It is nearly two years since the Taliban’s resurgence shook the foundations of Afghanistan and the wider world. In little over three weeks, 20 years of western foreign policy was undone as terrorist fighters launched a lightning insurgency that culminated in the capture of Kabul and the fall of Afghanistan’s democratic Government.
With the war in Ukraine and its ramifications understandably dominating the headlines since, it is easy to forget the scale of the crisis. Overnight, 40 million people were left at the hands of a murderous regime that ruled through public floggings and executions. Women saw their rights obliterated: banned from secondary schools, universities, parks and gyms.
