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Afghans evacuated by US in chaos of withdrawal are languishing in foreign camps, documents reveal

Exclusive: records show evacuees with pending applications to enter US ‘forced to remain in limbo’ in at least 36 countries, some in ‘untenable conditions’Afghan citizens who fled the country with American assistance after the US’s chaotic withdrawal f…

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Biden insists US is ‘winning’ on world stage – what would losing look like?

The president defended his record on Ukraine, Gaza and Afghanistan but foreign policy successes have been fewOn paper, few US presidents could boast the foreign policy bona fides of Joe Biden, a veteran statesman with nearly a half-century of experienc…

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The Taliban made me marry my boss: how one word led to a forced marriage

Afghanistan’s ‘morality police’ arrested Samira at work in Kabul – and then made the 19-year-old marry her employerIt was a normal summer morning in July last year when 19-year-old Samira* made her way to the carpet-weaving shop where she worked in Kab…

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Lisa Nandy rejects calls for England to boycott Afghanistan cricket match

Culture secretary says it should go ahead despite pressure for it to be cancelled over Taliban’s treatment of womenUK politics live – latest updatesEngland should be allowed to play next month’s cricket match against Afghanistan, the culture and sport …

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