Browsing: Afghanistan

The latest news from Afghanistan and the Taliban government, with special reports and insights from our international news correspondent, Yvonne Ridley.

May, 2025

May 16 Ben Roberts-Smith loses defamation appeal over Afghanistan killings

April, 2025

Apr 06 British couple held in Afghanistan have ‘never heard one accusation or one charge’

March, 2025

Mar 18 Afghan women activists in Pakistan fear deportations

January, 2025

Jan 21 Taliban release 2 Americans in Biden presidency’s last hours

October, 2024

Oct 16 Ministers warned not to repeat same mistakes by leaving Afghan heroes at mercy of Taliban

June, 2024

Jun 24 Afghanistan shock Australia to keep semi-final hopes alive

May, 2024

May 14 Australian who exposed war crimes allegations jailed

May 02 Tribunal hears that failures in Afghanistan evacuation may have resulted in loss of lives

November, 2023

Nov 01 Afghan refugees forced to leave Pakistan say they have nothing

October, 2023

Oct 23 I took the ‘Afghan Girl’ picture almost 40 years ago – I couldn’t have imagined what happened next

Oct 11 Afghanistan hit by second earthquake in days

Oct 10 Afghanistan earthquake: More than 1,000 dead as villagers dig for survivors

July, 2023

Jul 20 Swedish embassy in Baghdad stormed and set alight over Qur’an burning

June, 2023

Jun 25 Human rights lawyer still gets ‘terrible texts’ from trapped Afghan women

Jun 15 Ben Roberts-Smith: Top Australian soldier won’t apologise for alleged war crimes in landmark ruling