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    • 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

    • 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

    • Friday, 1 April, 2022
      News in-depthAfghanistan
      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, 16 January, 2022
      Afghanistan
      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

    • 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

    • Sunday, 24 October, 2021
      Afghanistan
      EU plans to reopen Afghanistan diplomatic mission within a month

      Bloc seeks to deepen limited engagement with Taliban regime as part of ‘calibrated approach’

    • Monday, 30 August, 2021
      Afghanistan
      Rockets fired at Kabul airport as evacuation deadline looms

      Isis claims responsibility for attack launched days after a suicide bomber killed more than 100 people

    • Saturday, 28 August, 2021
      Afghanistan
      US launches strike against Isis ‘planner’ for Kabul bombing

      Retaliation follows warnings another terror attack is ‘likely’ as evacuations continue

    • Friday, 27 August, 2021
      Afghanistan
      Biden to press on with Afghanistan evacuation after bombings

      President says US will ‘hunt down’ perpetrators of Kabul attacks while UK enters final stages of rescue operation

    • Thursday, 26 August, 2021
      Afghanistan
      At least 13 US troops among those killed in Kabul bombings

      Explosions outside airport follow security warnings as western allies scramble to leave Afghanistan

    • Tuesday, 24 August, 2021
      Ajmal Ahmady
      Afghanistan faces an economic crisis, as well as a humanitarian one

      The Taliban has inadequate revenues or incoming investment to operate a functional government

    • Monday, 23 August, 2021
      Afghanistan
      Biden squeezed between allies and Taliban on Afghan deadline

      UK and France among G7 countries seeking more time for evacuation but regime likely to refuse

    • Saturday, 21 August, 2021
      Afghanistan
      Biden pledges to evacuate every American trying to flee Afghanistan

      European Commission president calls on world leaders next week to secure safe exit route for refugees

    • Wednesday, 18 August, 2021
      Afghanistan
      Taliban cracks down on first protests since seizure of power

      Local media reports anti-Taliban demonstrations have occurred in a handful of provinces

    • Tuesday, 17 August, 2021
      Afghanistan
      Taliban vows respect for women’s rights ‘within framework of Islam’

      Islamist group seeks to strike moderate tone in first press conference but Afghans fear reprisals

    • Monday, 16 August, 2021
      Afghanistan
      Biden blames Kabul chaos on deposed Afghan leaders

      Pentagon restarts flights after airport is overrun by those seeking to escape Taliban rule

    • Monday, 16 August, 2021
      Afghanistan
      Taliban forces pour into Kabul after president flees Afghanistan

      Occupying militants call for ‘open, inclusive Islamic government’ as 20-year US military project comes to chaotic end

    • Tuesday, 20 July, 2021
      Afghanistan
      Rockets target presidential palace in Kabul

      Assault comes as Taliban tightens grip on Afghanistan ahead of US withdrawal

    • Thursday, 2 January, 2020
      Philip Stephens
      A Japanese saint among the sinners of the Afghan war

      The death of a doctor who transformed Afghan lives contrasts with revelations of US ignorance

    • Wednesday, 13 March, 2019
      Afghanistan
      Latest round of US-Taliban talks end with signs of progress

      Agreement reached ‘in draft’ on a withdrawal timeline, US envoy says

    • Wednesday, 15 August, 2018
      World
      Scores killed in Kabul as Afghanistan reels from attacks

      Taliban denies responsibility as suicide blast rips through education centre

    • Thursday, 19 July, 2018
      Ahmed Rashid
      Afghan peace process requires a neutral mediator

      The proposed US-Taliban talks will founder without an outside supervisor

    • Thursday, 7 June, 2018
      World
      Afghanistan declares temporary ceasefire with Taliban

      Move signals Kabul’s willingness to make concessions for an end to the 17-year war

    • Monday, 7 May, 2018
      World
      Indian engineers kidnapped by suspected Taliban militants

      Workers snatched in Afghanistan, renewing debate over India’s role in country

    • Monday, 30 April, 2018
      World
      The Photography of Shah Marai

      The AFP chief photographer in Afghanistan, was killed on April 30 in the capital Kabul

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