With our international reputation in tatters, we need to take a long, hard look at ourselves and our place in the world“ ‘Very well, alone’ did good service for Winston Churchill as a wartime rallying cry in 1940,” says Andrew Rawnsley (“Boris Johnson’…
A thin-stretched welcome for Britain’s new Afghan arrivals
At a volunteer association near Heathrow, hundreds of refugees are arriving daily needing provisions and supportRefugee charities and Afghan community organisations are struggling to cope with the demand for their services, with thousands of refugees a…
Afghanistan live news: British troops will end Kabul evacuation operation today, says armed forces chief
General Sir Nick Carter, the chief of defence staff, says very few civilian flights remaining; US drone strike killed Islamic State member, no civiliansUK councils ‘ready to assist’ Afghan refugees but lack housingFear and fury in Kabul as thousands fa…
‘I feel helpless, useless and hopeless’: diary of an Afghan evacuee
Student, English teacher and journalist Mursal Rasa Jamili, 23, was evacuated to the UK from Kabul with her two sistersMursal Rasa Jamili, a 23-year-old final-year university student, English teacher and journalist in Kabul, was evacuated to the UK wit…
Afghans reach Europe and buying burqas in Kabul: human rights this fortnight – in pictures
A roundup of the struggle for human rights and freedoms, from Afghanistan to Greece Continue reading…
Stand up for the women and girls of Afghanistan | Letters
Margaret Owen on those most vulnerable to Taliban violence who are now living in terror, Joseph Nhan-O’Reilly on keeping education alive. Plus letters from Barbara English and Sarah MulhollandIt is tragic that many Afghans who worked for Nato armies an…
Washington’s armchair generals urge Biden to continue war on terror – live
• Former CIA director Leon Panetta unmoved by Afghanistan defeat• Mitch McConnell rails against ‘barbarian enemies’• Biden warns Kabul bombing masterminds: ‘We will make you pay’ 2.51pm BST Flags at the White House, the US Capitol and all other public …
ISIS in Afghanistan
“At least 80 [85, ed.] people have been declared dead at the Emergency Hospital. 10 people were dead on arrival, a source from the hospital tells.” @ShereenaQazi ISIS claimsresponsibility. The Talibans, already fighting ISIS with the support of US, con…
Hundreds of Britons offer to host Afghan refugees after fall of Kabul
Many have signed up with charities that connect refugees and asylum seekers with hosts around UKAs Afghan refugees arrive in the UK, what can you do to help?Hundreds of Britons have offered to host Afghan refugees in their homes since the UK government…
Kabul airport attack: UK has entered ‘final hours’ of evacuation; Biden vows revenge for Afghanistan explosion that killed dozens – live
UK defence secretary says ‘sad fact is not every single one will get out’; Biden says the US will ‘hunt down’ Islamic State leaders responsible; American forces bracing for further attacksCivilians and soldiers dead after two suicide bombs strike Kabul…