MILNEWS.ca #AFG Update as of 081330UTC Oct 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)
• “Canada not acting fast enough to help at-risk Afghans leave their country, former general says” (Globe and Mail) –archived version
• Opinion “In the face of despair and apathy, we are still working to save vulnerable Afghans. Do not look away” (Globe and Mail)  – archived version
• “Through My Eyes: As an Afghan-Canadian, I feel grief and hope for my community” (The Eyeopener)
• “(Australian) MPs cross political divide to push for greater Afghan refugee intake” (St George & Sutherland Shire Leader)
• “A secret CIA gate at Kabul Airport became an escape path for Afghans” (Fox Business)
• “Thousands camping in Kabul’s streets face food crisis as economy collapses” (Globe & Mail)
• “Isolation of Afghanistan is failed policy, did not serve anyone in past: Taliban” (AFG media)
• “Taliban warns against isolating Afghanistan, ready for talks” (TUR media)
• “Taliban warn against isolating Afghanistan” (TUR state media)
• “Pakistan′s Islamic parties push for Taliban recognition in Afghanistan” (German govt funded media)
• “Russia says it will protect Tajikistan in case of incursion from Afghanistan” (Reuters)
• “Uzbekistan Foreign Minister Kamilov meets Taliban’s Foreign Minister in Kabul” (Kyrgyzstan state media)
• “Blast in Kunduz mosque leave some worshipers killed, injured” (AFG media)
• “More than 100 killed, wounded in Kunduz mosque blast” (AFG media)
• “Afghanistan: Deadly blast hits Kunduz mosque during Friday prayers” (BBC via Yahoo)
• “More than 100 killed and wounded in mosque blast in northeastern Afghanistan – UN” (Reuters)
• “Dozens killed in Shiite mosque explosion in Afghanistan’s Kunduz” (AFP via France 24)
• “Explosion targets Shiite mosque in Afghanistan’s Kunduz city during Friday prayers” (IND media)
• “How Work Has Got Harder for Afghan Journalists After Taliban Takeover” (The Wire)

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