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Afghanistan: One million children face starvation this winter says charity
Tens of millions of people face acute hunger. The health system is on the verge of collapse and political freedoms have been shut down.
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‘The foreign office has not been well led” during Afghan evacuation crisis, says Conservative MP
A former diplomat has claimed that many Afghans were abandoned to their fate at the hands of the Taliban during a “chaotic” and “dysfunctional” evacuation.
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Whistleblower evidence of Kabul evacuation ‘deeply disturbing’, says shadow foreign secretary
A former diplomat has claimed that many Afghans were abandoned to their fate at the hands of the Taliban during a “chaotic” and “dysfunctional” evacuation.
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Afghan refugees abandoned by UK says whistleblower
A former diplomat has claimed that many Afghans were abandoned to their fate at the hands of the Taliban during a “chaotic” and “dysfunctional” evacuation.
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British citizen stranded in Pakistan after fleeing Afghanistan with family
A British citizen is calling on the government to help him bring his family back from Afghanistan after they were left stranded in the wake of the Taliban’s takeover.
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People in Afghanistan will starve to death this winter unless we act, says Norwegian Refugee Council Secretary-General
Aid organisations have warned of a looming humanitarian catastrophe in Afghanistan, with around 60% of the population now facing acute hunger.
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Afghanistan: At least 25 killed in attack at military hospital in Kabul
At least 25 people have been killed and dozens of others were injured after an attack at the entrance to a military hospital in the Afghan capital Kabul.
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Afghanistan ‘is in crisis and nobody knows how to control it’, says girls’ education activist
It has been nearly a month since the Taliban effectively banned girls from secondary education by ordering schools to re-open only for boys. Millions of teenage girls across the country are now denied the opportunity to continue their education.
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Make or break moment for Afghanistan, UN warns
Afghanistan is at a make or break moment, the UN secretary general has warned, as he declared that failing to save the country’s economy from collapse would mean “the world will pay a heavy price”.
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Afghanistan: Suicide bomber kills dozens at mosque
At least 50 people have been killed in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan. The attack happened during Friday prayers at a Shia mosque in the north eastern city of Kunduz.
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Afghanistan: Several dead in Kabul mosque blast
Several civilians are thought to have died in the blast, the biggest attack in the city since local Islamic State extremists targeted the mass evacuation at the airport more than a month ago.
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Journey from Afghanistan to Wales turned into play
Thousands of Afghans who’ve fled the Taliban takeover are starting new lives, many of them here in the UK.
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This is the new Afghanistan
It’s been just over a month since the Taliban took Kabul. Some fled Afghanistan, not wanting to see what their new lives might look like. Others stayed out of choice or because there was no other option.
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‘Afghanistan has lost 51 per cent of its human capital’ – former government minister
We spoke to Hosna Jalil, the former deputy interior minister in Afghanistan.
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After 9/11: Life in Afghanistan after the attacks
After 9/11 the Americans invaded Afghanistan and easily overthrew the Taliban, who had harboured Al Qaeda, that carried out the attacks. But after that nothing was easy.