Tag: Afghanistan
There’s a way to get refugees out of Afghanistan after this week’s deadline — if the Taliban agrees
Picture: Jose Luis Magana/AP
US President Joe Biden’s deadline of August 31 to complete US evacuation efforts from Afghanistan is fast approaching in the...
An Afghan American scholar describes his fear-filled journey from the chaos at Kabul airport to a plane bound for home in the US
The author was in this crowd, finally boarding a plane to leave Kabul. Photo: Hanif Sufizada
Note: Afghan scholar Hanif Sufizada, who works at...
Owning up: Australia must admit its involvement in Afghanistan has been an abject failure
Picture: Cpl Ricky Fuller/Australian Department of Defence/AAP
Twenty years ago, Australian forces followed the US into Afghanistan in the wake of the September 11...
Afghan refugees can no longer wait — Australia must offer permanent protection now
Picture: Stringer/EPA
Just hours after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, Australia joined the international community in calling for the “safe and orderly departure of foreign nationals...
Sunday essay: how ‘Afghan’ coats left Kabul for the fashion world and became a hippie must-have
Making Afghan coats for sale in Herat, 1974. Shutterstock
The London launch of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in May 1967 was a musical and...
Incomplete strategy and niche contributions — Australia leaves Afghanistan after 20 years
Picture: Department of Defence/AAP
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has declared Australia will withdraw its remaining 80 troops from Afghanistan by September, marking the end of its...