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The UK’s military role in Afghanistan since 2001 has brought with it a heavy human toll. Members of the Army, RAF, Royal Marines and special forces have lost their lives in the fight against the Taliban. The number of deaths stands at 456 after two RAF personnel were among five people who died in a… Continue reading Aug 2021. The Military Casualty in Afghanistan

Afghanistan is on the brink of a total Taliban takeover and President Ashraf Ghani has fled the country. The Taliban reached the outskirts of the capital Kabul earlier on Sunday, but said fighters were now being sent into the city. People have sought safety from the fighting in Kabul but there have been scenes of… Continue reading Aug 2021. Taliban Takeover

Taliban fighters arrived at the gate of Kabul city Sunday afternoon, a few hours after capturing Jalalabad. European Union embassy staffers and envoys have been shifted to an undisclosed, safe location, said NATO authorities. A US official confirmed that an estimated 50 employees of the US embassy are present in Kabul, as the Taliban close in… Continue reading Aug 2021. The Taliban Reach Kabul

And so we have left Afghanistan, and many of their people have left as well and are going to be living with you very soon. Yes those who supported and worked with us should be here, but we didn’t have thousands of interpreters did we? We shouldn’t have been there in the first place. Blair… Continue reading Aug 2021. The Western Crime on Afghanistan

The disaster now unfolding in Afghanistan is the consequence of a twenty-year long failed military intervention. The responsibility rests with the US, British and other NATO governments which plunged into a war that was always doomed to fail. The starting of the conflict, not the manner of the ending of it, was the problem. Twenty… Continue reading Aug 2021. Nigel on Afghanistan