Afghanistan

Tax on social media giants can help fix their mess - Alex Cole-Hamilton

Four British nationals who were being held in Taliban custody in Afghanistan have been released and are set to return to the UK on a flight

Four British men freed by Taliban after being detained in Afghanistan

Edinburgh South West SNP MP Joanna Cherry is arguing for emergency visas for female former judges and prosecutors whose lives are at risk in Afghanistan.

Joanna Cherry appeals to Rishi Sunak to save Afghan women

Andy Reid climbed Mt Kilimanjaro (photo: Guinness World Records)

UK amputee sets new world record for highest burger delivery

Prince Harry's book Spare has attracted considerable media interest (Picture: James Manning/PA)

Yawn. Dull Harry's book will soon be filling the charity shops of Stockbridge

Harry, Duke of Sussex, appeared on CBS late night talk show The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Tuesday evening (US time)

Harry addresses Taliban controversy on Late Show appearance in US

Harry: The Interview with Tom Bradby - how to watch on TV

Prince Harry reveals he killed 25 Taliban while serving in Afghanistan

'We will always take the necessary steps to protect our staff and business interests,' says Menzies Aviation. Picture: contributed.

Menzies Aviation awarded multi-million-pound sum regarding Afghanistan dispute

Aaron Finch lifts ICC World Cup Trophy with Australia in 2021

ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022: when the tournament starts- how to watch

JJ Chalmers appeared with professional dancer Amy Dowden on Strictly Come Dancing in 1920. Photo: Kieron McCarron

Queen's handwritten praise for JJ Chalmers on Strictly

Very Rev Dr John Chalmers with his son, JJ Chalmers.

JJ Chalmers' father recalls the moment he heard his son had been in bomb blast

JJ Chalmers paid tribute to the city of Birmingham during the BBC Broadcast

JJ Chalmers pays emotional tribute to Micky Yule in BBC interview

Fraser Rowland is competing in the Veteran Games

Ex-soldier who served in Afghanistan and Iraq to compete in Veteran Games

Pat Black has been appointed to the W7.

'I kept breaking glass ceilings': The Edinburgh woman working for the W7

Prince Harry (left) talking to JJ Chalmers during the Invictus Games 2016

JJ Chalmers explains why he is ‘forever grateful’ to Prince Harry
TV presenter JJ Chalmers has said the Duke of Sussex is “one of the key people who created one of the key catalysts in my recovery” and he would not be here today if it were not for his friend.
By Laura Harding

Home secretary Priti Patel. Picture: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

Afghan families in Edinburgh still waiting on permanent housing

Edinburgh Castle lit up in red to show support for Appeal for Afghanistan

This is why Edinburgh Castle lit up in red last night

Former Royal Marine JJ Chalmers is urging people to donate to the DEC appeal for Afghanistan. Picture: Claire Greenway/Getty

Former Royal Marine JJ Chalmers urges Scots to help Afghanistan crisis appeal

Dennis the Menace and Mary Queen of Scots paid a visit with eight-year-old Rocco Cesari and five-year-old Francesca Cesari to Luke Winter of the Story Wagon – a touring space offering creative writing, traditional storytelling and story sharing activities – at The Kelpies in Falkirk to launch Scotland's Year of Stories. Picture: VisitScotland/Chris Watt

Centuries of Scottish stories to be showcased in year-long culture celebration

In evidence presented to MPs, a whistleblower has said then Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab ‘failed to grasp the situation' in Afghanistan (image: Getty Images)

Whistleblower reveals UK Government ‘failures’ over Afghanistan evacuation

Najibullah Zadran of Afghanistan dives for the crease as Matthew Cross of Scotland removes the bails during a T20 World Cup match between Afghanistan and Scotland (Picture: Alex Davidson/Getty Images)

Scotland's cricket successes have won this football fan over – Steve Cardownie

The British Army is encouraging more women to apply for all roles.

British Army wants to recruit more women

Steven Waterston from Eskbank, who will run this weekend's London Marathon.

Disabled war veteran from Eskbank set to take on London Marathon in memory of fe...

Team of dogs out for exercise

In Pictures: The Dogs of War

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab refused to say when he went on holiday as members of the Foreign Affairs Committee questioned him about the Afghanistan crisis (Picture: PRU/AFP via Getty Images)

Why politicians should be more like Biden and less like Raab – Robert Aldridge

Interpreters are essential in court cases where some of those involved do not speak English

Interpreters play a vital role but they are being exploited – Neil Findlay
Amongst the countless stories that have emerged from the recent and tragic events in Afghanistan, the plight of the interpreters who have played a crucial role in liaising between the Afghan population and US and UK forces is one I have paid close attention to.
Neil Findlay

The final UK troops and diplomatic staff were airlifted from Kabul on Saturday, drawing to a close Britain's 20-year engagement in Afghanistan and a two-week operation to rescue UK nationals and Afghan allies.

UK and Taliban in talks over further evacuations

Paul “Pen” Farthing’s flight arrived at London’s Heathrow Airport at around 7.30am on Sunday (Nowzad)

Pen Farthing ‘couldn’t let dogs be shot by the Taliban’ and says one was stabbed...

Maj. Gen. Chris Donahue was the last American soldier to leave Afghanistan (Photo: Department of Defence / Twitter)

RAF prepared to launch air strikes against ISIS as US completes Afghanistan with...

The annual Beyond Borders International Festival takes place at Traquair House in the Borders (Picture: David Cheskin/PA)

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

Afghans try to reach foreign forces to show their credentials at Kabul Airport (Picture: Akhter Gulfam/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)

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

Final British flight from Afghanistan returns to UK - as Defence Secretary pays ...

Former Royal Marine Pen Farthing set up an animal rescue centre in Afghanistan. He and his team are now trying to leave the country with their animals.

We must save animal rescuers from the Taliban – Hayley Matthews

Who are Isis-K and what does Isis-K stand for? The terror group’s role in Afghan crisis and relation to the Taliban, explained following twin suicide bomb attacks claimed by Isis-K (Image credit: Aamir Qureshi/AFP via Getty Images)

Who are terror group IS-K and what's their role in the Afghan crisis?

Who are the Taliban? What is happening in Afghanistan? What did Joe Biden say after Kabul airport attacks? (Image credit: AFP via Getty Images)

Who are the Taliban and what's happening in Afghanistan?

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has spoken about the bomb attacks in Kabul.

Sturgeon speaks of 'horror unfolding in Afghanistan’

Boys fly a kite on a hill overlooking Kabul (Picture: Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

End of kite-flying in Afghanistan is symbol of lost freedom – Christine Grahame

The sign outside the Home Office in Westminster, London. PA

Midlothian resettled 32 Syrian refugees – as similar Afghanistan scheme launches

British and American troops help in the evacuation of eligible civilians and their families out of Afghanistan

Afghanistan: We must help the victims of this disastrous war - Lorna Slater

Afghan people gather as they wait to board a U S military aircraft to leave the country, at a military airport in Kabul on August 20, 2021 days after Taliban's military takeover of Afghanistan. (Photo by Wakil KOHSAR / AFP) (Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP via Getty Images)

Readers' letters: Lack of moral fibre over Afghanistan

This is where you can donate clothes for Afghanistan refugees - list of charitie...

The hotel Dominic Raab stayed in has since been named as the Amirandes in Crete (Credit: Amirandes/Facebook/Getty Images)

Inside luxury Crete hotel where Dominic Raab 'stayed' as Kabul fell

Council leader Adam McVey says the city stands ready to help

Capital to welcome Afghan refugees

An Afghan woman living in India reacts outside the embassy of the United States of America in New Delhi (Photo by Money Sharma / AFP) (Photo by MONEY SHARMA/AFP via Getty Images)

How you can help the people of Afghanistan

Foreign secretary Dominic Raab has been accused of putting interpreters’ lives at risk in Afghanistan (Photo: Getty Images)

Dominic Raab accused of failing to make Afghanistan call on holiday

Foreign policy failings like the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban require better leadership than being provided by Boris Johnson (Picture: Roger Harris/UK Parliament/AFP via Getty Images)

Afghan crisis has exposed Johnson's idleness and lack of leadership – Ian Murray

On Tuesday night, Boris Johnson announced a new settlement scheme, which would allow up to 20,000 Afghan vulnerable refugees to seek sanctuary in the UK over the coming years.

Call to avert Afghanistan humanitarian disaster

People sit on the tarmac as they wait to leave the Kabul airport on Monday following the Taliban's takeover of the city (Picture: Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images)

We must help Afghans to flee Taliban death-cult – Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP

Afghanistan crisis RECAP: Latest updates

Sergeant Sean Binnie was aged just 22 when he was killed in Afghanistan. Picture: Contributed

'Everything we’ve done has been for nothing': Veterans reflect on Afghanistan

Paul refuses to leave his local workers who are trapped in Kabul

Edinburgh woman pleads for help saving animal rescuers trapped in Kabul

Taliban fighters stand guard on a street in Kabul after a stunningly swift end to Afghanistan's 20-year war (Picture: Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images)

UK has a moral obligation towards refugees fleeing Taliban – Angus Robertson MSP

Taliban takes control of Kabul just days after US-led coalition left Afghanistan

People have been attempting to flee the country. (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

UK troops race against time to rescue 6,000 Brits as Taliban take Kabul