The Latest Breaking News from Kabul

Dear God, did you read about that gang shootout in an old people’s home in east London the other day? Maybe you did not, because it was weirdly under-reported in the news but… horrible. Just horrible. Tons of shots fired. Loads of people dead. “I peed myself four or five…

Pakistan says most Afghans have left voluntarily, a claim rejected by Kabul which calls Pakistani action ‘humiliating’.

Afghan quake kills 2,000; Indian woman Asma, husband and daughter flee home in fear. Asma called Indian embassy in Kabul for help. She married Afghan man in India and they lived happily until Taliban overthrew govt. Asma, family living in tent, out of money & scared of tremors. Hopes Indian…

The Afghan embassy in New Delhi is continuing to function, days after it said it was closing in due to a lack of diplomatic support in India and the absence of a recognized government in Kabul

Afghan embassy in Delhi closes, consulates remain open. India not recognising Taliban, but engaging with them in multilateral initiatives. India sending humanitarian aid, goods to Afghanistan through other countries. Taliban urging India to support its economic revitalisation. Embassy closure indicative of informal relationship between India and Afghanistan.

The Afghan Embassy says it is closing in New Delhi from Sunday due to a lack of diplomatic support in India and the absence of a recognized government in Kabul

Two years after U.S. troops left, AP photographer Rodrigo Abd returned to Afghanistan with an idea: to use an old-style Afghan “box camera" to document how life has changed under Taliban rule

Josie Stewart, a former senior official at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, lost her job after an interview with the BBC.

"When we were in Afghanistan, we did not have the right to play; now we are in Australia and if it is going to be the same, there has been no difference."