Witnesses describe scenes as suicide bombers target civilians and US soldiers during evacuation effortAfghanistan – live newsAnother long, hot afternoon in Kabul was drawing to a close. Thousands of foreigners and Afghans – many in family groups with y…
Taliban have captured more than 100 military helicopters, Russia says
Fleet of Russian-made Mi-17 transport aircraft had been procured by US for Afghan armed forcesAfghanistan withdrawal – live updatesThe Taliban have captured more than 100 Russian-made helicopters in various states of operability, the head of a Russian …
Britain’s military will want to ignore its failure in Afghanistan. It must face reality | Simon Akam
Any evaluation of the campaign must prioritise genuine investigation over reputation managementIt was an extraordinary volte-face. On 7 August Gen Sir Nick Carter, the chief of the defence staff and professional head of Britain’s military, wrote an op-…
‘We owe them a huge amount’: march to honour Greenham Common women
Hundreds will march 130 miles to mark 40th anniversary of peace camp created to protest against US nuclear weaponsForty years ago a small group of women, along with a few men and children in buggies in tow, left their homes in Wales to protest against …
‘Move heaven and earth’: pressure on Biden to speed up visas for Afghans who helped US
Members of Congress warn that those who aided US military are in grave danger as they wait for evacuations and paperworkFor the two decades the US waged war in Afghanistan, hundreds of thousands of Afghans worked with American forces at great risk to t…
Even the crisis in Afghanistan can’t break the spell of Britain’s delusional foreign policy | Owen Jones
As MPs lamented the unfolding disaster in parliament, they showed no sign of learning from itIf historians of the future wish to understand the ignorance and hubris that accompanied the decline of the west’s power, this week’s emergency parliamentary d…
Britain fears US forces may pull out of Kabul airport within days
Exclusive: Whitehall and security sources worry they will not be able to continue emergency evacuationsAfghanistan live news: latest updatesBritain fears US forces may pull out of Kabul international airport within days, putting it at risk of closure a…
Afghanistan live news: UK MPs debate crisis as former Afghan president meets Taliban commander
Boris Johnson expresses concern for those left behind; Hamid Karzai has met Anas Haqqani; reports of unrest at Taliban checkpoints around Kabul airportTaliban say they seek no ‘revenge’ and all Afghans would be ‘forgiven’Pakistan divided over success o…
Defiant Biden stands ‘squarely behind’ decision to withdraw from Afghanistan
President shifts blame to his predecessor, Donald Trump, and the unwillingness of Afghan forces to fight the TalibanUS politics – live coverageA defiant Joe Biden has insisted that he stands “squarely behind” his decision to pull US forces rapidly out …
US troops to stay until Americans and eligible Afghans evacuated, says Biden
US president makes televised address and warns Taliban of ‘devastating’ response to any attempt to attack operationJoe Biden has said that US troops in Kabul would stay long enough to evacuate American citizens and eligible Afghan allies, and warned th…