• “Al-Qaeda could regroup in Afghanistan in one to two years and threaten US homeland, claims top intelligence official” (ca.finance.yahoo.com)
• “Al Qaeda could develop capacity to attack US homeland in ‘one to two years,’ intel officials say” (Washington Examiner)
• “Daesh has no presence in Kunduz: Haroon” (Pajhwok Afghan News)

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MILNEWS.ca #AFG Update as of 141120UTC Sept 2021

• Operation AEGIS Information Page (CAF) – Canada’s Response to the Situation in Afghanistan (IRCC)
• “Support for Afghan citizens with travel authorizations to leave Afghanistan” (IRCC)
• “Afghan boy reunited with his father in Canada after two weeks alone in Qatar” (Globe and Mail)
• “Calgary chosen as port of entry for Afghan refugees arriving in Canada from U.S.” (CBC News)
• “Afghan embassy in Ottawa yet to recognize new rulers, honours anti-Taliban hero” (National Post)
• “Afghan servicemen in Uzbekistan evacuated to another country, says foreign ministry — Earlier, it was reported that in mid-August, Uzbekistan’s airspace was illegally crossed by 22 planes and 24 helicopters of the Afghan government forces, in which there were over 500 Afghan servicemen who fled from the Taliban …” (TASS, RUS state media)
• “SCOTT TAYLOR: Canadian resources were long gone from Afghanistan at time of airlift” (SaltWire)
• “Daphne Bramham: Canada must help Afghan journalists who face torture or worse at hands of the Taliban” (Vancouver Sun)
• “Qatar won’t take ‘responsibility’ for Kabul airport without clear Taliban agreement” (AFP via Times of India)
• “Thousands of Afghans protested against the Taliban in the southern city of Kandahar on Tuesday, according to a former government official and local television footage, after residents were asked to vacate a residential army colony …” (Reuters)
• “Woman Activist in Kandahar Says Family Members Beaten” (TOLO News, AFG media)
• ” ‘Why are you out?’: Afghan women journalists recall Taliban sweep” (Al Jazeera English)
• “Taliban deny war crimes charges put forward by global human rights NGO — TV” (TASS, RUS state media)
• “UN receives written guarantees from Taliban of humanitarian mission security” (TASS, RUS state media)
• “Qatari FM rules out recognition of Taliban government” (PAK media)
• “Qatar to Act as ‘Bridge’ Between Taliban and World” (TOLOnews, AFG media)
• “Taliban deny co-founder Mullah Baradar is dead” (AFP via france24.com)
• “Afghan Taliban close Torkham border for pedestrians” (DAWN.COM, PAK media)

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MILNEWS.ca #AFG Update as of 132300UTC Sept 2021

• Operation AEGIS Information Page (CAF) – Canada’s Response to the Situation in Afghanistan (IRCC)
• “Support for Afghan citizens with travel authorizations to leave Afghanistan” (IRCC)
• “Ottawa man reunited with Afghan interpreter after harrowing escape” (CTV News)
• ” ‘They took care of us and we failed them,’ veteran says of Afghan interpreters” (650 CKOM)
• “Former Afghan air force pilots renew plea for Canada’s help” (CBC News)
• “The CIA reportedly carried out secretive evacuation missions in Afghanistan” (The Week via ca.sports.yahoo.com)
• “Blinken: ‘Several Thousand’ Legal Permanent U.S. Residents Left in Afghanistan” (National Review)
• “Family of U.S. hostage held by Taliban calls for envoy’s firing” (Reuters)
• “UN chief pleads for ‘lifeline’ for Afghanistan, engagement with Taliban” (Channel News Asia)
• “Taliban bring back ‘virtue’ ministry, stoning and amputations for ‘major sins’ ” (NY Post)
• “Over 150 Afghan media shut down under Taliban reign” (TASS, RUS state media)
• “Exclusive-Afghan women should not work alongside men, senior Taliban figure says” (Reuters)
• “The Taliban were once inmates in Kabul’s prison. Now they’re in charge” (Associated Press via Globalnews.ca)
• “Taliban downplay infighting rumours as donors pledge US$1.2b” (SAMAA, PAK media)
• “Donors pledge $1bn in aid for Afghanistan as UN warns of crisis” (Al Jazeera English)
• “Donors pledge over $1 billion in Afghanistan aid as UN chief urges Taliban engagement” (AFP via france24.com)
• “Uh, Did We Just Send a Ransom Payment to the Taliban?” (townhall.com)
• “The United States Announces Nearly $64 Million in Additional Humanitarian Assistance for Afghanistan | Press Release | U.S. Agency for International Development” (USAID info-machine)
• “The BBC has found that at least 20 civilians have been killed in Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley, which has seen fighting between the Taliban and opposition forces. Communications have been cut in the valley, making reporting difficult …” (BBC News)

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MILNEWS.ca #AFG Update as of 131130UTC Sept 2021

• Operation AEGIS Information Page (CAF) – Canada’s Response to the Situation in Afghanistan (IRCC)
• “Support for Afghan citizens with travel authorizations to leave Afghanistan” (IRCC)
• “The story behind how two Afghan families escaped to Ukraine” (Globe and Mail)
• “Afghan families move through mountain pass into Pakistan on their journey to Canada” (CTV News)
• “Entrepreneur helping Afghans is ‘shining example of Canadian compassion’: minister” (The Canadian Press via CP24.com)
• “NDP calls for temporary resident permit, travel documents for Afghans” (Vancouver Sun)
• “Many Prominent Afghan Female Leaders Have Fled or Are Now Hiding” (BNN Bloomberg)
• “The Ministry of Higher Education announced on Sunday that some subjects which contrast with Islam’s Sharia will be dropped from the higher education curriculum …” (TOLO News, AFG media)
• ” ‘Taliban’s first steps reflect mismatch between words and deeds,’ says Indian diplomat” (TASS, RUS state media)
• “Kabul airport: Women head back to work as civilian flights resume” (AFP via france24.com)
• “First foreign commercial jet since Taliban return lands in Kabul” (Al Jazeera English)
• “Pakistani plane lands in Kabul in first commercial flight since Taliban takeover” (AFP via france24.com)
• “U.N. seeks $600 million to avert Afghanistan humanitarian crisis” (Reuters)
• “UN seeks $606 million for Afghanistan after Taliban takeover” (Associated Press)
• “Russia planning to send humanitarian aid to Afghanistan -RIA cites foreign ministry” (Reuters)
• “Can the Taliban be trusted with Afghanistan aid?” (Al Jazeera English)
• “Taliban Spokesman Dismisses Reports That Militants are Sheltering al-Qaeda Leader in Afghanistan” (RIA Novosti, RUS state media)
• “Taliban reject Mulla Baradar killed in intra-fighting” (Mehr News Agency, IRN media)
• “Taliban co-founder, deputy PM Abdul Ghani Baradar releases audio message after death rumours” (english.alaraby.co.uk)
• “Misleading: Amrullah Saleh and Ahmad Massoud fled to Tajikstan over the oppression by the Taliban in Afghanistan.” (logically.ai, fact checking site)
• “Taliban closes Afghanistan’s main crossing point with Pakistan for pedestrians” (TUR media)
• “In Tajikistan, Afghan exiles fear for loved ones left behind” (AFP via sg.news.yahoo.com)
• “The Winner in Afghanistan: China” (naked capitalism)

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