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Man escapes Taliban by pretending party membership card is diplomatic passport Asib Malekzada flew to Kabul to get his fiancée out of Afghanistan but was trapped by the Taliban takeover
By Justin Huggler 20 Aug 2021, 2:31pm
Mandatory Credit: Photo by STRINGER/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (12311347b) Taliban fighters stand guard at a checkpoint in Kandahar, Afghanistan, 17 August 2021. Taliban co-founder Abdul Ghani Baradar, on 16 August, declared victory and an end to the decades-long war in Afghanistan, a day after the insurgents entered Kabul to take control of the country. Baradar, who heads the Taliban political office in Qatar, released a short video message after President Ashraf Ghani fled and conceded that the insurgents had won the 20-year war. Kandahar situation in Afghanistan - 17 Aug 2021 Anger over Dominic Raab and his holiday is misplaced Most reasonable people understand that there was little Raab could have done to change events in Kabul
Patrick O'Flynn PATRICK O'FLYNN 20 Aug 2021, 1:20pm
Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab arrives at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London Islamic State brands Taliban takeover of Afghanistan a 'US-backed conspiracy' Rambling IS editorial seeks to present the Taliban as fake jihadists and reflects the deep animosity between the groups
By James Rothwell 20 Aug 2021, 1:00pm
Taliban fighters patrol in Kabul, Afghanistan Watch: British man describes how he fled from Kabul amid chaotic scenes at airport
By Charlotte Krol 20 Aug 2021, 12:33pm
'We will fight to the last breath': Son of legendary Afghan commander vows to resist Taliban
By Campbell MacDiarmid 20 Aug 2021, 11:45am
Watch: Young baby passed over barbed wire fence to soldiers at Kabul airport
By Charlotte Krol 20 Aug 2021, 9:50am
Taliban control of Afghanistan 'makes me sick', says minister who served in Afghanistan
By Tony Diver 20 Aug 2021, 8:52am
Ex-Royal Marine Pen Farthing claims wife left Kabul on almost empty plane Charity director shared 'scandalous' images apparently showing the empty seats inside evacuation flight out of Kabul
By India McTaggart 20 Aug 2021, 7:57am Pen Farthing
Friday morning UK news briefing: Joe Biden says UK and allies had 'choice' to stay in Afghanistan Also from this morning's Front Page newsletter: Covid booster jabs for all over-50s could be shelved. Sign up below
By Chris Price 20 Aug 2021, 7:23am
joe biden afghanistan taliban covid latest news vaccine booster prince harry meghan Dominic Raab under pressure as delegated Afghanistan phone call never took place Foreign Secretary was reportedly too busy to call his Afghan counterpart to support the rescue of translators as Kabul fell to the Taliban
By India McTaggart 20 Aug 2021, 7:17am Dominic Raab
'Biden has deviated from the plan' - Telegraph readers on the week's biggest stories From the taliban's lightning takeover of Afghanistan to a pension triple lock tweak, recap the week's news with the help of our readers
By William Whittington 20 Aug 2021, 7:00am
US President Joe Biden delivers remarks about the situation in Afghanistan in the East Room of the White House on August 16, 2021 in Washington,DC There’s nothing inevitable about US decline The real lesson of the fall of Saigon was that America has a unique capacity to rebound from defeat
Jeremy Warner JEREMY WARNER 20 Aug 2021, 6:00am
X Joe Biden's asinine handling of Afghanistan could gift Donald Trump the White House The president has committed the unforgivable sin: making the United States look like a loser
By Nick Allen 20 Aug 2021, 6:00am
For a president famed for his empathy, Joe Biden has shown very little for Afghans The Telegraph weekly news quiz: Defence Secretary Ben Wallace was a captain in which Army Regiment? How closely have you been paying attention to this week's news? Find out by taking The Telegraph's weekly news quiz
By Telegraph Reporters 20 Aug 2021, 6:00am
News quiz illustration Dominic Raab defies calls to resign over failure to phone Afghanistan’s foreign minister Opposition MPs urge Foreign Secretary to quit after he did not make call to request assistance with evacuating interpreters
By Harry Yorke 20 Aug 2021, 4:52am
video: Dominic Raab defies calls to resign over failure to phone Afghanistan’s foreign minister Letters: A bad deal with the Taliban hopelessly implemented by Biden leaves the West a bleak future
By Letters to the Editor 20 Aug 2021, 12:02am
Outside Kabul airport’s razor-wire: many Afghans connected to the West fear to stay Erdogan vows Turkey will not be 'migrant storage unit' in wake of Afghanistan refugee exodus Turkish President reluctant to help EU as he grapples with economic and political trouble at home
By Campbell MacDiarmid 19 Aug 2021, 10:41pm
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a press conference On Thursday Afghanistan: If you can’t take us, take our children, plead crowd outside Kabul airport Thousands desperate to leave Afghanistan await their chance amid Taliban thuggery and confusion
By Roland Oliphant 19 Aug 2021, 10:00pm
video: Afghanistan: If you can’t take us, take our children, plead crowd outside Kabul airport Joe Biden: UK and allies had choice to remain in Afghanistan US president hits back at criticism as parents pass their children to soldiers at Kabul airport amid worsening chaos
By Nick Allen 19 Aug 2021, 9:30pm
video: Joe Biden: UK and allies had choice to remain in Afghanistan Joe Biden’s handling of Afghanistan threatens to plunge UK-US relations to lowest point in 25 years Mounting concern among diplomats, ministers and MPs over the health of the special relationship
By Harry Yorke 19 Aug 2021, 9:00pm
Joe Biden and Boris Johnson attend the G7 Summit In Carbis Bay
Spy chiefs may face grilling over Afghanistan intelligence failings Boris Johnson under repeated pressure from Tory MPs to order inquiry, but has refused to commit to one
By Christopher Hope 19 Aug 2021, 8:32pm
Taliban fighters in Kabul. Tom Tugendhat: the ‘emotional scars’ that made a Commons hero How did the Tory MP and Afghanistan veteran, who electrified this week's emergency debate, become a conduit for a nation’s anger and grief?
By Joe Shute 19 Aug 2021, 7:54pm Tom Tugendhat
Five-year-old boy who fled Afghanistan with his refugee family dies after Sheffield hotel fall Mohammed Monib Majeedi had only been in the UK for a matter of days when he fell from the ninth floor window of a hotel in Sheffield
By Martin Evans 19 Aug 2021, 6:49pm
Mohammed Monib Majeedi died when he fell from a hotel window in Sheffield Afghan teen killed falling from US evacuation flight was promising footballer Friends of Zaki Anwari say he feared the Taliban would crush his dream of going professional
By Josie Ensor 19 Aug 2021, 6:21pm
Zaki Anwari, 19, had clung to the wheel of the US C-17 military plane as it took off from Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International airport Several killed in flag protests across Afghanistan in defiance of Taliban Protesters carrying the national flag have descended onto the streets of Kabul and eastern cities
By Ben Farmer 19 Aug 2021, 6:05pm
video: Several killed in flag protests across Afghanistan in defiance of Taliban Joe Biden has been a monumental disaster At home and abroad, the most Left-wing White House in history is actively driving America’s decline
Nile Gardiner NILE GARDINER 19 Aug 2021, 6:00pm
President Joe Biden Thursday evening UK news briefing: Pakistan faces 'tough questions' on Taliban victory in Afghanistan says ex-MI6 chief Also from this evening's Front Page newsletter: Former Manchester United striker Dennis Law diagnosed with dementia. Sign up below
By Chris Price 19 Aug 2021, 5:43pm
Your evening briefing from The Telegraph UK ‘should ask Pakistan tough questions’ about Taliban victory in Afghanistan ‘There has to be an understanding that the Taliban couldn't succeed like this without Pakistani backing’, says former MI6 chief
By Edward Malnick 19 Aug 2021, 5:00pm
video: UK ‘should ask Pakistan tough questions’ about Taliban victory in Afghanistan Five-year-old Afghan refugee killed in fall from Sheffield hotel Mohammed Monib Majeedi had been staying at hotel with his mother, father, brothers and sisters after being placed there by council
By Martin Evans 19 Aug 2021, 4:38pm Mohammed Monib Majeedi
Foreign crisis saw the return of theatre in the House of Commons. Let's hope it remains The chamber was built for face-to-face combat. It's a shame MPs are usually reluctant to make proper use of it
Henry Hill HENRY HILL 19 Aug 2021, 1:01pm
Tom Tugendhat speaking on Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in emergency House of Commons debate Taliban release propaganda film of ‘Badri 313’ special forces squadron Elite Taliban unit is shown with modern military equipment similar to the deposed Afghan government’s special forces
By Ben Farmer 19 Aug 2021, 12:50pm video: Taliban release propaganda film of ‘Badri 313’ special forces squadron Watch: Chaos and gunfire outside Kabul airport amid evacuations Scenes of chaos and reports of deaths outside Kabul airport have marked the evacuation efforts from Afghanistan
By Telegraph Video 19 Aug 2021, 11:05am
video: Watch: Chaos and gunfire outside Kabul airport amid evacuations Taliban step up hunt for Afghans who worked with UK and US forces UN document reveals Taliban fighters are going door to door threatening to take family members hostage unless targets surrender themselves
By Ben Farmer 19 Aug 2021, 10:53am
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