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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Type of rule and the form of regime will be clear soon, says spokesperson for Taliban political office; Ashraf Ghani leaves the country; all US Embassy personnel evacuated to airport, says state department. Follow the latest updates ‘This is not Saigon’: Blinken defends US mission in Afghanistan Timeline: the Taliban’s […]
President Ashraf Ghani flees Afghanistan as Taliban sweep into city to seize control of country Taliban enters Kabul – live updates The final collapse of the 20-year western mission to Afghanistan took only a single day as Taliban gunmen entered the capital, Kabul, on Sunday, President Ashraf Ghani fled the […]
With the Taliban now in control, large numbers of people have massed at Hamid Karzai airport as foreign embassies evacuate Taliban spokesman claims ‘war is over’ – latest updates Thousands of Afghans and foreign nationals have surged on to the tarmac at Kabul airport seeking a place on a flight […]
A university student tells of seeing all around her the ‘fearful faces of women and ugly faces of men who hate women’ Early on Sunday morning I was heading to university for a class when a group of women came running out from the women’s dormitory. I asked what had […]
Research by thinktank finds women’s mental health particularly affected as home working increases Covid working from home has caused an “epidemic of hidden overtime” that particularly affects women, leading to a need for new “right to disconnect” laws, according a report from Autonomy thinktank. The organisation said unpaid labour was […]
Capital hit by blackout as insurgent fighters reach outskirts and western nations race to evacuate citizens Report: last major Afghan city in the north falls to the Taliban 3.46am BST The animated version of the map I posted earlier: Time lapse video of the Taliban’s offensive when it began taking […]
Prime minister declares month-long state of emergency after earthquake felt across the Caribbean At least 304 people have died, with 1,800 injured and hundreds missing after Haiti was struck by a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that reduced churches, hotels and homes to rubble, in the latest tragedy to hit a Caribbean nation […]