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    • Thursday, 5 January, 2023
      News in-depth
      Taliban’s move to block women aid workers disrupts and divides NGOs

      Donors forced to consider compromising or shutting down operations in Afghanistan

    • Friday, 2 December, 2022
      Lunch with the FT
      Afghan activist Zarifa Ghafari: ‘They sold Afghanistan to the Taliban’

      The exiled politician on the ‘game’ America plays in her homeland, the ‘Taliban twilight for women’ — and the day militants tried to blow up her car

    • Thursday, 10 November, 2022
      ReviewFilm
      Retrograde — fascinating chronicle of the US exit from Afghanistan

      Matthew Heineman’s documentary is a multi-sided portrait with startling close-up access

    • Monday, 31 October, 2022
      Drug prices rise in Afghanistan after Taliban outlaws trade

      Cost of opium and methamphetamine soars despite little evidence the ban is being enforced

    • Friday, 30 September, 2022
      Bomb blast at Kabul academy exposes growing danger for minorities

      Isis attacks have claimed hundreds of Hazara lives since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan

    • Wednesday, 14 September, 2022
      US creates fund to disburse $3.5bn of frozen Afghan bank reserves

      Move comes amid growing fears about economy under Taliban rule

    • Wednesday, 24 August, 2022
      Behind the Money podcast23 min listen
      Afghanistan one year later

      How the economy has changed in the year since the Taliban retook control

    • Thursday, 18 August, 2022
      Jane Harman
      Six lessons for US foreign policy

      The chaotic exit from Afghanistan last year sowed doubt about America’s continued capacity for global leadership

    • Thursday, 18 August, 2022
      FT SeriesA year under the Taliban
      The village wedding caught in the Taliban’s battle for Kabul

      In August 2021, Dost Kol prepared to celebrate. The next 24 hours brought tragedy

    • Monday, 15 August, 2022
      ReviewArts
      The fall of Kabul and its aftermath vividly described in two new podcasts

      First-person testimony in Out of Afghanistan and Kabul Falling reveals stories of turmoil and new lives in the west

    • Monday, 15 August, 2022
      FT SeriesA year under the Taliban
      Afghan roads once menaced by the Taliban are now safer — for some

      With the insurgents in power, countrywide routes are more secure but women face draconian travel restrictions

    • Sunday, 14 August, 2022
      The Week Ahead
      A week for reflection: Afghanistan a year on, and 75 years since partition

      Plus, first steps in Nasa’s return to the Moon, and a peak week for Britain’s summer of discontent

    • Sunday, 14 August, 2022
      Annie Pforzheimer
      Engagement with Afghanistan will promote broader US strategic goals

      A well co-ordinated international effort is needed to address Taliban misrule and help the Afghan people

    • Friday, 12 August, 2022
      FT SeriesA year under the Taliban
      How we live now: Afghanistan’s women speak

      Over the course of a year of Taliban rule, a group of women writers share their thoughts, fears and dreams via a messaging app

    • Thursday, 4 August, 2022
      FT SeriesA year under the Taliban
      The Taliban’s black gold: militants seize on coal to reboot economy

      As Afghanistan battles economic crisis Islamists increase exports to generate revenue with the help of child labour

    • Wednesday, 3 August, 2022
      FT Series
      A year under the Taliban
    • Wednesday, 3 August, 2022
      FT SeriesA year under the Taliban
      Drone strike killing of al-Qaeda’s Ayman al-Zawahiri deals setback to Taliban

      Afghan regime’s push for legitimacy has been undermined by US reach into heart of Kabul

    • Tuesday, 2 August, 2022
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Al-Zawahiri killing only highlights Afghanistan’s problems

      Death of the al-Qaeda leader provides a political boost for Joe Biden

    • Tuesday, 2 August, 2022
      FT SeriesA year under the Taliban
      The Taliban’s new order: ‘We’ll introduce a system for the world’

      Kabul regime is reshaping government and cracking down on corruption in its quest for a self-sufficient Islamic state

    • Tuesday, 2 August, 2022
      Terrorism
      US says it killed al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in Afghanistan

      Biden announces he authorised drone strike to ‘remove him from the battlefield once and for all’

    • Monday, 1 August, 2022
      FT SeriesA year under the Taliban
      Life under the Taliban: ‘what matters is that we’re hungry’

      Economic collapse since Islamists retook power a year ago leaves many Afghans struggling to make ends meet

    • Tuesday, 12 July, 2022
      Ministry of Defence UK
      British MPs call for inquiry into SAS ‘death squad’ killings in Afghanistan

      Probe sought after BBC investigation identified 54 suspicious deaths involving one unit of UK special forces

    • Friday, 1 July, 2022
      Life & Arts
      We may not agree with the Taliban but we should help Afghanistan

      An eye-witness dispatch from the scene of last week’s earthquake

    • Thursday, 30 June, 2022
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Disaster aid for Afghans should not have strings attached

      Providing emergency relief does not equate to validating the Taliban

    • Wednesday, 22 June, 2022
      Afghanistan earthquake kills more than 1,000 people

      The 5.9-magnitude quake comes as Taliban struggle to govern amid wider economic crisis

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