Living standards in Afghanistan have collapsed under the Taliban
The cost of living, food security, female education and wages have all declined.
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The Taliban’s Afghanistan, one year on: murder, repression and economic devastation
The de facto government remains an international pariah, but it's the Afghani people that suffer.
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Afghanistan after the fall
A year since the Taliban took Kabul, they have learned that they cannot shut out the West.
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Death of al-Qaeda leader in Kabul puts the Taliban on notice
The killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri exposes tensions among Afghanistan’s rulers.
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The Afghanistan evacuation was another scandalous failure by Boris Johnson
A spectacularly damning new report by the Foreign Affairs Select Committee cuts through the Prime Minister’s lies.
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Taliban condemn girls to a “lifetime of lockdown” by shutting schools
Shukria Barakzai saw the damage first-hand under the last regime when she ran secret lessons from her flat in Kabul.
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Afghan kidnappings leave families in the dark
Since the Taliban regained power, huge numbers have disappeared – including eight Britons and two Americans – with no recourse…
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“We’re lacking real leadership”: Rory Stewart on Ukrainian refugees
The former UK international development secretary explains how a global refugee coalition would allow the West to show moral leadership.
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