Afghanistan
Fresh floods in Afghanistan kill at least 60 after heavy rain brings devastation
Thousands of homes and farming land damaged in Ghor province, a week after over 300 people killed in flash floods
Guardian staff and agencies
18, May, 2024 @5:00 PM
Three Spanish tourists and an Afghan shot dead in Afghanistan attack
Four suspects arrested at the scene of attack in Bamiyan, as local hospital says other tourists wounded were in a stable condition
Staff and agencies in Kabul
17, May, 2024 @8:53 PM
Australian soldiers ‘thrown under the bus’ over alleged Afghanistan war crimes, SAS body says
After report found senior officers should take some responsibility, Australian SAS Association chair says ‘finally’ the finger is being pointed at ministers and generals
Daniel Hurst and Ben Doherty
16, May, 2024 @3:00 PM
The world’s poorest people didn’t cause the climate crisis, but they bear the brunt of it| Letter
Letters: David Nicholson on how a ‘semi-dystopian future’ is already reality for millions, and Benny Dembitzer on how the financial approach to climate change only benefits rich countries
15, May, 2024 @4:17 PM
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
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