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Afghanistan: UK government ‘caught out’ by speed of Taliban takeover
The decisions made by the British government as the Taliban took control of Afghanistan were scrutinised by the Commons foreign affairs committee this afternoon.
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Afghanistan: Female MPs hiding from Taliban and trapped in Kabul
After the rapid withdrawal from the forever war, now comes the resettlement of the people who fled.
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Taliban must recognise women’s rights before return to Afghanistan, says former Ghani advisor
We spoke to Farkhunda Naderi, the former Afghan MP and advisor to President Ashraf Ghani, who is currently in Uzbekistan.
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Taliban victory increases risk terrorists will seize Pakistan and its nuclear weapons, John Bolton says
John Bolton was a military advisor to President George W Bush when the decision to invade Afghanistan was taken.
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Afghanistan: Taliban declare victory after last US troops withdraw
The history books will record that the last American soldier to leave was Major General Chris Donahue.
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Taliban ‘empowered’ by American cooperation, says former US Assistant Secretary of Defence
We were joined by Mary Beth Long, who was a US Assistant Secretary of Defence under George W Bush.
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Taliban ‘have been lying from day one’ say Afghan migrants charity
We were joined from Hamburg by Abdul Ghafoor, who is director of the Afghanistan Migrants Advice and Support organisation.
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West must engage with Taliban ‘under conditions’, says former Afghan political adviser
We spoke to Omar Samad, who served as senior adviser to the former chief executive of Afghanistan, Dr Abdullah Abdullah.
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‘The Taliban leadership is struggling to bring some control’, says Afghan journalist
Earlier this month, we spoke to the Kabul-based journalist Bilal Sarwary from Afghanistan. He has fled the country as a result of persistent threats from theTaliban and is now in Doha.
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Show Taliban ‘respect’ to secure evacuation extension, says former British ambassador
We spoke to Sir Christopher Meyer, a former diplomat who served as the British ambassador to the United States.
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Afghanistan: Taliban refuse to extend evacuations deadline
The Taliban insist it’s a hard deadline – all foreign troops must leave Afghanistan by next Tuesday.
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‘New generation’ of Afghans could pose ‘problem’ for Taliban, says former Afghan minister
Masoud Andarabi is Afghanistan’s former Interior Minister, who is now in the United States.
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Taliban have already started their revenge, says former Afghan ambassador to UK
We spoke to Ahmad Wali Massoud, a former Afghan ambassador to the UK. His brother, Northern Alliance commander Ahmad Shah Massoud, was assassinated by Al-Qaeda two days before 9/11.
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Afghanistan: Thousands desperate to leave as Taliban set up roadblocks
Thousands of Afghans are still desperate to leave and international governments are keen to get them out. It would all have been so much easier if NATO had held onto Bagram air base outside Kabul.
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Taliban faces economic fallout in Afghanistan
Afghanistan’s foreign reserves have been frozen and the International Monetary Fund has cut off access to loans.