Middle East

Terror group is recovering after occupation and drone attacks diminished its threat

Insurgents struggling to stop exodus of highly educated and skilled workers ‘needed to make the country governable’

‘In his selfish unilateralism’, Biden is no better than Trump, said The Daily Telegraph

Getaway hailed by Palestinian factions but described as ‘a grave incident’ by Israeli PM Naftali Bennett

Militant group claims victory but local opposition forces have vowed to fight on

Invasion by Western forces followed many years of internal conflict

Scheme for those fleeing Taliban rule will emulate programmes in Italy, France and Germany

Last week it claimed responsibility for the ‘dramatic assault’ on Kabul airport – an attack that killed up to 170 people

Bush vowed the US would rebuild the war-torn country. But 20 years and $2trn later, the ‘nation-building folly’ has ended in ‘catastrophe’

President seeks to cast evacuation as ‘extraordinary success’ as blame mounts over chaotic airlift

Joe Biden describes withdrawal as an end to efforts to ‘remake other countries’

Militant insurgents already hold territory in a string of poor and unstable states

President vows revenge against extremists following airport suicide attack

The ‘shockingly naive way’ he went about withdrawing US troops certainly reflects badly on him, says The Wall Street Journal

Paperwork identifying employees abandoned by British officials in their retreat

Multiple explosions reported near Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul

Row breaks out over former marine’s attempt to evacuate cats and dogs

Restrictive regulations remain despite social reforms giving women long fought for rights

Banks are closed, unemployment has ‘spiked visibly’ and working women have been told to stay at home

Militants tell women to stay at home as radical overhaul gets underway

UK rushing to airlift more than 4,000 people out of the country

Son of famed anti-Soviet militia leader staging fightback in Panjshir Valley

US military advisers urge president to decide on exit plan immediately

The Taliban made further sweeping gains this week, more than a third of the country’s 34 provincial capitals

Child facing potential death penalty after allegedly urinating in madrassa library

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Recovery effort following devastating disaster marked by chaos and paralysis

General David Petraeus says Taliban could reinstate ‘medieval Islamist regime’

Beijing blasts US intervention in Afghanistan as officials meet to signal warming ties

Shortages trigger nationwide protests as ‘political and economic apocalypse’ looms

President strikes deal with Iraqi PM to end two decades of fighting

Deaths rise 47% year-on-year as Taliban exploits departure of foreign troops

More than 1,000 soldiers flee across border as others hand over weapons to insurgents