afghanistan Articles

Why did the Taliban shoot Malala Yousafzai? So far that’s the question everybody has been afraid to ask, mainly because we already know the answer. The Taliban tried to murder young Malala because Islamists tremble at the thought of a woman – any woman – demanding the...

Human rights are core Labour values, rooted in equality, universality, and solidarity. Together with a group of other Labour activists, I have formed the Labour Campaign for Human Rights. Our aim is to champion a Labour vision for human rights as we head into the next...

The most recent talks between Iran and five permanent members of the UN Security Council, Britain, France, Russia, China and the United States plus Germany, over Iran’s nuclear programme took place in Almaty, Kazakhstan on 5 April and ended a day later without...

Just a day after Remembrance Sunday this year, a British serviceman was shot and killed in southern Afghanistan by a member of the Afghan National Army. We are once again reminded of the war Britain has been engaged in for more than a decade. Recent insider attacks on...