The Latest Breaking News from Afghanistan

Biden rises to the moment as Ukraine makes battle against autocracy real

A year ago no one foresaw a Russian invasion as the president’s top issue but US approval for his handling of the crisis is rising

The Guardian - US · Mar 6, 2022

From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe: sexual abuse allegations in football around the world

Over the past few years, allegations of abuse have been reported from a number of countries and there is a sense that this is just the beginning

The Guardian - UK · Mar 5, 2022

Russian invasion reorders West's calculations on cost of war

Not long after winding down 20 years of war, President Joe Biden now finds the United States entrenched in a conflict in Ukraine

The Independent UK · Mar 5, 2022

Afghan journalist Zahra Joya among Time’s women of the year

Now a refugee in the UK, Joya and the Rukhshana Media agency defied threats to report on life for women under the Taliban

The Guardian - UK · Mar 5, 2022

Test for Putin: Public messaging on Russian military casualties in Ukraine

Back in the Soviet era, the Kremlin had a simple strategy for dealing with combat casualties in messy foreign wars like the one in Afghanistan: near silence on the subject.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 5, 2022

Inside life under the Taliban for homeless addicts in Afghanistan

Under Taliban rule, Afghan drug users face beatings, harsh winters outside and poor treatment facilities. Photographer Maxim Shipenkov visited Kabul to witness their life on the edge

The Independent UK · Mar 5, 2022

Dad from Wales books one-way ticket to Ukrainian border to join fight against Russia

Ex soldier Keiran Murphy from Ruthin served in Afghanistan for 10 years

Wales Online · Mar 4, 2022

The world’s game, a global scandal: the struggle to be heard in football’s sexual abuse crisis

At all levels and in every corner of football, allegations of harassment and worse are being uncovered. But Fifa and the game’s authorities are ill-equipped to tackle them

The Guardian - UK · Mar 4, 2022

We at Stop the War condemn the invasion of Ukraine, and warmongers on all sides

The anti-war movement is no supporter of Putin. But we can, at the same time, criticise our government’s dreadful war record, says Lindsey German, convenor of Stop the War

The Guardian - UK · Mar 4, 2022

The star of Oscar-nominated 'Flee' gives his first interview: 'I wanted my story to be seen'

Several years ago, Amin Nawabi sat for a series of interviews with friend and filmmaker Jonas Poher Rasmussen with a caveat: in telling his story, his identity would remain private to the world, freeing him to speak openly about his harrowing experiences as a child refugee escaping war-torn Afghanistan in…

Los Angeles Times · Mar 4, 2022