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  • Sunday, 8 May, 2022
    Taliban
    Taliban order Afghan women to cover faces in public

    Return of repressive decrees undermines vows last year of more moderate regime than in 1990s

  • Friday, 1 April, 2022
    Special ReportWatches and Jewellery: April
    Black market deals raise fears for ancient Afghan jewellery treasures

    Amid the Taliban takeover, ancient artefacts are finding their way to international collectors

  • Friday, 1 April, 2022
    News in-depth
    Taliban restrictions signal dominance of the mullahs

    Millions of Afghans are at risk of famine but new rulers defy potential donors and crack down on women

  • Sunday, 27 March, 2022
    Education
    Secret schools keep Afghan girls learning

    Rule-breaking teachers defy Taliban to provide lessons

  • Wednesday, 23 March, 2022
    Taliban reverse decision to allow Afghan girls to attend secondary school

    Militant group U-turns after classes were set to resume for first time since August takeover

  • Tuesday, 22 March, 2022
    Fawzia Koofi
    Afghanistan must not turn into the world’s forgotten crisis

    While Ukraine dominates attention, the Taliban is taking the opportunity to target its opponents

  • Monday, 21 March, 2022
    UK foreign policy
    UK whistleblower alleges Boris Johnson personally authorised Afghan animal charity airlift

    Senior civil servant claims the prime minister’s decision went against the judgment of officials

  • Tuesday, 22 February, 2022
    How To Spend It
    Roll up, roll up: the father-and-son duo championing the work of Afghan weavers

    Artist Sir Christopher Le Brun and his son, Edmund, have created painterly rugs that highlight the skills of local artisans

  • Friday, 11 February, 2022
    US politics & policy
    Biden orders freeze on $7bn of Afghan assets within US

    Executive order splits funds between families of September 11 victims and humanitarian aid

  • Thursday, 10 February, 2022
    ReviewFiction
    My Pen is the Wing of a Bird — powerful short stories by Afghan women

    Simple, direct prose offers vivid snapshots of a country beset by war and violence

  • Monday, 7 February, 2022
    FT News Briefing podcast10 min listen
    Great Britain’s migrant crisis

    Aid agencies call for unblocking of cash flows to Afghanistan as humanitarian crisis deepens

  • Monday, 7 February, 2022
    Aid agencies call for Afghan cash flows to be unblocked to relieve crisis

    Humanitarian disaster intensifies as sanctions against Taliban hinder imports of basic goods

  • Sunday, 6 February, 2022
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Afghanistan’s unnecessary plight

    Taking a rigid stand against the Taliban leaves Afghans starving

  • Monday, 31 January, 2022
    Special ReportFuture of AI and Digital Healthcare
    Afghanistan telemedicine provides much-needed link to global help

    Prospects for patients have improved thanks to everyday tech enabling medics to call on the expertise of their peers abroad

  • Thursday, 27 January, 2022
    UK politics & policy
    Leaked emails cast further doubt on Johnson’s Afghan flight denials

    Prime minister calls allegation he authorised evacuation of Nowzad animals and staff ‘total rhubarb’

  • Wednesday, 26 January, 2022
    UK politics & policy
    Johnson approved animals’ evacuation from Kabul, emails suggest

    Message from Foreign Office official says ‘PM has just authorised’ charity’s ‘staff and animals’ to be flown out

  • Sunday, 23 January, 2022
    World Bank under pressure to release frozen Afghan funds

    Charities call for support for public sector salaries to prevent collapse of essential services

  • Wednesday, 19 January, 2022
    News in-depthPakistan
    Taliban victory unleashes hardline forces in Pakistan

    Imran Khan welcomed Islamists’ conquest but is struggling to contain emboldened extremists at home

  • Sunday, 16 January, 2022
    Afghanistan’s currency crisis leaves millions at risk of starvation

    Afghani has fallen almost 25% against the dollar since the Taliban seized power in August

  • Friday, 14 January, 2022
    Life & Arts
    Albania diary: from hermit state to haven

    It is 30 years since Alec Russell’s last visit to the country — and the welcome extended to Afghan refugees shows how far it has come since the fall of communism

  • Thursday, 30 December, 2021
    Amy Kazmin
    Year in a word: Evacuation

    The rushed mission to help Afghans fleeing the Taliban brought scenes of tragedy

  • Saturday, 25 December, 2021
    News in-depthEU immigration
    The migrants braving a treacherous Alpine journey to reach France

    Record numbers have attempted the mountainous route from the Italian border this year

  • Friday, 24 December, 2021
    News in-depth
    Afghan female football champions enjoy new lease of life in England

    Team train with Leeds United after being helped to flee the Taliban by Kim Kardashian and an orthodox rabbi

  • Thursday, 23 December, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Spare a thought for Afghanistan this Christmas

    A humanitarian carve-out to UN sanctions is a welcome but belated step

  • Wednesday, 22 December, 2021
    The Big Read
    Afghanistan’s looming famine: will the US help the Taliban?

    Millions face starvation this winter after the withdrawal of foreign aid after the Islamist group took power

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