The Latest Breaking News from Afghanistan

WASHINGTON — As the United States hastily exited Afghanistan last year, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy dialed up the White House’s public switchboard number to lodge his anger over the messy withdrawal.

Since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan last year, international aid for the country has dried up. The pandemic and the ongoing food crisis have complicated an already dire economic situation. Unicef says that as more families are pushed deeper into poverty, they are forced to make desperate choices,…

The Commons foreign affairs committee said there had been an ‘appalling mismanagement’ of the situation in Afghanistan

The Taliban administration will sign an agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to share responsibility for operating airports in Afghanistan, the group's acting deputy prime minister said on Tuesday.

Many Afghan soldiers reportedly escaped to Pakistan as the Taliban attacks on districts and provincial capitals intensified weeks before the Afghan government’s collapse in August 2021, a US report revealed. The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) released an interim report, “Collapse of the Afghan National Defense and Security…

AFGHAN allies and British soldiers were “utterly let down by deep failures of leadership” in the UK Government during the evacuation from Kabul,…

Sir Philip Barton castigated along with Dominic Raab in damning report by MPs into UK’s chaotic exit

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

Downing Street has denied the Prime Minister played any role in prioritising the evacuation of the animal welfare charity’s staff from Afghanistan.