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Women hold placards during a protest calling for their rights to be recognised, near the Shah-e-Do Shamshira mosque in Kabul .

World Taliban holds public lashing in Afghan football stadium

The Taliban have banned Afghan women from entering the capital's public parks, gyms and funfairs. (Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP via Getty Images)

People Taliban hard-liners now add gyms to list of no-go areas for women

World The Afghan woman who had to pay her son to accompany her on a work trip

World 'The international community should not forget Afghanistan'

World Charity condemns Government ‘malaise’ over shrinking Afghanistan aid

Columnists Kabul fiasco shows why UK needs to be more like France – Tim Willasey-Wilsey

People Government hotel bill for Afghanistan refugees is £1 million a day

Columnists Clear guidance can help avoid sanctions errors - Stacy Keen

World UK Government needs to ‘radically increase’ Afghan resettlement scheme

World How the Taliban regime has had to ask for international help after earthquake

Columnists An astonishingly brave account of Afghan refugees' journey – Laura Waddell

World Former BBC journalist detained in Afghanistan by Taliban

Opinion 9/11 anniversary and why we should become 'patriots of humanity' - Henry McLeish

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Politics Sketch: Johnson pledges to tackle Afghanistan email backlog 'by close of play'

Politics Ex-MI6 chief says Afghanistan withdrawal 'unnecessarily messy'

Politics Raab insists on 'widespread surprise' at pace of Taliban takeover in Afghanistan

Politics UK embassy could reopen within weeks following Taliban negotiations

Rugby Union Glasgow forward fought Taliban and says troop withdrawal is ‘frustrating’

World UK and Taliban in talks over further evacuations

World British forces prepared to launch air strikes against IS

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People Scottish Afghan charity says its trapped workers are still to be evacuated

Columnists Scottish government is committed to creating a Peace Institute – Angus Robertson

Politics UK a 'long way' from giving diplomatic recognition to Taliban in Afghanistan

Columnists Why UK may not be as big-hearted towards refugees as it clams – Ian Swanson

Politics Foreign Secretary defends remaining on holiday as Taliban took Kabul

People Linda Norgrove Foundation fears Afghan staff will be ‘left to the wolves’

Politics Analysis: The G7 agree to ask the Taliban to be nice so that's all sorted

News US will not keep troops in Afghanistan past August 31

People Scots aid worker faces being part of Taliban security convoy

Politics Boris Johnson to urge G7 to step up support for Afghanistan

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