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Biden and Harris receive briefing following yesterday’s attackPentagon warns of further attacks as Biden faces mounting criticismUS takes 34 unaccompanied Afghan children into custody after airliftSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by …
The attack on Kabul airport underlines the west’s obligations, which do not end with the occupation For all that it had been warned of, was perhaps even half-expected, Thursday’s terrorist attack on Kabul’s Hamid Karzai airport was a deeply shocking ev…
Joe Biden left with no good options after deadliest day for US troops in Afghanistan in more than a decadeThe tempting comparison between the withdrawals of US forces from Kabul in 2021 and Saigon in 1975 has offered diminishing returns over the past 1…
Today the media are looking for scapegoats, but 20 years ago they helped facilitate the disastrous interventionEveryone is to blame for the catastrophe in Afghanistan, except the people who started it. Yes, Joe Biden screwed up by rushing out so chaoti…
Ordinary Afghans will pay the highest price for the west’s defeated ambitionsIt speaks volumes about the world today that a US president was more worried about the Taliban looking weak than about his western allies. Britain, France and Germany asked Jo…
President defends US exit but makes changes to airlift effort at Kabul airport after criticism over deaths and chaotic scenes Civil war ‘unavoidable’ if Taliban won’t talk – opposition leaderThe evacuation of thousands of Americans and their Afghan all…
Defense secretary: ‘We’re gonna try our very best to get everybody, every American citizen who wants to get out, out’Ex-Afghan ambassador warns of women’s fate under TalibanActivating a plan used only twice before, the Biden administration on Sunday or…
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…
President shifts blame to his predecessor, Donald Trump, and the unwillingness of Afghan forces to fight the TalibanUS politics – live coverageA defiant Joe Biden has insisted that he stands “squarely behind” his decision to pull US forces rapidly out …
Chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, Mark Milley, reportedly issued warning to congressional leaders Sunday morningThe US’s top military general has warned that the collapse of the Afghan government and return of Taliban rule could accelerate the pos…
US secretary of state rejects parallels between chaotic scenes unfolding in Kabul and the humiliating fall of Saigon in 1975America’s top diplomat appeared on political TV shows on Sunday to defend the US’s mission in Afghanistan and attempt to hold ba…
Newspapers and broadcasters send open letter to Boris Johnson raising safety fears about locals who did vital work for the westOpen letter warns of brutal Taliban reprisals against Afghan reportersA coalition of British newspapers and broadcasters has …
Evacuation flights start before visas are issued as insurgents make sweeping gains in provincesAmerica has launched emergency airlifts for Afghans who worked with its armed forces and diplomats, evacuating hundreds who are still waiting for their visas…
Evacuation flights start before visas are issued as insurgents make sweeping gains in provincesAmerica has launched emergency airlifts for Afghans who worked with its armed forces and diplomats, evacuating hundreds who are still waiting for their visas…
Latest effort in Washington to punish Beijing for what officials say is an ongoing genocide against Uyghurs and other Muslim groupsThe US Senate passed legislation on Wednesday to ban the import of products from China’s Xinjiang region, the latest effo…