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How private schools could help Afghan girls – and justify their charitable status | Letters
Published: August 6, 2026 16:45
Margaret Owen suggests that Britain’s well endowed independent schools have a part to play in offering Afghan girls living under the Taliban the chance to get an educationHere is another plan for Gordon Brown (After five brutal years of Taliban rule,…
They gave me to someone who could not read or write … it would be better if you buried me alive
Published: August 5, 2026 05:00
I was the top student in my university class but when the Taliban took Afghanistan again I was forced to marry and my dreams of being a pilot endedOn my last day of school it seemed years of effort were now contained in one small piece of paper. Everyone…
After five brutal years of Taliban rule, Afghan women and girls need our help – and I have a plan | Gordon Brown
Published: August 4, 2026 06:00
Even in the face of appalling repression, girls yearn to fulfil their educational potential. We must set up a global fund to help themNext weekmarks the fifth anniversary of the takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban as US coalition troops were evacuated…
Decades on from the US’s disastrous campaign in Afghanistan, Trump is making all the same mistakes | Simon Tisdall
Published: August 2, 2026 11:31
The president has blundered into a ‘forever war’ with Iran he can’t win, but refuses to end. Such hubris has a long history It’s five years this month since the chaotic retreat of US forces from Kabul. The Nato-backed invasion and occupation of…
Snowy valleys, balloon bikes and a wild game of buzkashi: a different view of Afghanistan – in pictures
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/jul/30/afghanistan-daniel-malikyar-in-pictures
Published: July 30, 2026 06:00
As the son of Afghan refugees, Daniel Malikyar wanted to paint a picture of the country he knew, rather than the one he read about in news headlines Continue reading...
‘We have lost everything’: extreme rainfall across Asia brings flash floods and typhoons
Published: July 28, 2026 04:00
From Afghanistan to Taiwan, unprecedented deluge highlights devastating impact of climate breakdown“It rained for 10 days and 10 nights, non-stop – I’d never seen anything like it,” says Anar Gul, a construction worker who lives in the remote district of…
Weather tracker: Why Europe’s wildfires are proving so fierce and difficult to stop
Published: July 27, 2026 07:21
Wind and record-breaking heat are fuelling the continent’s explosive fire season, with Spain and France among worst hitExplainer: what is a ‘fire cloud’, and how have they worsened wildfires in Europe?Europe wildfires live – latest updatesA combination of…
Afghanistan floods kill at least 20 people, with more than 100 missing
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/20/deadly-floods-nuristan-afghanistan
Published: July 20, 2026 17:31
National disaster agency confirms ‘severe financial and human losses’ in remote province of NuristanAt least 20 people have been killed and more than 80 injured in flooding that hit Afghanistan’s Nuristan province, the country’s disaster management agency…
‘When she turns eight they will take her’: rising number of Afghan girls being sold into child marriage
Published: July 15, 2026 04:00
Afghanistan is seeing a resurgence in underage brides and mothers as desperate families sell their children in order to eatSima* is 18, but has already given birth four times. Her youngest is a newborn, the eldest is four. Sitting with her children in…
The Taliban’s war on education: ‘Nobody talks about what is happening to the boys’
Published: July 13, 2026 09:00
Five years after the ultra-conservative Islamists retook Afghanistan, students describe male pupils being beaten for minor rule breaches and inexperienced teachers struggling to deliver lessonsBefore he leaves for Kabul University each morning, Hashmat*…