Afghanistan
Suicide attack on Afghan mosque kills at least 50
Islamic State militants say they were behind the deadliest bombing since US forces left Afghanistan.
Afghans hope for action while awaiting court hearing
Afghans with connections to New Zealand are pinning their hopes on a government change of heart as they wait for a judicial review into their case next month. In August, Community Law Waikato launched… Audio
Govt urged to speed up visa process for stranded Afghans
Afghan people living in this country are pleading with the government not to forget about people with connections to New Zealand still stuck in Afghanistan.
Evan Osnos: 'Greed has always been part of America's formula'
When Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Evan Osnos was living away from the United States for a decade, he often found himself making a case for his home country, despite the grave mistakes it had made… Audio
Are Women's Rights Unravelling in Afghanistan?
Women's rights have come a long way in Afghanistan over the last 20 years.
Will the recent Taliban takeover unravel all that hard work - and worse. Audio
Andrew Cockburn: how the American War Machine is all about money
In his book The Spoils of War: Power, Profit and the American War Machine British journalist and Washington editor for Harpers magazine Andrew Cockburn gets behind the motivations behind the America… Audio
Bilal Sarwary: 'Our hopes were shattered'
Afghan journalist Bilal Sarwary, who was based in Kabul reporting on Afghanistan for 20 years, is now safely in Canada with his family, having left his country with a very heavy heart. Audio
Waiting in limbo for an evacuation from Afghanistan
In the second part of stories from Afghanistan, Kadambari Raghukumar speaks to one Afghan waiting in Kabul for evacuation to New Zealand, and one woman who recently arrived in Auckland from… Audio
Reporting Afghanistan after abandonment
Twenty years after the 9/11 attacks prompted the US to invade Afghanistan, the Taliban announced they’ve taken the whole country again this week. Journalists who remain there are at risk in spite of… Audio
Ahmed Rashid: what's next for the Taliban?
Ahmed Rashid's bestselling 2000 book Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia was used extensively by American analysts in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. The Lahore-based… 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
Afghanistan's women's cricketers need support
White Ferns wicketkeeper Katey Martin says it is important that Afghanistan women can continue to play cricket.
The Panel with Amy Adams and Allan Blackman (Part 1)
Panellists Amy Adams and Allan Blackman discuss the Taliban announcing a new all-male Government, insurance funding for the events industry, and Zoom calls making some people more self-conscious than… Audio
Taliban claim control of Panjshir, opposition says resistance will continue
The Taliban have claimed victory in the last part of Afghanistan still holding out against their rule, declaring the capture of the Panjshir Valley completed their takeover.
'This is a humanitarian crisis. New Zealand has the capacity to accommodate more' - Afghans in Aotearoa
Kadambari Raghukumar talks to Zahra Hussaini and Mahsheed Mahjor both originally from Kabul and now live in Christchurch - how has the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan affected the lives of their… 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
UK ponders relations with Taliban, nappy wars, Geronimo executed
UK correspondent Hugo Gye joins Kathryn to look at the questions the government faces over its commitments to Afghan civilians that worked with British soldiers during the 20-year war and whether it… Audio
Twenty years in Afghanistan: immense damage over 'a little revenge'
Analysis: Tallying the balance of good and bad done in the Afghanistan War leaves Tim Watkin wondering at the immense damage and ongoing effects that have resulted from the US's retaliation for the…
Getting Aid to Afghanistan
We chat to Mike Seawright, Founder & Executive Director or ReliefAid who in response to the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, have commenced aid operations in Kabul and Bamyan Province… Audio
USA correspondent Ron Elving
Joe Biden says evacuations of US citizens and allies from Afghanistan will continue, despite the attack this week in Kabul that has killed 13 American soldiers and many others. Ron also reports on the… Audio