Roberts-Smith’s lawyer suggests alleged threat to shoot soldier was warning about Taliban

Roberts-Smith’s lawyer suggests alleged threat to shoot soldier was warning about Taliban

A barrister acting for war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith has suggested the decorated former soldier did not threaten to shoot a fellow soldier,as has been alleged in the Federal Court.

  • byMichaela Whitbourn

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Taliban elite send daughters overseas for ‘good education’

Taliban elite send daughters overseas for ‘good education’

High-ranking officials are sending their children to overseas state schools and universities despite removing millions of girls from schooling since they seized power in Afghanistan.

  • byJoe Wallen
‘Daily life has become a frozen hell’:UN chief says Afghanistan ‘hanging by thread’

‘Daily life has become a frozen hell’:UN chief says Afghanistan ‘hanging by thread’

The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says millions of Afghans are suffering extreme hunger and that education and social services are on the brink of collapse.

  • byMichelle Nichols andJonathan Landay
Australia must heed urgent calls for increased visa places for Afghans

Australia must heed urgent calls for increased visa places for Afghans

The federal government has failed to address an urgent need for an expansion of protective resettlement for Afghans who are in imminent danger from the Taliban regime.

  • bySajjad Askary andSitarah Mohammadi
Afghan advocates condemn federal government’s ‘insulting’ refugee intake pledge

Afghan advocates condemn federal government’s ‘insulting’ refugee intake pledge

The federal government has said it will allocate 15,000 places over four years to Afghan nationals,but the places will come from within existing humanitarian and family visa channels.

  • byLisa Visentin
Australia opens more places for Afghan refugees after scathing report

Australia opens more places for Afghan refugees after scathing report

A parliamentary report claims the government has been “dishonourable” by leaving hundreds of interpreters and other citizens at high risk of brutal reprisals from the Taliban.

  • byRob Harris
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Taliban storm Kabul apartment,arrest women’s rights activist amid crackdown

Taliban storm Kabul apartment,arrest women’s rights activist amid crackdown

Since sweeping to power in mid-August,the Taliban have imposed widespread restrictions,including on the women’s rights and the right to protest.

  • byKathy Gannon
Baby lost after being passed over Kabul airport wall returned to family

Baby lost after being passed over Kabul airport wall returned to family

Sohail Ahmadi was just two months old when he went missing in the chaos when thousands tried to flee the Taliban takeover.

  • byMica Rosenberg,Jonathan Landay andJames Mackenzie
‘I’d take a lie-detector test’:Ex-president denies he fled Kabul with stolen millions

‘I’d take a lie-detector test’:Ex-president denies he fled Kabul with stolen millions

The US is investigating what happened to $200 billion of aid for Afghanistan. In his first interview since fleeing the palace,Ashraf Ghani says he left with nothing.

  • byKathy Gannon
How Afghanistan’s female footballers are rebuilding lives,and careers,in Australia

How Afghanistan’s female footballers are rebuilding lives,and careers,in Australia

Members of the Afghan women’s national team were forced to flee their homes after the fall of Kabul but they are back on the pitch in Australia,aspiring to turn professional.

  • byDominic Bossi
Taliban foreign minister asks world for ‘mercy and compassion’

Taliban foreign minister asks world for ‘mercy and compassion’

Amir Khan Muttaqi says the Taliban government wants good relations with all countries and has no issue with the US,and he’d like $US10m released.

  • byKathy Gannon