投稿者: Ben Doherty
Friends of twice jailed human rights activist call for independent inquiry after body found in damaged wetsuit at Base G beach, JayapuraThe human rights campaigner Filep Karma – one of West Papua’s most famous former political prisoners – has been foun…
These are the stories of interpreters, embassy staff, guards and aid workers still trying to get to Australia a year after the fall of KabulGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastAfghan nationals who worked for the Australia…
‘Every day I am fearful’: Afghans with Australian visas wait in limbo a year after the fall of Kabul
One man who served with Australian troops tells the Guardian he is stranded in a Dutch refugee camp while his family remain in hiding in AfghanistanGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastSayed* cannot forget the chaos of his…
Exclusive: Father of one of three soldiers slain by Hekmatullah says Australia was ‘sidelined’ in deal between US and Taliban to release terrorist from prisonGet Guardian Australia’s free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcastThe fam…
Hekmatullah, who killed three Australian soldiers, is living in a heavily protected luxury Kabul home after being freed from prisonGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastHekmatullah, the rogue Afghan soldier who killed three…
Yang Hengjun was arrested in 2019 on espionage charges and his supporters fear he will be left to die of ‘medical neglect’Get our free news app; get our morning email briefingAustralian writer and democracy activist Dr Yang Hengjun’s health is failing …
Group run by Sydney-based woman known as the ‘mother of a thousand’ is working to rescue as many children as possibleGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingAs the Taliban tightened its grip on power in Afghanistan – casting girls from sch…
Australia says it looks forward to engaging with France again but experts say submarine decision was ‘deeply humiliating’ for ParisFrance recalls ambassadors to US and Australia after Aukus pactAustralia has said it “notes with regret” France’s unprece…
Mohammad Zaman Khadimi was forced to make an impossible choice as he fled the Taliban for sanctuary in AustraliaOn an August morning, Mohammad Zaman Khadimi walked out of class and into a world entirely changed.“I heard the news that the Taliban were c…
Afghan-Australian Mahboba Rawi says the valley’s residents are without food and medical supplies in the last holdout against the militants’ ruleAfghanistan’s Panjshir valley is facing a humanitarian crisis, with families trapped inside the narrow valle…
For some Afghans, the trauma of watching their homeland descend into civil war has been compounded by the fact they might have to go backEven as the Taliban swept across Afghanistan, overrunning cities and ultimately seizing the capital, the Australian…
Hazara family says 17-year-old, who has been living by himself in Kabul, will be a target for TalibanAn Australian family with a child stranded in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan are desperate to be reunited with the teenager, saying he will be a target…
After sending a brief message of congratulation to his troops, Major General Chris Donahue became the last pair of American ‘boots on the ground’Afghanistan – latest newsAfter two decades, America’s last soldier left without pomp, without ceremony, cer…
Thwarted attack comes after reports of civilian deaths following drone strikes by the US in the Afghan capitalShoeless, shivering, passing out: Afghan refugees arrive in the UKKabul airport comes under rocket fire as US evacuation enters final phaseSee…
Boris Johnson expresses concern for those left behind; Hamid Karzai has met Anas Haqqani; reports of unrest at Taliban checkpoints around Kabul airportTaliban say they seek no ‘revenge’ and all Afghans would be ‘forgiven’Pakistan divided over success o…