Reports of unrest at Taliban checkpoints around Kabul airport; Pentagon investigating how civilians were killed as they clung to aircraft. Follow the latest updates Taliban say they seek no ‘revenge’ and all Afghans would be ‘forgiven’ Pakistan divided over success of Taliban in Afghanistan Afghan who guarded UK embassy fears […]
Women, children and religious minorities will be prioritised under new scheme criticised as unambitious • The resettlement plans explained Afghanistan crisis: live updates Women, children and religious minorities will be prioritised in a new UK resettlement scheme for 20,000 Afghan refugees, Boris Johnson will announce, acknowledging that those who helped […]
Exclusive: Jake Davison seen pacing around convenience store for more than five minutes on day before attack Police increasingly believe that anti-women propaganda may have fuelled anger in the Plymouth gunman before his attack, with his links to the “incel” movement a main strand of their investigation. Jake Davison, 22, […]
TOLO News sent female reporters home on Sunday for safety reasons but many have returned to work Afghanistan crisis: live updates On Tuesday an unprecedented discussion took place on an Afghanistan television channel: a female presenter interviewed a Taliban spokesperson about the group’s plans for the country, days after insurgents […]
Analysis: The stunning US defeat has left Afghans and Americans distraught and confused but some gains may not be easily erased Afghanistan crisis: live updates On 1 October 2001, three weeks after the 9/11 attacks and six days before the bombing of Afghanistan began, there was a small protest march […]
In the Afghan capital women stayed home in fear of being beaten by the Taliban for not covering themselves Afghanistan live news: troops work to restart Kabul flights The streets of Kabul were emptied of women on Monday, the first full day of Taliban rule across Afghanistan, as Taliban gunmen […]
Hundreds of people crammed into a US carrier in a desperate attempt to escape Kabul after Taliban forces took control of the capital Afghanistan – latest updates Defiant Biden stands ‘squarely behind’ decision to withdraw An extraordinary image has emerged that appears to show hundreds of Afghans packed into a […]
‘I stand squarely behind my decision,’ says Biden; Kabul airport reopens with US in charge of air traffic control; Taliban patrol Kabul Kabul airport: footage appears to show Afghans falling from plane Who are the Taliban and how will they govern this time? Expected Afghan influx reopens divisions over refugees […]
Jake Davison shot dead five people and also wounded a 55-year-old woman and her son after police reinstated his gun licence Family of a mother and son who were shot through their front door by the Plymouth attacker have voiced anger at police for reinstating his gun licence weeks before […]
Analysis: Joe Biden and Boris Johnson five weeks ago claimed Afghan government would not fall so easily Desperate crowds at Kabul airport as Afghans try to escape Taliban – latest updates Joe Biden could not have been clearer: a Taliban takeover of Afghanistan was “not inevitable”, the US president said […]