Afghanistan

A boy looks out from his damaged home in Miya village, in the Laghman Province on after ab overnight earthquake that has killed at least 13 people (Photo by SHAFIULLAH KAKAR/AFP via Getty Images)

At least 13 killed after earthquake hits Afghanistan and Pakistan

There are “serious flaws” in the Home Office’s plans to cut the asylum backlog, refugee charities have warned. Credit: Mark Hall / NationalWorld

Home Office plans to cut asylum backlog ‘unfair’ and ‘unreasonable’

The Taliban has banned the sale of contraceptives in two of Afghanistan’s major cities, reports say. Credit: Mark Hall / NationalWorld

The Taliban bans contraception in Afghanistan

Over 175 children missing from Home Office-run hotels on South coast

A Brimstone missile being prepared for deployment to Syria at RAF Marham in Norfolk in 2015 (Photo: PHILIP COBURN/AFP via Getty Images)

How many Brimstone missiles is the UK sending to Ukraine - and cost

Members of Afghanistan’s Powerful Women Movement, take part in a protest in Kabul, chanting “burqa is not my hijab” after the Taliban’s order for women to cover fully in public. Credit: Getty Images

Explainer Afghanistan’s women’s rights explained as UN arrives for Taliban talks

The Duke of Sussex claims his comments were taken out of context (Photo: Getty Images)

Harry denies Taliban kill boasts and brands it ‘dangerous lie’

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‘Put Prince Harry on trial’: Afghanistan protests at book revelations

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex speaks on stage during the press conference at the Invictus Games Dusseldorf 2023 - One Year To Go events, on September 06, 2022 in Dusseldorf, Germany. The Invictus Games is an international multi-sport event first held in 2014, for wounded, injured and sick servicemen and women, both serving and veterans. The Games were founded by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex who's inspiration came from his visit to the Warrior Games in the United States, where he witnessed the ability of sport to help both psychologically and physically. (Photo by Joshua Sammer/Getty Images for Invictus Games Dusseldorf 2023)

Harry accused of making Invictus Games a terrorist target

Prince Harry at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan in January 2013 (Photo: Getty Images)

Prince Harry has broken codes of conduct says senior army officer

Pakistan’s Shoaib Akhtar is the world’s fastest bowler

Fastest deliveries in cricket history as Wood and Nortje near 100mph

Women in Afghanistan have been banned from university in the Taliban’s latest crackdown on their freedom and rights. Credit: Getty Images

‘I can’t fulfil my dreams’: Taliban bans women from universities

Philip Barton

Foreign Office chief urged to resign over Afghanistan withdrawal

Women wearing a burqa wait to receive free bread distributed as part of the Save Afghans From Hunger campaign in Kabul on January 18, 2022. (Photo by Wakil KOHSAR / AFP)

Taliban orders Afghan women to cover faces in public - or stay at home

Arrivals at RAF Brize Norton who have been evacuated from Afghanistan, via the UAE, under the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Program (ARAP) during Op PITTING.

Exclusive: Labour areas resettling more refugees than Tory patches

England outclassed Afghanistan to make it through to U19 Cricket World Cup final

When is the ICC U19 Men’s Cricket World Cup Final?

Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves from 10 Downing Street on January 26, 2022, to take part in the weekly session of Prime Minister Questions (PMQs) at the House of Commons (Photo by TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Boris Johnson promises to publish the No 10 parties report ‘in full’

Kingma admitted to ball-tampering during ODI series against Afghanistan

Netherlands bowler Vivian Kingma receives ban for ball-tampering

Boris Johnson authorised the evacuation of a charity’s animals from Afghanistan, leaked emails suggest (PA)

Emails suggest PM ‘authorised’ evacuation of animals from Afghanistan

Julian Assange has won the right to seek an appeal at the Supreme Court against his extradition to the US.(Picture: Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

Julian Assange wins first stage of battle to seek extradition appeal

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited to the US

In evidence presented to MPs, a whistleblower has said then Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab ‘failed to grasp the situation' in Afghanistan (image: Getty Images)

Government and Dominic Raab blasted for Afghanistan evacuation effort

Figures from the Home Office show 167 Afghans were refused asylum in the UK in 2021.

Exclusive: UK refused asylum to 27 Afghans during Taliban takeover

Joe Biden and Boris Johnson have not seen eye to eye on a range of issues so far (Graphic: JPI)

Does the UK still have a special relationship with the US?

Details of more than 250 Afghan interpreters shared in MOD data breach

A US drone strike in Afghanistan last month killed 10 civilians, including seven children, and not an Islamic State extremist as it was first claimed, the Pentagon has admitted (Photo: WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP via Getty Images)

US admits drone strike in Afghanistan killed 10 civilians

Osama bin Laden in video footage reportedly recorded at an undisclosed location in Afghanistan in October 2001 and aired by the Qatar-based satellite TV station al-Jazeera (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

Who killed Osama bin Laden and and how to watch The Road to 9/11?

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the end of the war in Afghanistan at the White House (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

‘It was time to end this war’ - what Biden said on Afghanistan

A Taliban fighter sits in the cockpit of an Afghan Air Force aircraft at the airport in Kabul (Photo: WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP via Getty Images)

Why has the US left Afghanistan? Withdrawal of troops explained

Some of the images which emerged from Afghanistan following the US exit (Photos: Twitter / Getty)

The images of the triumphant Taliban that shame the West

A Taliban fighter stands guard at the site of the 26 August twin suicide bombs, which killed scores of people (Photo: WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP via Getty Images)

What does Isis K mean, and how is it different to Isis?

Maj. Gen. Chris Donahue was the last American soldier to leave Afghanistan (Photo: Department of Defence / Twitter)

RAF prepared to launch air strikes against ISIS as US withdrawal ends

Pen Farthing ‘couldn’t let dogs be shot by the Taliban’