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Thousands of government troops have surrendered or defected – handing over their arms to the Taliban – or have fled across Afghanistan’s borders to neighbouring countries. While Kabul is not believed to be in imminent danger of Taliban takeover, Nicholas Owens SC, for the newspapers, said it remained a matter of urgency the Afghan evidence was heard. There was, he said, “a real risk of the evidence of the Afghan witnesses becoming unavailable”. “There is an ongoing risk to people in Kabul, there are credible reports of imminent terrorist attacks. It’s a dangerous environment, no...

An Afghan child looks on as Afghan National Army soldiers conduct a search / US Marine Corps Afghanistan is teetering on the brink of an almost unimaginable disaster. The withdrawal of US and allied forces, scheduled by President Joe Biden to be completed by September 11, threatens to precipitate the unravelling of the most pro-Western government in Southwest Asia. It also endangers the entire framework of the Afghan state that has been built up since the overthrow of the Taliban regime in 2001. Should this occur, the most likely results would be the establishment of a theocratic regime in Ka...

Hazara man Namatullah Kadrie was only five years old when his family fled Afghanistan.  Twenty years have since passed, but he’s now more worried than ever about those they left behind given western forces are about to fully withdraw from the country. “We can’t do anything, but we're worried sick about what will happen to them,” he told SBS News at his home in Melbourne. “I'm very worried about what will happen to the Hazaras when the foreign forces completely leave Afghanistan. I think what we'll see is a full-scale war against the Hazaras.”  Namatullah Kadrie and his family in...

You are here Home » News & events » All stories » On the brink of disaster: how decades of progress in Afghanistan could be wiped out in short order On the brink of disaster: how decades of progress in Afghanistan could be wiped out in short order 09 July 2021 Afghanistan is teetering on the brink of an almost unimaginable disaster. The withdrawal of US and allied forces, scheduled by President Joe Biden to be completed by September 11, threatens to precipitate the unravelling of the most pro-Western government in Southwest Asia. It also endangers the entire framework of the Afgha...

While the UK announces a plan to speed up repatriation of Afghan translators and support staff before Western troops withdraw, Australian politicians are sitting on their hands.