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With the unsuccessful ending of the American intervention in Afghanistan, the Quincy Institute, Responsible Statecraft, and the American Conservative all warn against the ineffective,  immoral, and counterproductive  policies that brought us to this point:

• Nothing Much to Do: Why America Can Bring All Troops Home From the Middle East (Quincy Institute)
• Symposium: Time to Bring All U.S. Troops Home from the Middle East (Responsible Statecraft)
• Leave Afghanistan, but Don’t Abandon the Afghans (The American Conservative)

An Amnesty International report accused Israeli occupation of “a catalog of violations against Palestinians in Israel and occupied East Jerusalem – including using unlawful force against peaceful protesters, sweeping mass arrests, and subjecting detainees to torture and other ill-treatment”:

• Palestine Calls For International Sanctions Against Israel (Global Times)

Saudi Arabia has released two prominent women’s rights activists held in detention for nearly three years, a rights group has confirmed:

• Saudi Arabia: Two Prominent Human Rights Activists Released From Prison (Middle East Eye)

Recent reports reveal that “Indian troops during their unabated acts of state terrorism” martyred “95,800 Kashmiris including 7117 in custody” since 1989:

• India Using Torture as a Tool to Suppress Kashmiris’ Struggle (Kashmir Media Service)

India is investigating the suspected use of drones by separatist militants “after two explosions rocked an Indian Air Force Station” in the northern region of Jammu, two senior security officials said on Sunday:

• Indian Air Force Base in Kashmir Hit by Explosions (Al-Jazeera)

The three month agreement between Iran and the IAEA has ended:

• Iran Says Nuclear Site Images Won’t Be Given to IAEA as Deal Has Expired (CNBC)

On Sunday, the Taliban captured five more districts, including “Shor Tapa in Balkh, Chak and Sayed Abad in Maidan Wardak, Rustaq in Takhar and Arghistan in Kandahar” meaning that the Taliban could soon have access to the “income-generating territory in the country”:

• Taliban Capture Five More Districts in Afghanistan (Dunya News)

On the 14th of June, the Seattle Education Association passed a resolution that “endorses the Palestinian call to Boycott, Divest, and Sanction (BDS) Israel”:

• Seattle Teachers Stand with Palestine (Palestine Chronicle)

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