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Exclusive: first reported case of attempted international recruitment to IS since US left AfghanistanTwo suspected Islamic State recruits, one of them carrying a British passport, were seized by the Taliban when they tried to slip into Afghanistan last…
Read MoreAs Beijing pursues its solitary path, observers are asking whether the policy is about protecting public health – or social orderCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageDesperate residents in China’s western Xi’an city are running o…
Read MoreIn first interview since fleeing Kabul in August, former president says US ‘erased’ Afghans in years of peace talks with militantsThe former Afghan president Ashraf Ghani has broken his silence with his first interview since fleeing Kabul four months a…
Read MoreAnalysis: the police raid and closure of the pro-democracy website has left journalists wondering who will be nextThe Christmas attack on Hong Kong website Stand News was no great surprise in a city where all forms of political opposition are being dis…
Read MoreHuman Rights Watch has logged illegal seizures of land and homes then given to Taliban supportersThousands of people have been forced from their homes and land by Taliban officials in the north and south of Afghanistan, in what amounted to collective p…
Read MoreAs regime talks of tolerance, reports emerge of beatings, house searches and attacks on women The first time the Taliban took Kabul, 25 years ago they tortured and killed former President Mohammad Najibullah, dragged his body behind a truck through the…
Read MoreThe chaos that followed the president’s exit has created its own suffering – and may leave a much longer legacy of painBy the middle of last week, Kabul’s capitulation to the Taliban was perhaps inevitable – but the horror and chaos of the last few day…
Read MoreThe US and UK say evacuations are gathering pace, but there seems to be little sign of that in KabulThe Kabul airport gates were a path not to escape but to hospital for one Afghan human rights activist this week.A relative was shot in the head in the …
Read MoreFast-track resettlement scheme excludes many who worked for British Council or on UK government projectsDozens of Afghans who worked for the British Council or on British government projects are in hiding and fearing for their lives because they say th…
Read MoreMazar-i-Sharif was a government stronghold and its loss leaves only Kabul and another city unconqueredThe Taliban captured Mazar-i-Sharif, the country’s fourth-largest city and the government’s last major stronghold in the north on Saturday, as they ti…
Read MoreNewspapers and broadcasters send open letter to Boris Johnson raising safety fears about locals who did vital work for the westOpen letter warns of brutal Taliban reprisals against Afghan reportersA coalition of British newspapers and broadcasters has …
Read MoreEvacuation flights start before visas are issued as insurgents make sweeping gains in provincesAmerica has launched emergency airlifts for Afghans who worked with its armed forces and diplomats, evacuating hundreds who are still waiting for their visas…
Read MoreEvacuation flights start before visas are issued as insurgents make sweeping gains in provincesAmerica has launched emergency airlifts for Afghans who worked with its armed forces and diplomats, evacuating hundreds who are still waiting for their visas…
Read MoreDelegation from militants meets Chinese foreign minister as Beijing seeks to extend influence in AfghanistanThe US secretary of state Antony Blinken has said that Beijing’s interest in Afghanistan could be a “positive thing”, after China gave a warm an…
Read MoreReport reveals ‘acute rise’ in deaths and injuries since 1 May as Taliban exploit departure of foreign troopsRecord numbers of civilians have been killed and injured in Afghanistan in intense fighting since 1 May, when international forces began their …
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