カテゴリー: Qatar
Qatar is a magnet for south Asian labour, but failure to investigate deaths leaves dependents without compensation It is hard to imagine a place more different to Qatar than the southern plains of Nepal.Miles of fields covered in dazzling yellow mustar…
Conference raises only $2.44bn as Russian foreign minister says west is responsible for country’s humanitarian crisisThe world’s donor drought, and growing global divisions over Afghanistan’s political direction, have been laid bare when a UN appeal fo…
Guardian investigation finds labourers – including those on World Cup-related projects – were left with huge debtsLow-wage migrant workers have been forced to pay billions of dollars in recruitment fees to secure their jobs in World Cup host nation Qat…
Campaigners say not enough is being done to prevent loss of life and the causes of death are not being properly investigatedAs many as 10,000 migrant workers from south and south-east Asia die every year in the Gulf countries, according to a report by …
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Comments made as talks begin in Qatar to discuss allowing foreigners and at-risk Afghans to evacuateThe Taliban has ruled out cooperation with the US to contain extremist groups in Afghanistan, staking out an uncompromising position on a key issue ahea…
Diplomats visit Kabul to raise issue of ‘safe passage’ for Britons leaving Afghanistan and rights of womenBritish officials have gone to Afghanistan for the first time since the country fell to the Taliban, meeting the group’s senior leaders in Kabul t…
Antony Blinken thanks Qatar and Taliban for facilitating flight that he says shows US commitment to help citizens and others who assisted USA flight carrying more than 100 international passengers out of Kabul has landed in Doha, the first such civilia…
Taliban fighters pictured outside governor’s compound, but Ahmad Massoud’s rebels deny province has fallenThe Taliban have fought their way to the capital of Panjshir, the last Afghan province holding out against their rule, and seem on the brink of to…
Foreign minister says UK must engage with Taliban in Afghanistan after meeting with Qatari officialsEvacuations may be able to resume from Kabul airport “in the near future”, the foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, has said as he expressed a need for dire…
Those on board the cramped military plane weren’t granted a last glimpse of their homeland before the difficult journey ahead, while all knew thousands still waited desperately belowThe American marine shouted “push!”. And hundreds of people did, shovi…
Sir Nicholas Kay says he feels shame over collapse to Taliban as he calls for lessons learned inquiry The former UK ambassador to Afghanistan Sir Nicholas Kay has said the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is playing catch-up with other coun…
Western G7 powers are meeting Turkey, Qatar and Nato in Doha to discuss how Kabul airport could be reopenedAfghanistan – live updatesTalks are due in Doha and New York to try to reach an international consensus on the conditions for recognising the Tal…