The Latest Breaking News from Kabul

Dan Rosenfield watched England v India at Lord’s three days before Taliban forces entered capital, according to reports

Some 75,000 Afghan refugees are expected to settle in America in 2022. Photographer Amira Karaoud visits new arrivals finding a fresh start in Bowling Green, Kentucky

In the bone-splitting chill of the Afghan mountains, Mohammad Israr Muradi digs through coarse earth spilling from the open mouth of an emerald mine. With an improvised sieve and a few splashes of water, the former police officer scours a slag heap for fragments of the green gemstone, swarmed by…

Boris Johnson insisted he 'absolutely [did] not' approve a mission to airlift dogs and workers out of Kabul - but new e-mails revealed by the BBC show officials were relying on No10 for guidance

The Prime Minister has been under pressure about whether he intervened after e-mails emerged showing it was claimed he had authorised flights for animals.

Labour says Ben Wallace’s statement to MPs contradicts Foreign Office email that Boris Johnson authorised flight

Bombshell emails from a whistleblower say the Prime Minister "authorised" the controversial evacuation effort to get Pen Farthing, pets and Nowzat charity workers out of Afghanistan

Therese Coffey said Boris Johnson ‘had no role in individual evacuations’.

Downing Street says it’s ‘hypothetically’ possible report will be published today or tomorrow; PM denies making call to airlift Pen Farthing’s animals