Letter: Just 25% of the $3.23bn needed for the UN humanitarian response plan has been raised. Women and girls will be hit worst by this shortfall
How have women’s rights in Afghanistan changed?
Alex Rhodes speaks to Sana Safi from the BBC’s Afghan service to understand what life is like there now. Plus we hear from two women footballers who had to flee the country. Presenter: Alex Rhodes Pro
A dream ‘destroyed’: Female journalist flees Afghanistan after being targeted by the Taliban
On the two-year anniversary of the fall of Kabul and the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, a female journalist talks about everything that she has lost.
Tory MP repeats call for Afghanistan rethink after Taliban remarks criticism
Under-fire Tory MP Tobias Ellwood has again urged the Government to rethink its strategy on Afghanistan, two years on from the fall of Kabul to the Taliban.The senior Conservative said the UK should …
China calls for greater international support for Afghanistan, but tells Taliban world has ‘some expectations’ on progress
Beijing uses second anniversary of Taliban takeover to appeal to international community to step up counterterrorist efforts and engagements.
Afghanistan Withdrawal: Experts Had an Alternative
In terms of financial costs, the United States, directly and indirectly, spent more than $2 trillion on the war since their invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. This amount equals $300 million dollars …
Afghanistan Withdrawal: Experts Had an Alternative
In terms of financial costs, the United States, directly and indirectly, spent more than $2 trillion on the war since their invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. This amount equals $300 million dollars …
In Afghanistan, we lost control of our own war
Our political class’s fatal mistake was a failure to recognize that the alignment of national and international interests is never meant to be permanent …
In Afghanistan, we lost control of our own war
Our political class’s fatal mistake was a failure to recognize that the alignment of national and international interests is never meant to be permanent …
Two years under Taliban rule in Afghanistan: ‘I never thought the world would forget about us so quickly’
Those who left and those who could not flee speak of a country in ruins and decry the world’s apathy towards the humanitarian crisis and the lack of rights, mainly for women, which a UN report describ …