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  • Sunday, 8 May, 2022
    Taliban order Afghan women to cover faces in public

    Return of repressive decrees undermines vows last year of more moderate regime than in 1990s

  • Friday, 1 April, 2022
    Special ReportWatches and Jewellery: April
    Black market deals raise fears for ancient Afghan jewellery treasures

    Amid the Taliban takeover, ancient artefacts are finding their way to international collectors

  • Friday, 1 April, 2022
    News in-depthAfghanistan
    Taliban restrictions signal dominance of the mullahs

    Millions of Afghans are at risk of famine but new rulers defy potential donors and crack down on women

  • Sunday, 27 March, 2022
    Education
    Secret schools keep Afghan girls learning

    Rule-breaking teachers defy Taliban to provide lessons

  • Wednesday, 23 March, 2022
    Afghanistan
    Taliban reverse decision to allow Afghan girls to attend secondary school

    Militant group U-turns after classes were set to resume for first time since August takeover

  • Tuesday, 22 March, 2022
    Fawzia Koofi
    Afghanistan must not turn into the world’s forgotten crisis

    While Ukraine dominates attention, the Taliban is taking the opportunity to target its opponents

  • Friday, 11 February, 2022
    US politics & policy
    Biden orders freeze on $7bn of Afghan assets within US

    Executive order splits funds between families of September 11 victims and humanitarian aid

  • Monday, 7 February, 2022
    Afghanistan
    Aid agencies call for Afghan cash flows to be unblocked to relieve crisis

    Humanitarian disaster intensifies as sanctions against Taliban hinder imports of basic goods

  • Wednesday, 19 January, 2022
    News in-depthPakistan
    Taliban victory unleashes hardline forces in Pakistan

    Imran Khan welcomed Islamists’ conquest but is struggling to contain emboldened extremists at home

  • Sunday, 16 January, 2022
    Afghanistan
    Afghanistan’s currency crisis leaves millions at risk of starvation

    Afghani has fallen almost 25% against the dollar since the Taliban seized power in August

  • Friday, 14 January, 2022
    Life & Arts
    Albania diary: from hermit state to haven

    It is 30 years since Alec Russell’s last visit to the country — and the welcome extended to Afghan refugees shows how far it has come since the fall of communism

  • Friday, 24 December, 2021
    News in-depthAfghanistan
    Afghan female football champions enjoy new lease of life in England

    Team train with Leeds United after being helped to flee the Taliban by Kim Kardashian and an orthodox rabbi

  • Thursday, 23 December, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Spare a thought for Afghanistan this Christmas

    A humanitarian carve-out to UN sanctions is a welcome but belated step

  • Wednesday, 22 December, 2021
    The Big Read
    Afghanistan’s looming famine: will the US help the Taliban?

    Millions face starvation this winter after the withdrawal of foreign aid after the Islamist group took power

  • Friday, 17 December, 2021
    News in-depthAfghanistan
    ‘Now I have nothing’: economic collapse pushes Afghanistan to brink of famine

    Nato powers face re-engaging with Taliban and unfreezing the financial system or watching millions starve

  • Tuesday, 7 December, 2021
    UK politics & policy
    Top Foreign Office official regrets holiday during Afghan crisis

    Department accused of overseeing chaotic UK evacuation after Taliban seized control

  • Wednesday, 1 December, 2021
    InterviewAfghanistan
    Afghanistan economic meltdown one of worst in history, UN says

    Humanitarian catastrophe exacerbated by cash and liquidity crisis since Taliban takeover

  • Tuesday, 30 November, 2021
    News in-depthGlobal migration
    The perilous journey for Afghans to reach UK by boat

    Growing number of men and children fleeing the Taliban join those seeking to cross the Channel from France

  • Tuesday, 16 November, 2021
    News in-depthNikkei Asia
    Afghan black market for visas thrives as embassies stay shut

    People desperate to escape Taliban are easy prey for fraudulent travel agents

  • Thursday, 11 November, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Afghanistan’s slide towards famine must be halted

    Extending emergency aid does not imply legitimising the Taliban

  • Thursday, 11 November, 2021
    Afghanistan
    Afghans in remote areas must receive food aid within weeks, agencies warn

    Fears of humanitarian crisis as economic conditions worsen and winter sets in

  • Tuesday, 9 November, 2021
    UK politics & policy
    UK military chief refuses to accept Nato defeat in Afghanistan

    General Sir Nick Carter defends western alliance and blames warlords for Taliban’s rapid takeover

  • Wednesday, 27 October, 2021
    Afghanistan
    US warns that Islamists in Afghanistan could attack America in six months

    Taliban struggling to feed millions amid drought and after international development support was cut

  • Tuesday, 26 October, 2021
    Afghanistan
    Isis-K insurgency jeopardises Taliban’s grip on Afghanistan

    New rulers accused of betraying Islam by jihadis intent on creating ideologically pure caliphate

  • Sunday, 24 October, 2021
    Afghanistan
    EU plans to reopen Afghanistan diplomatic mission within a month

    Bloc seeks to deepen limited engagement with Taliban regime as part of ‘calibrated approach’

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