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‘We can’t give up on Afghans’: Lyse Doucet on the remarkable ‘people’s history’ that won her the Women’s prize

Women’s prize for nonfiction Interview Emma Loffhagen The BBC’s chief international correspondent was awarded the prestigious nonfiction prize for The Finest Hotel in Kabul – which she hopes will bring more attention to the Taliban’s draconian treatment of women Fri 12 Jun 2026 Lyse Doucet first checked into Kabul’s Intercontinental […]

A Chronicle of German Failures in Afghanistan

“Takeover of Kabul Unlikely Before 9/11”A Chronicle of German Failures in Afghanistan German diplomats only found out by chance that their American counterparts were evacuating from Kabul and they were blindsided by the Taliban’s rapid advance in the capital. But internal documents show that Berlin ignored urgent warnings.By Matthias Gebauer, Konstantin von […]