カテゴリー: Taliban
German broadcaster urges government to support Afghans working with western mediaTaliban fighters trying to track down western-affiliated journalists allegedly shot dead a family member of an editor working for Deutsche Welle and seriously injured anot…
Jonathan Evans also says ability to intervene with special forces in Afghanistan should be retainedA former head of MI5 has said the fall of most of Afghanistan to the Taliban opens up “operating space” for terrorist groups such as Islamic State that w…
British MPs have turned on Boris Johnson – but what tidy end did they expect from this imperialist experiment?Britain’s MPs this week uttered one long howl of anguish over Afghanistan. Their immediate targets were Joe Biden and Boris Johnson, politicia…
Scott Morrison says Australian troops would be put at ‘great risk’ if they were to engage in operations beyond Afghanistan’s main airportGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingAustralian forces will not leave Kabul airport to help Austral…
Family appeals to Boris Johnson in case that raises questions about criteria for evacuationAn Afghan man who worked in the kitchen at the British embassy in Kabul for seven years has appealed to Boris Johnson to save him and his family from the Taliban…
Our leaders made the mistake of ignoring it was the Afghans’ country and they knew it better than we didI was one of the thousands of Australians who were deployed to Afghanistan – me, as an Australian federal police officer – over the last 20 years. D…
A few days ago the capital was full of women going about their business. Now, the few that remain walk fast and full of fearFour days after the quick and unexpected invasion of Kabul by the Taliban, the streets of the Afghan capital are almost entirely…
Afghanistan’s government collapsed as the Taliban militant group took control of all of the country’s major cities in only nine days, including Kabul, the capital of more than 4 million people.The Guardian’s senior international correspondent Emma Grah…
Afghan journalist Ramin Rahman, 27, left on a US military plane at Hamid Karzai international airportThe day the Taliban took over started with a call from my friend in Germany. He told me to get to the airport because there was potentially going to be…
Analysis: US efforts to neutralise the threat posed by extremist groups in Afghanistan targeting the west will not be easyJoe Biden has said the US will maintain an “over the horizon” counter-terrorism capability to neutralise the threat posed by Islam…
US voices concern at reports of violence against women and children trying to pass through Taliban checkpoints, as evacuations continueAfghanistan – latest updatesTaliban promises of “safe passage” to the Kabul airport for Afghans trying to flee the co…
Analysis: US president’s TV address blamed others for the Taliban takeover and tried to distance himself from past administrationsIn a televised speech on Monday the US president, Joe Biden, defended his decision to withdraw US forces from Afghanistan …
Senior Tory and Labour MPs united in their criticism of US president’s approach to Afghan crisisAfghanistan crisis: live updatesSenior British politicians have called on the government to repudiate Joe Biden’s comments on Afghanistan, saying the UK sho…
It was impossible to predict the Taliban would retake Afghanistan so swiftly after the withdrawal of international troops, Dominic Raab has said, arguing: ‘No one saw this coming.’Speaking to the media following his return from holiday, after…
Following the Taliban’s military takeover of the country, westerners continue to leave. Afghans hoping to escape Taliban rule have gathered in Kabul, with many making desperate attempts to flee. There was chaos at the airport, where troops used guns an…