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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)

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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

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Prince Harry reveals he killed 25 Taliban while serving in Afghanistan

A fortunate few who fled Afghanistan were flown to freedom while others were forced to walk for days to escape the Taliban

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

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

US Marines help a wounded man while being pinned down by enemy fire in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah in March 2003 (Picture: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Pacifists like me are not anti-army, we are anti-war – Christine Grahame MSP

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

British Army wants to recruit more women

Thousands of Afghans have sought refuge

Afghan refugees 'settling in well' in Edinburgh

Gordon MacDonald says it would be a "missed opportunity" not to use the MoD homes

Use empty MoD homes for refugees, says MSP

Scottish Green Party co-leaders Patrick Harvie (left) and Lorna Slater (right) and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon (centre) in the main chamber of the Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, as the Scottish Green Party co-leaders are formally appointed as junior ministers. Picture date: Tuesday August 31, 2021. PA Photo. See PA story POLITICS Scotland. Photo credit should read: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

Readers' letters: Greens are no threat to sensible government

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
UK officials and the Taliban are in talks over how to secure “safe passage” out of Afghanistan for British nationals and Afghan allies.
Richard Wheeler

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

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?

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 City of Edinburgh Council is set to vote on an emergency motion pledging to help Afghan refugees fleeing the Taliban find permanent resettlement in the Captial.

Council to vote on resettlement of Afghan refugees in Edinburgh

Conservative councillor Lachlan Bruce.

East Lothian council member blasts the Taliban

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
By any definition, the war in Afghanistan has been a disaster. More than 200,000 people have been killed, including tens of thousands of civilians and thousands of military personnel, including 457 from the UK.
Lorna Slater

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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

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

Mr Raab was on holiday on the Greek island of Crete when the request to make the urgent phone call was made (Photo: Getty Images)

Foreign Office admits crucial call to help Afghan interpreters was not made

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

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

Midlothian Council headquarters, Midlothian House, Dalkeith.

Midlothian to offer support to Afghan refugees

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

Edinburgh woman pleads for help saving animal rescuers trapped in Kabul

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

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

The 16 Air Assault Brigade arriving in Kabul as part of a 600-strong UK-force sent to assist with Operation PITTING to rescue British nationals in Afghanistan amidst the worsening security situation there.

Ben Wallace: Nato will not return to Kabul

UK military personnel prior to boarding an RAF Voyager aircraft at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, as part of a 600-strong UK-force sent to assist with the operation to rescue British nationals in Afghanistan.

British nationals in race to leave Afghanistan

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace giving a statement in the House of Commons, London.

Britain will work with Taliban if it comes to power

David Sneddon out walking the dog

Bionic leg for the Bathgate soldier shot by the Taliban

Crowds of mourners in Tehran surround the coffins of Qassem Soleimani and others killed in the US drone strike. Picture: AP

As Donald Trump threatens to act like Taliban, UK hangs from his coat-tails – An...

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Edinburgh Council’s a benevolent dictatorship, not the Taliban

Meursaults album Crow Hill was an obvious choice for a recommendation

Edinburgh Council’s a benevolent dictatorship, not the Taliban

Royal Engineer and double amputee Micky Yule opn his winning skeleton run, Picture: SWNS

Musselburgh soldier is first double amputee to take on skeleton run

John Gibson: Almost as thrilling as the bingo

Prince Harry in Afghanistan: I’ve killed Taliban

John Gibson: A ghostly parade from the troops

Paul eager for wedding after overcoming Afghan trauma

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Jim Sillars: The dogs of war don’t take sides

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John Gibson: Fortunes made from an orchid

Mystery of why Scott McLaren left safety of his base

Trooper, 18, tells of firefight hell