Afghanistan
Year of Home Office delays in bringing female Afghan medical students to Scotland
![Tobias Ellwood](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13846528.jpg)
![Tobias Ellwood](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13846528.jpg)
![A burqa-clad woman walks with a girl along a street in Kabul](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17182629.jpg)
![A burqa-clad woman walks with a girl along a street in Kabul](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17182629.jpg)
David Pratt
![Tobias Ellwood](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13846528.jpg)
![Tobias Ellwood](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13846528.jpg)
![Tobias Elwood](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17021797.jpg)
![Tobias Elwood](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17021797.jpg)
![Nicola Wood at a KidsOR operating room with a member of staff in Quito, Ecuador. File picture 2020. PA.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/10934451.jpg)
![Nicola Wood at a KidsOR operating room with a member of staff in Quito, Ecuador. File picture 2020. PA.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/10934451.jpg)
![The move evokes previous restrictions imposed on women during the Taliban’s previous hard-line rule between 1996 and 2001](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13755010.jpg)
![The move evokes previous restrictions imposed on women during the Taliban’s previous hard-line rule between 1996 and 2001](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13755010.jpg)
![Council leader Adam McVey said Edinburgh will offer permanent homes to its first Afghan families later this month](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13495519.jpg)
![Council leader Adam McVey said Edinburgh will offer permanent homes to its first Afghan families later this month](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13495519.jpg)
Exclusive
![Raab accused of 'chaotic' handling of Afghanistan evacuation](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13275536.jpg)
![Raab accused of 'chaotic' handling of Afghanistan evacuation](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13275536.jpg)
![Home Office minister pleads with Scotland to help resettle more Afghan refugees](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13118747.jpg)
![Home Office minister pleads with Scotland to help resettle more Afghan refugees](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13118747.jpg)
![Taliban commando fighters stand guard in Lashkar Gah, Helmand province, southwestern, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Abdul Khaliq).](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13033723.jpg)
![Taliban commando fighters stand guard in Lashkar Gah, Helmand province, southwestern, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Abdul Khaliq).](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13033723.jpg)
![Taliban fighters outside Kabul University, Afghanistan, on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue).](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12997688.jpg)
![Taliban fighters outside Kabul University, Afghanistan, on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue).](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12997688.jpg)
![Flights have resumed at Kabul's airport (AP Photo/Wali Sabawoon).](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12989635.jpg)
![Flights have resumed at Kabul's airport (AP Photo/Wali Sabawoon).](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12989635.jpg)
![Taliban soldiers stand guard in Panjshir province northeastern of Afghanistan, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Mohammad Asif Khan).](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12987133.jpg)
![Taliban soldiers stand guard in Panjshir province northeastern of Afghanistan, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Mohammad Asif Khan).](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12987133.jpg)
![Taliban fighters stand on an armoured vehicle parade along a road to celebrate after the US pulled all its troops out of Afghanistan, in Kandahar on September 1, 2021 (Photo by JAVED TANVEER/AFP via Getty Images).](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12975259.jpg)
![Taliban fighters stand on an armoured vehicle parade along a road to celebrate after the US pulled all its troops out of Afghanistan, in Kandahar on September 1, 2021 (Photo by JAVED TANVEER/AFP via Getty Images).](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12975259.jpg)
![Lord George Robertson on the crisis in Afghanistan](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12929927.jpg)
![Lord George Robertson on the crisis in Afghanistan](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12929927.jpg)
ANALYSIS
![Afghanistan has two official languages as well as numerous regional dialects](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12903016.jpg)
![Afghanistan has two official languages as well as numerous regional dialects](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12903016.jpg)
![David Pratt: Are we seeing the Taliban’s ‘new face’ or just an old one in disguise?](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12910048.jpg)
![David Pratt: Are we seeing the Taliban’s ‘new face’ or just an old one in disguise?](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12910048.jpg)
Voices Live
![Boris Johnson has recalled Parliament from recess](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12911007.jpg)
![Boris Johnson has recalled Parliament from recess](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12911007.jpg)
![The Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme was first introduced in 2014 in response to the refugee crisis resulting from Syria's civil war](/resources/images/128x89/1x/11874190.jpg)
![The Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme was first introduced in 2014 in response to the refugee crisis resulting from Syria's civil war](/resources/images/180x180/1x/11874190.jpg)
![The UN have warned of a humanitarian crisis in the country](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12883084.jpg)
![The UN have warned of a humanitarian crisis in the country](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12883084.jpg)
![British holidaymaker Miles Routledge evacuated from Afghanistan after hiding from Taliban](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12909730.jpg)
![British holidaymaker Miles Routledge evacuated from Afghanistan after hiding from Taliban](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12909730.jpg)
![British troops are assisting UK citizens to flee Afghanistan](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12906177.jpg)
![British troops are assisting UK citizens to flee Afghanistan](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12906177.jpg)
![Thousands of people are fleeing Afghanistan as the Taliban take control of all major cities](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12903016.jpg)
![Thousands of people are fleeing Afghanistan as the Taliban take control of all major cities](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12903016.jpg)
![Sturgeon: Scotland ready to help Afghan refugees fleeing Taliban](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12903913.jpg)
![Sturgeon: Scotland ready to help Afghan refugees fleeing Taliban](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12903913.jpg)
![The Taliban are quickly gaining ground in Afghanistan and taking power in major provincial cities](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12891873.jpg)
![The Taliban are quickly gaining ground in Afghanistan and taking power in major provincial cities](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12891873.jpg)
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