カテゴリー: Taliban
Crowds brave sub-zero temperatues after Taliban announces it will resume issuing travel documentsHundreds of people have braved sub-zero temperatures in Afghanistan’s capital to queue outside the passport office, a day after the Taliban government anno…
There is a ‘very small window of opportunity’ to intervene, say aid workers, as poverty, conflict, drought and a freeze in humanitarian funding bring Afghanistan to the brinkLeading UK charities have launched a joint winter appeal to save the lives of …
We return to the story of a journalist forced to flee as Afghanistan fell to the Taliban in August. Unable to return home without putting at risk everyone she loves and hounded by threatening calls, she remains in hiding in the country four months onRe…
Health experts issue dire warning as staff go unpaid and medical facilities lack basic items to treat patientsLarge parts of Afghanistan’s health system are on the brink of collapse because of western sanctions against the Taliban, international expert…
Thousands are still at the Taliban’s mercy in Afghanistan, and expert warns that ‘politically expedient’ initiative may now witherPriti Patel’s much-trumpeted scheme to allow Afghans to resettle in Britain has been starved of “appropriate resources”, a…
MPs’ inquiry given further details of Britain’s mismanagement of Afghanistan exit with ‘people left to die at the hands of the Taliban’Further evidence alleging that the government seriously mishandled the withdrawal from Afghanistan has been handed to…
I wanted to stay and tell the world what it was like living in a city besieged by extremists, but as my neighbourhood fell I had no choice but to leave. Soon, I was being pushed across the border in a wheelbarrowI have bundles of cash stuffed into my s…
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan accuse state of breaching terms including a prisoner release agreementTaliban militants in Pakistan have declared an end to a month-long ceasefire arranged with the aid of the Afghan Taliban, accusing the government of breach…
Staff employed to teach British values and the English language refused the right to come to the UKNearly 100 former British Council staff employed to teach British values and the English language remain in hiding in Afghanistan after having so far bee…
Sir Philip Barton refused to say precisely when Raab had been on holiday in AugustThe head of the diplomatic service has admitted failing to show leadership after he began a three-week holiday two days before the Foreign Office internally accepted Kabu…
A whistleblower has exposed the extent to which Afghans’ trust in British promises of protection was betrayed in the summerIn August, with Kabul on the brink of falling to the Taliban, the then foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, was advised to call his A…
Former foreign secretary defends record, saying UK brought out 15,000 people in two weeksToday’s politics news – live updatesDominic Raab has rebuffed a number of charges from a whistleblower who claimed there was an incompetent and chaotic response to…
‘Fahim’ was cleared to leave Kabul. Then the phone went dead. Now he moves house every two days to evade captureWhistleblower condemns Foreign Office over Kabul evacuationWhistleblower’s main accusationsFresh questions about Dominic Raab’s roleFahim, a…
Human Rights Watch says 47 former members of Afghan national security forces have been killed or forcibly disappearedThe US has led a group of western nations and allies in condemnation of the Taliban over the “summary killings” of former members of th…
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