Afghanistan introduces new bans on women: details
Now women are not allowed to work in non-governmental organizations and study. New bans on women have been introduced in Afghanistan / photo REUTERS The Taliban movement…
Taliban ban Afghan women from going out with bare face and body
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Several dead after series of explosions at boys’ school in Kabul
At least six people were killed and dozens wounded in a string of explosions targeting education institutions in the Afghan capital. At least two explosions struck pupils…
Afghan minister who fled the Taliban now drives Uber to feed his family
Afghanistan’s former finance minister has been driving an Uber in Washington DC to support his family, as new figures show over 13,000 newborns have died since January…
Afghans forced to sell their kidneys as extreme hunger tightens its grip
Photographed above, a father lifts his shirt to show the foot-long scar across his belly from selling his kidney; his son, brow furrowed, looks up at his…
‘The Taliban were surprised to find a woman who was not afraid of them’
When she returned to the country in 2003, she joined a small organisation called Afghans for Civil Society and became an advocate for women in Kandahar, providing…
After bearing the brunt of war, Afghan women and girls now pay the price of peace
When donors meet to pledge funding for the Afghan appeal they must address not only the need for humanitarian funds, but also the policy commitments needed to…
Taliban releases ‘kidnapped’ former BBC journalist, Andrew North
A British journalist detained in Kabul has been released, the Taliban confirmed on Friday. Andrew North, a former BBC correspondent who has covered Afghanistan for about two…
Joe Biden to compensate families of of 9/11 victims with seized $3.5bn Afghan funds
Nearly 80 per cent of Afghanistan’s previous government’s budget came from the international community. The Taliban has called on the international community to release funds to help…
Liz Truss confirms inquiry into Pen Farthing email leak implicating No 10 in Afghan pet rescue
The exchanges took place at the height of the Afghanistan evacuation when Mr Farthing, a former Royal Marine who ran the Nowzad shelter in Kabul, was leading…
Boris Johnson’s senior aide watched cricket as Kabul fell
On Saturday night, a Number 10 source insisted Mr Rosenfield, a former senior civil servant at the Treasury, was “in constant contact with the office”. But the…
Foreign Office mandarin apologises for misleading MPs in Afghanistan animal evacuation row
The Foreign Office’s top mandarin has apologised for misleading MPs in the row over the evacuation of animals from Afghanistan. Sir Philip Barton, the Foreign Office’s permanent…
Boris Johnson ‘authorised Pen Farthing’s animal evacuation from Afghanistan’ despite previous denial
Mr Johnson, asked by reporters on Dec 7 if he had intervened in the evacuation last summer, called the suggestion “complete nonsense”. Downing Street distanced Mr Johnson…
Aafia Siddiqui: The terrorist known as ‘Lady al-Qaeda’ languishing in US jail
By 2004, she was the only woman on the FBI’s most wanted list of al-Qaeda terrorists. But her real notoriety came in 2008, when police in Afghanistan…
Soldiers who led rescue of Britons from Kabul set to finally get the medals they deserve
It was the Paras who were the first to land in Kabul in August 2021 as the country fell to the Taliban, marking the end of the…
The West shouldn’t be ashamed of having a moral compass
I rarely read non-fiction, preferring the engrossing plots of a novel over stark analysis of the world’s generally depressing, stressful hurly burly. But with Western moral and…
Insiders reveal the shameful truth about Afghanistan: the war wasn’t ‘doomed’, just bungled
Britain’s armchair generals may have mixed feelings on reading The Ledger, David Kilcullen and Greg Mills’s new book on the West’s botched mission in Afghanistan. On the…
Tony Blair knighthood ‘a kick in the teeth for the people of Iraq and Afghanistan’
Sir Tony, 68, was given the knighthood 14 years after leaving Downing Street, after claims that the delay was blocking other former prime ministers from being honoured….
Minaret of Jam, one of Afghanistan’s greatest architectural treasures, in danger of collapsing after floods and neglect
A remote 800-year-old minaret which is one of Afghanistan’s greatest archaeological treasures is in danger of falling down because of flood damage. The Minaret of Jam stands…
Minaret Jam, one of Afghanistan’s greatest architectural treasures, in danger of collapsing after floods and neglect
A remote 800-year-old minaret which is one of Afghanistan’s greatest archaeological treasures is in danger of falling down because of flood damage. The Minaret of Jam stands…
Prince Charles warns a million Afghan children could die during ‘catastrophic’ winter
Gillian Anderson, the actress, and JJ Chalmers, the television presenter, have already backed the appeal, which was launched to fund emergency food, shelter and healthcare. The UK…
Boris Johnson: Carrie and I didn’t intervene to get Pen Farthing evacuated from Kabul
The Government is facing fresh questions over why Mr Farthing was helped to evacuate when the same whistleblower claimed just five per cent of refugees who requested…
Tuesday evening UK news briefing: Why prosecutors are targeting the mystery of Ghislaine Maxwell’s wealth
Even if – and it is a big if – the pandemic is coming to an end, the true scale of its impact is still only beginning…
‘When the Taliban returned, I set up a free online school to help thousands of girls in Afghanistan’
When the Taliban returned to power in August, banning women and girls from receiving an education, I began receiving anxious messages from Afghan girls who had been…
British Army to leave Canada after 50 years for new base in Middle East
The British Army is to leave Canada after 50 years, with its biggest training base set to move to the Middle East. The British Army Training Unit…