The Latest Breaking News from Afghanistan

MPs slam Raab and demand Foreign Office chief quit over ‘deep failures’ on Kabul

A scathing report by the Commons' Foreign Affairs Committee calls for Sir Philip Barton to consider his position for his “fundamental lack of seriousness, grip or leadership” during the Afghanistan fallout

Daily Mirror · May 23, 2022

MPs critical of ‘deep failures’ on Afghanistan demand Foreign Office chief’s exit

A Foreign Affairs Committee report was scathing of the Government’s handling of the evacuation of Afghanistan

The Independent UK · May 23, 2022

Vladimir Putin set to lose 30,000 men in Ukraine as bodies pile up in refrigerated trains

New footage shows bodies of dead Russian soldiers piling up on refrigerated trains, as Vladimir Putin loses more troops in three months than in the nine-year war in Afghanistan

Daily Mirror · May 23, 2022

Taliban enforcing face-cover order for female TV anchors

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have begun enforcing an order requiring all female TV news anchors in the country to cover their faces while on-air

The Independent UK · May 22, 2022

Female TV presenters defy Taliban order to cover faces on air

Female presenters on Afghanistan's leading TV channels appear on air without covering their faces in defiance of the latest Taliban order, which further strips women of their rights.

ABC News · May 21, 2022

War hero shares anguish as he loses 13th comrade to suicide amid mental health crisis

Mental health campaigner Trevor Coult has shared his devastation at losing Pete Carson who served in the Royal Irish Regiment with Trevor in Afghanistan and was found dead in a suspected suicide

Daily Mirror · May 21, 2022

Women TV Presenters Defy Taliban Order to Cover Faces on Air

Women presenters on Afghanistan's leading TV channels went on air Saturday without covering their faces, defying a Taliban order that they conceal their appearance to comply with the group's strict interpretation of Islam. Since surging back to power last year the Taliban have imposed a slew of restrictions on civil…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 21, 2022

Afghan women TV presenters defy Taliban

KABUL: Women presenters on Afghanistan’s leading TV channels went on the air Saturday without covering their faces, defying a Taliban order that they conceal their appearance to comply with the group’s austere brand of Islam.

Bangkok Post · May 21, 2022

Veteran amputee completes 2,000km charity cycle across the UK

Stuart Croxford, from Cornwall, had his right leg amputated in 2014 after he was injured in an explosion in Afghanistan.

The Independent UK · May 20, 2022

The Taliban say Afghan female TV anchors must cover their faces on air

The order came from the Taliban's Virtue and Vice Ministry as well as from the Information and Culture Ministry. Earlier this month, the Taliban ordered women in public to wear head-to-toe clothing.

WEKU · May 20, 2022