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An insider’s view of UK’s shambolic Afghan exit

James Porteous 11 December 2021 0 Comment

A former Foreign Office diplomat suggested that out of an estimated 75,000-150,000 people who applied for evacuation under the Leave Outside the Rules scheme, fewer than 5% received assistance. Photo: Evacuees from Kabul on their way to...

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Islamic State uses Taliban’s own tactics to attack Afghanistan’s new rulers

James Porteous 23 September 2021 0 Comment

While the movement’s spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has downplayed the threat, saying this week that Islamic State had no effective presence in Afghanistan, commanders on the ground do not dismiss the threat so lightly. Photo:...

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Afghanistan: Ex-Bagram inmates recount stories of abuse, torture

James Porteous 23 September 2021 0 Comment

Former prisoners return to the now-abandoned US-run Bagram jail, which was notorious for ‘enhanced torture.‘ Photo: Hamza recounts the torture he endured during his imprisonment at Bagram [Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska/Al Jazeera] All Photos: Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska/Al...

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Watch: Inside US detention centre at Bagram airbase in Afghanistan

James Porteous 13 September 2021 0 Comment

Photo: Screenshot: US detention centre at Bagram airbase 13 September 2021 | James Porteous | Clipper Media Sky News has seen inside the detention centre where thousands of suspected militants were held during the...

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Head of new Afghan government calls on ex-officials to return

James Porteous 9 September 2021 0 Comment

Speaking to Al Jazeera, acting PM Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund reiterates Taliban promise of amnesty for anyone who worked alongside the US and the gov’t it backed. Photo: Akhund: ‘The stage of bloodshed, killing...

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Will music be banned in Afghanistan once again?

James Porteous 5 September 2021 0 Comment

Amid upheaval across the country, it remains unclear whether a new government will forbid music as it did 25 years ago Photo: Sitar practice at the Afghan National Institute of Music in 2013. Photograph: Musadeq...

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Watch: The Thuggish Bankers in Afghanistan

James Porteous 2 September 2021 0 Comment

02 September 2021 | James Porteous | Clipper Media Okay, on the surface it is a small thing. But here are people frantic to withdraw money -their money- from the local banks in Afghanistan....

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First US-evacuated Afghan support staff arrive in Uganda and Germany

James Porteous 29 August 2021 0 Comment

Twelve countries are accepting US local staff, including Albania, Canada, Costa Rica, Chile, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Mexico, Poland, Qatar, Rwanda, Ukraine, Uganda and Colombia. Photo: An Afghan girl sits in the transit area at...

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What It’s Like To Be A Woman Reporting On The Taliban

James Porteous 27 August 2021 0 Comment

Photo: Clarissa Ward is CNN’s chief international correspondent and the author of the memoir On All Fronts.Brent Swails/CNN 26 August 2021 | TERRY GROSS | NPR (Audio version also available on this page) CNN chief...

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Blackwater Prince offering charter seats from Kabul for $6,500 each

James Porteous 26 August 2021 0 Comment

Given that someone somewhere had to authorize both the landing and the takeoff of this charter flight we are left with the feeling that we were not supposed to hear about this. 25 August...

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Photos: What did the US leave behind at the Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan?

James Porteous 24 August 2021 0 Comment

It has been reported that when the US troops ‘abandoned’ the massive Bagram Airbase in Afghanistan in early July, left behind about 3.5 million items Photos: Kanika Gupta / TRTWorld 19 July 2021 |...

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Afghanistan: A Recent Historical Timeline

James Porteous 24 August 2021 0 Comment

Photos: Pigeons fly as a policeman guards residents praying outside the Shah-e Doh Shamshira mosque during the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid-al-Fitr in Kabul on Aug. 30, 2011. Photo by Erik...