“What have we got ourselves into?”: the hotel that became home to 150 Afghan refugees
Like dozens of others, it was given two days’ notice to prepare. Four months after the fall of Kabul, staff…
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Tens of thousands of Afghans have been betrayed by our callous, brazen and shamelessly incompetent government
While it is too much to hope that Boris Johnson will resign, Dominic Raab would undoubtedly do so if he…
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The testimony from Foreign Office whistleblower directly blames Dominic Raab’s lack of grip
The undeniable reality is of a state that simply can’t do very much and that what it does do, it…
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Yalda Hakim’s Diary: Afghanistan’s new regime, the feminist resistance, and the horror of famine
Hunger and poverty have become more visible than ever. At a children’s hospital in Kabul, I met a three-year-old who…
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“We’re going to see death on a large scale”: Afghanistan under the Taliban this winter, with John Simpson
Afghanistan faces a humanitarian disaster, and the West must take some of the blame.
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Afghanistan under the Taliban, with John Simpson
Afghanistan faces a humanitarian disaster, and the West must take some of the blame.
As sanctions bite, Afghanistan edges towards famine
Nearly nine million people are close to starvation, surpassing even Syria and Yemen, the UN food agency warns.
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Afghanistan is on the brink of humanitarian disaster – and the West is culpable
It is not the Taliban but the millions of Afghans facing starvation who will be most hurt by sanctions and…
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