Afghanistan

Biden was silenced by criticism from families of troops killed in Kabul, book says. ‘Sir, are you still there?’

Ex-White House press secretary Jen Psaki describes telling president of anger that he spoke so much of his own dead son, Beau

Martin Pengelly in Washington

03, May, 2024 @9:00 AM

UK whistleblower ‘morally compelled’ to speak out on Afghan withdrawal

Civil servant Josie Stewart spoke to media after government presented ‘dishonest account’, tribunal told

Matthew Weaver

03, May, 2024 @5:00 AM

Hearings into alleged war crimes by SAS in Afghanistan delayed into 2025

Even with extra legal assistance, hearings into suspicious killings of 80 Afghans would be delayed until March 2025

Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor

02, May, 2024 @5:08 PM

‘They are trying to eradicate us completely’: the passion and pain of telling the stories of Afghan women

Her family have been threatened and her team faces increasing risks in Afghanistan, but Zahra Joya knows she must keep reporting from exile

Annie Kelly

02, May, 2024 @4:00 AM

Married at 10, abused and forced to flee without her children: an Afghan woman on life under the Taliban

Now living in comparative freedom in Iran, 26-year-old Mahtab Eftekhar describes facing motherhood at 12 and explains why seeking justice for other women means she no longer fears death

Mahtab Eftekhar, as told to Zuhal Ahad

26, Apr, 2024 @4:00 AM

Rwanda bill clears parliament after peers abandon final battle over safety amendment – as it happened

Bill could become law this week as end of parliamentary ping-pong in sight

Andrew Sparrow (now) and Tom Ambrose (earlier)

22, Apr, 2024 @11:40 PM

‘He could create beauty out of horror’: the extraordinary life and photography of Tim Hetherington

He joined rebel convoys in Africa and turned his time with GIs in Afghanistan into an Oscar-nominated film. But his subject wasn’t war – it was people. Ahead of a major show, our writer remembers his former colleague

Xan Brooks

22, Apr, 2024 @4:00 AM

Afghanistan interpreter told his British citizenship bars family from UK visa

Muhammad cannot afford legal action or £20,000 fees, with Rwanda deportation a threat if his wife and children join him

Haroon Siddique

21, Apr, 2024 @7:05 PM

Sunak pressed to end Rwanda bill impasse by exempting Afghan service veterans

Some Tory MPs said to want concession as Home Office staff warn migrants marked for deportation will go ‘underground’

Pippa Crerar and Rajeev Syal

21, Apr, 2024 @7:03 PM

‘Why the silence? Why the inaction? It breaks my heart’: Malala and Jennifer Lawrence take on the Taliban

The Oscar-winner and the Nobel laureate have teamed up to make Bread & Roses, a new film about the abuse of women in Afghanistan. In an emotional interview, they warn that the west ignores its message at their peril

Catherine Shoard

19, Apr, 2024 @10:00 AM