The U.S. congress wants to get to the bottom of the Afghanistan debacle.
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate have introduced bills to establish a non-partisan commission to report to the public on the mistakes made by the four presidential administrations that fought the war. The bills vary in details, such as the number of commissioners and the term of the commission, but the intent is clear: to force a public examination of how and why the U.S. project in Afghanistan failed.
Talks between German and Dutch officials and the Taliban in Kabul have emphasised the need to improve the “dire humanitarian situation” in Afghanistan.
Japanese researchers have crafted a “super clone” of an Afghan mural destroyed by the Taliban, using a mix of traditional and digital techniques that they hope will salvage the work’s “spirit” for future generations.
The U.N. envoy to Afghanistan on Wednesday delivered a bleak assessment of the situation following the Taliban takeover, saying that an affiliate of the Islamic State group has grown and now appears present in nearly all 34 provinces.
Two explosions have hit the Afghan capital Kabul, killing at least one person and wounding at least six, including three women, Taliban officials and residents said.
The Home Office has been slammed by Torbay Council for letting a property set aside for Afghan refugees sit empty for months.
Following a call from the government to local councils to help house Afghan migrants, Torbay Council lodged a two-bedroom property with the Home Office in September, but the department has yet to allocate a family to it.