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Former Afghan MP Fawzia Koofi on a year since Kabul fell
On August 15 last year the Afghan capital, Kabul, again fell under Taliban control after the group's lightning fast campaign across the country following the withdrawal of American troops. Former… Audio
Charlotte Bellis: 'I'm one of your people and I need help'
Pregnant Kiwi journalist Charlotte Bellis feels let down by her country after failing to gain an MIQ spot and being forced to seek safe refuge in Afghanistan as she awaits the birth of her first… Audio
NZ journalist Charlotte Bellis returns to Afghanistan: 'It's just life and death on so many levels'
New Zealand Al Jazeera journalist Charlotte Bellis is back in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. The intrepid Christchurch-born reporter feels safe on her return to the Afghan capital, despite the fact… Audio
Christina Lamb: reflecting on the last 20 years in Afghanistan
On the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, British war correspondent and author Christina Lamb finds herself back in Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul. Christina Lamb is chief foreign… Audio
Charlotte Bellis: Taliban government inclusiveness "symbolic"
New Zealand journalist Charlotte Bellis has been on the ground in Kabul this week as Afghanistan recorded its first official day under Taliban rule in nearly two decades amid unconfirmed reports of… Audio
Charlotte Bellis: 'I'll stay in Afghanistan as long as I can'
New Zealand Al Jazeera journalist Charlotte Bellis had been visiting Kabul Airport -- the only way in and out of Afghanistan at the moment -- this week, as locals and foreign nationals alike tried to… Video, Audio
'Hundreds' left behind in Kabul evacuaiton - Defence Minister
"We are not giving up on bringing those who need to come home, home" Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Friday, as NZ was forced to abandoned its mercy mission in Afghanistan.
Speaking to Checkpoi… Video, Audio
Crisis talks in US after Afghanistan blasts
US officials are in crisis talks after Kabul's airport was rocked by twin bomb blasts overnight.
At least 60 people have been killed and more than 140 injured.
The attacks come after numerous… Audio
Afghanistan: Dozens killed in Kabul Airport explosions
Two explosions just outside Kabul's overcrowded international airport have killed at least 60 people, with US soldiers and Afghan civilians including children among the victims.
More than 140 people… Audio
Women journalists fear for their lives as Taliban takes over
*Aadila is a 20-something journalist who runs a news room in Afghanistan's capital of Kabul. However, Afghanistan's female journalists, have had much to fear from the Taliban's surge. She joins the… Audio
Afghan tells of miraculous escape aboard US plane
An Afghan has told of his miraculous escape from Kabul this week, crammed aboard a US cargo plane.
Images from the plane have gone viral - of hundreds of people refusing to get off in the hopes of… Audio
Calling London - Rob Hugh-Jones
Rob Hugh-Jones from the BBC joins Karyn to talk about an attack on a school in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, over the weekend, the head of the UN visits Russia and how people are returning to their… Audio
Calling Home: Christopher Foulkes in Kabul, Afghanistan
Christopher Foulkes moved to Kabul in 2014 for a five-week assignment, and has been drawn back ever since. Christopher lives in a compound with his co-workers and can only leave in armoured vehicles… Audio
Dozens die as Kabul bomber targets clerics
A suicide bomb attack has killed 43 and wounded 83, as scholars marked Prophet Muhammad's birthday.
Dozens killed in Kabul suicide bomb attack
Kids were preparing to take an exam when a suicide bomb exploded at an education centre in Kabul, Afghanistan. Freelance journalist Akhtar Muhammad Makoii talks to John Campbell. Audio
Kabul bombing latest in wave of brutal attacks
Our Afghanistan correspondent Bilal Sarwary says Saturday's bomb attack which killed New Zealand man Hashem Slaimankhel is just latest in a wave of attacks which mark an unprecedented level of… Audio
NZer killed in Kabul suicide bomb a 'wonderful friend'
A New Zealand man killed in the Kabul car bombing has been remembered as a hard-working and caring man. On Saturday a suicide bomber driving an ambulance killed at least 100 people and wounded 235… Audio
Afghan forces end 12-hour hotel siege
Some 160 people have been rescued but at least six civilians died after gunmen attacked a luxury hotel in the Afghan capital Kabul.
Afghan suicide mosque attacks kill scores of worshippers
More than 70 people have been killed in attacks on two mosques in Afghanistan, officials say.
Suicide bomb kills 24 in Afghanistan
A suicide car bomb has exploded in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing at least 24 people, according to reports.