Afghanistan

Afghanistan is a country in south Asia.

Comment
Sam McBride: Stormont is full of drawn-out, unpredictable games so it’s perfect for first Test cricket match in North’s history
Middle East
Taliban leaders in Afghanistan filmed dancing despite ban
Books
The best books about travel: around the world in 10 great reads
Britain
Julian Assange profile: From teenage hacker to head of secret-spilling website that shook the world

Comment
Sam McBride: Would you turn away a man of courage like Saeed Safi, knowing he would face death?
Book Reviews
In New Cold Wars, David E Sanger’s ‘history’ of the world’s future leads to one chilling conclusion
Letters
Letters: Simon Harris is the lucky general whose day has come, but ultimately, it is events that will seal his fate
Irish News
‘I just want to live in peace’ – Afghan interpreter hiding from Taliban pleads for asylum in Ireland
Comment
Mary McCarthy: Céad míle fáilte? Tell that to the people living in tents after fleeing horror of war
Politics
Tusla reported two housing bodies to gardaí
Britain
‘What happened to Navalny can happen to Julian,’ says wife Stella Assange as his lawyers make last throw of dice to avoid extradition to US
Opinion
Nelofer Pazira-Fisk: Migrants are now a focal point for grievances that have nothing to do with them
Analysis
Kevin Cunningham: Irish voters once wanted more Afghan refugees — now a third would back a party with tough anti-immigration views
Britain
Hundreds promised UK resettlement are still stuck in Afghanistan, says David Cameron
Comment
Lee Hockstader: US aid to Ukraine is enormous, but it’s also a bit of a bargain
Irish News
From Afghani beekeepers to kids in Ballymun, my friend Ross McDonnell extended dignity to everyone
Comment
Nelofer Pazira-Fisk: Colonial ambitions groomed the Middle East for intolerance
Middle East
More than 2,000 killed as powerful earthquake flattens villages in Afghanistan
Asia-Pacific
Two earthquakes kill dozens in western Afghanistan
Middle East
Afghan women beheaded and their bodies dumped in rivers under Taliban rule, new report shows
Comment
Dithering and deluded: the West’s policy on Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine remains inconsistent
Comment
James Lawless: Yes, we’re neutral, but we need military allies to help us to defend the country
Irish News
Sister Isabelle Smyth (83) joins her first mini-marathon in Dublin as part of an interfaith women’s team raising money for Afghan athletes
Irish News
RTÉ’s Tony Connelly: ‘Becoming a dad again in my 50s has been tough’

Afghanistan

Sam McBride: Stormont is full of drawn-out, unpredictable games so it’s perfect for first Test cricket match in North’s history

Taliban leaders in Afghanistan filmed dancing despite ban

The best books about travel: around the world in 10 great reads

Julian Assange profile: From teenage hacker to head of secret-spilling website that shook the world

Sam McBride: Would you turn away a man of courage like Saeed Safi, knowing he would face death?

In New Cold Wars, David E Sanger’s ‘history’ of the world’s future leads to one chilling conclusion

Letters: Simon Harris is the lucky general whose day has come, but ultimately, it is events that will seal his fate

‘I just want to live in peace’ – Afghan interpreter hiding from Taliban pleads for asylum in Ireland

Mary McCarthy: Céad míle fáilte? Tell that to the people living in tents after fleeing horror of war

Tusla reported two housing bodies to gardaí

‘What happened to Navalny can happen to Julian,’ says wife Stella Assange as his lawyers make last throw of dice to avoid extradition to US

Nelofer Pazira-Fisk: Migrants are now a focal point for grievances that have nothing to do with them

Kevin Cunningham: Irish voters once wanted more Afghan refugees — now a third would back a party with tough anti-immigration views

Hundreds promised UK resettlement are still stuck in Afghanistan, says David Cameron

Lee Hockstader: US aid to Ukraine is enormous, but it’s also a bit of a bargain

From Afghani beekeepers to kids in Ballymun, my friend Ross McDonnell extended dignity to everyone

Nelofer Pazira-Fisk: Colonial ambitions groomed the Middle East for intolerance

More than 2,000 killed as powerful earthquake flattens villages in Afghanistan

Two earthquakes kill dozens in western Afghanistan

Afghan women beheaded and their bodies dumped in rivers under Taliban rule, new report shows

Dithering and deluded: the West’s policy on Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine remains inconsistent

James Lawless: Yes, we’re neutral, but we need military allies to help us to defend the country

Sister Isabelle Smyth (83) joins her first mini-marathon in Dublin as part of an interfaith women’s team raising money for Afghan athletes

RTÉ’s Tony Connelly: ‘Becoming a dad again in my 50s has been tough’

Sister Isabelle Smyth (83) joins her first mini-marathon in Dublin as part of an interfaith women’s team raising money for Afghan athletes

RTÉ’s Tony Connelly: ‘Becoming a dad again in my 50s has been tough’

Calls for Australian war hero be stripped of medal over killings in Afghanistan

Letters: Where is ‘register of damage’ for victims of US conflicts?

Stampede at Kabul airport as Afghans try to flee Taliban after rumour of aid flight to Turkey

Monotony of office life and bad traffic are major bugbears for Taliban’s ex-fighters working desk jobs

Prince Harry reveals he killed 25 ‘insurgents’ while serving with British Army in Afghanistan

My family could never thank the Dominican Sisters enough

Male students and professors walk out of classrooms in solidarity with women after hardline Taliban measure

International condemnation as female students turned away from Afghan universities by Taliban

Victim’s father kills murderer in Taliban’s first public execution

The frightening world of the refugee children travelling alone

‘We owe them a debt of honour’ – Irish-based US military vet blasts western governments for ‘abandoning’ Afghan allies

What lies beneath: Diarmuid Breen’s Blue Horizon is at once hazardous and hopeful

Taliban chase and beat women at Kabul protest on anniversary of power grab

A year on from the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan, educating Afghan girls remains a cause worth fighting for

Afghan photographer now living in Ireland: ‘Life goes very fast and there are no guarantees; you have to be with your family’

As the dust settles on Ayman al-Zawahiri’s killing in Kabul, al-Qa’ida are more dangerous than ever

Ayman Zawahiri led a terrorist group in decline, with most of its founders dead or hiding

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