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A year on from our ugly Afghan retreat, we have learnt nothing

A year ago today, the Taliban took over Kabul and now are in charge of pretty much the whole of Afghanistan, complete with gun-toting teenage militias and Virtues and Vice police. The surprise was the speed and ease with which the Taliban took huge swathes of the country last year…

Evening Standard

Afghanistan marks 1 year since Taliban seizure as woes mount

The Taliban are marking a year since they seized the Afghan capital of Kabul

The Independent UK

Afghanistan in anguish one year after U.S. withdrawal

On Aug. 15, 2021, "the Afghanistan we knew was gone and it wasn't going to come back."

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For Biden, the chaotic withdrawal from Kabul was a turning point in his presidency

President Biden was elected on a promise of competency. The bungled exit from Afghanistan undercut that image. His approval ratings took a big hit, and have never recovered.

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A year on, the Taliban savor victory, while other Afghans pay the price

For the first time in decades, Afghans are living in relative peace. But with sanctions on the Taliban, the economy is in shambles and hunger is widespread. Girls are still out of school.

WEKU

Afghanistan withdrawal began Biden's political slide

The fall of Kabul coincided politically with a point of no return for President Biden.

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A year after fall of Kabul, Afghan evacuees face uncertainty in U.S. - Roll Call

Congress hasn’t acted on legislative proposals to provide permanent protections for roughly 76,000 Afghans in the U.S., who still face deportation back to Afghanistan.

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Women forced to sell possessions just to give birth one year on from Taliban takeover

The Taliban took over Afghanistan exactly one year ago after Western forces retreated from the country and allowed the group to gain a foothold in the state once again

Daily Mirror

A letter to … a child born the day the Taliban retook Afghanistan

A Hazara mother writes to the son she gave birth to in Kabul on August 15, 2021, reflecting on what has been lost.

Al Jazeera

Doyle McManus: Kabul’s fall was a debacle, but long-term impact hasn’t been as catastrophic as feared

WASHINGTON — One year ago, as President Joe Biden was withdrawing the last American troops from Afghanistan, the Taliban swept into Kabul and abruptly brought a 20-year, $2.3 trillion U.S. war to an ignominious end.

Los Angeles Times

His daughter with a dangerous heart condition, a top Afghan official fled the Taliban and bombs one year ago. They live in Philadelphia and a hospital is ready to operate

PHILADELPHIA — One year ago, Haseeb Payab was in his family’s sprawling, garden-lined home in Kabul that overlooks mountains on all sides, but he was growing ever anxious despite the peaceful setting.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Taliban Mark Turbulent First Year in Power

The Taliban marked the first anniversary of their return to power in Afghanistan with a national holiday Monday, following a turbulent year that saw women's rights crushed and a humanitarian crisis worsen. Exactly a year ago, the hardline Taliban captured Kabul after their nationwide lightning offensive against government forces ended…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Afghanistan suffering ‘one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises’ under Taliban

Afghanistan has been suffering through a grave humanitarian crisis since the Taliban took control on August 15, 2021. According to the UN, 95 percent of Afghans are going hungry. It’s a catastrophe that worsened after the fall of Kabul one year ago, exacerbated by the US decision to freeze the…

France 24

The Albanese government must save those left behind in the Taliban’s Afghanistan

Hazaras, women and other minorities are increasingly under threat of violence and persecution since the Taliban takeover of Kabul

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Letters from those left behind: Afghans who worked for Australia describe desperation as they hide from Taliban

These are the stories of interpreters, embassy staff, guards and aid workers still trying to get to Australia a year after the fall of Kabul

The Guardian - AU

Morning mail: Afghan refugee visa limbo, Turnbull backs voice, Olivia Newton-John’s best

Monday: Today marks one year since the Taliban recaptured Kabul but some who fled the capital are stuck in a legal limbo. Plus: Salman Rushdie’s son says his ‘defiant sense of humour’ is intact

The Independent UK

How UK’s broken promises have left Afghans living in terror for a year and counting

When Kabul fell a year ago, Britain pledged to take in those who would face reprisals for working with UK forces. Instead, thousands are still waiting to find out if they will be able to escape the Taliban’s clutches. They tell May Bulman they feel like they’re simply waiting for…

ABC News

A year on from the fall of Kabul, Afghans reflect on their new lives in Australia

Before her modest restart to life in Melbourne, Maryam Nabavi was a brave female journalist in Kabul when the Taliban overran the Afghan capital on August 15, 2021, forcing her — like so many of her peers — to flee for life.

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The Independent UK

A year on, ex-Afghan leader defends role in Taliban takeover

On the eve of the anniversary of the Taliban takeover of Kabul, Afghanistan’s former president has defended what he says was a split-second decision to flee

The Guardian - AU

‘Every day I am fearful’: Afghans with Australian visas wait in limbo a year after the fall of Kabul

One man who served with Australian troops tells the Guardian he is stranded in a Dutch refugee camp while his family remain in hiding in Afghanistan

Daily Mirror

Nearly 10,000 who fled Afghanistan a year ago living in 'unsuitable and unsafe' hotel rooms

A year since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan, charities warn those who fled must not be forgotten, after Home Secretary Priti Patel voiced her "tremendous pride" in the much-criticised rescue operation in Kabul

Reuters

U.S. adversaries could exploit former Afghan commandos - U.S. Republican report

Former Afghan security personnel with sensitive knowledge of U.S. operations left behind by the American evacuation operation are vulnerable to recruitment or coercion by Russia, China and Iran, Republican lawmakers said on Sunday, noting that President Joe Biden's administration failed to prioritize evacuating them.

Axios

White House left Kabul evacuation decisions to final hours, GOP probe claims

The White House said the report is "riddled with inaccurate characterizations, cherry-picked information, and false claims."

Axios

Afghanistan: A day in the life, one year later — in photos

A glimpse into how life has changed for the millions of Afghans at home and abroad.

France 24

Taliban failures in governance speed up Afghan brain drain (Part II)

The mass exodus sparked by the Taliban takeover compelled Afghanistan’s new rulers to issue a call for Afghans to stay and help rebuild the country. But after a year of Taliban rule, the economy is in tatters, confidence has been shattered, and Afghanistan’s best and brightest are not returning –…

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