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From the archive: ‘I pleaded for help. No one wrote back’: the pain of watching my country fall to the Taliban – podcast

We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors.

This week, from 2021: As the fighters advanced on Kabul, it wa…

11 days ago

13 days ago

Delusions of Paradise by Maiwand Banayee review – a compelling rejection of fundamentalism

An Afghan exile’s account of life in war-torn Kabul and a Taliban-dominated refugee camp is an unflinching study of how radicalisation takes root, and his own renunciation of it

Born in Kabul, Maiwand…

24 days ago

A lifesaving midwife in Afghanistan: Noriko Hayashi’s best photograph

‘This woman was nine months pregnant but had never had a checkup. Anisa is listening to the baby’s heartbeat with a stethoscope. After foreign aid cuts, including Trump’s, she is now out of a job’

My …

27 days ago

34 days ago

US citizen detained in Afghanistan by Taliban released to Qatari embassy

Faye Hall had been detained since February along with a British couple before a court order led to her release

A US citizen detained in Afghanistan in February by the Taliban administration has been r…

54 days ago

Kamay review – searing story of Afghan Hazara family’s painful quest for justice

A daughter’s death is the catalyst for a difficult journey to Kabul, chronicled in this claustrophobic documentary about the void left by trauma

Living in the remote, mountainous Daikundi province in …

59 days ago

Suspect in Kabul airport bombing that killed 13 US soldiers to face charges in Virginia court

Officials accuse Mohammad Sharifullah of being a member of the Islamic State group’s Afghanistan affiliate

A suspected senior planner in the suicide bombing at the Kab…

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