“Humanitarian catastrophe” as thousands flee Afghan fighting – BBC News
The United Nations has urged Afghanistan’s neighbours to keep their borders open, potentially allowing tens of thousands of people fleeing fighting against the Taliban, to reach safety. Aid agencies are warning of a humanitarian catastrophe, as the militants continue their…
US and UK troops to withdraw citizens from Afghanistan as Taliban threaten capital – BBC News
The United States and the UK are sending thousands of troops to Afghanistan to help their civilians leave, as Taliban fighters continue their rapid advance across the country. Afghanistan’s third largest city Herat has fallen to the Islamist fighters. Kandahar…
“Afghan capital may fall within weeks” as Taliban” fighters advance across country – BBC News
US intelligence is warning that the Afghan capital Kabul could fall to Taliban fighters within 90 days, according to reports from Washington. The Taliban are advancing rapidly across Afghanistan, after the announcement that almost all Western forces will leave the…
Radical new gene therapy restores sight to patients with rare eye condition – BBC News
Scientists have been using a new form of gene therapy to treat a rare inherited eye condition which eventually causes severe tunnel vision. Scientists have been using the new treatment on patients to try to halt further loss of sight.…
US plan to leave Afghanistan “risks civil war” – BBC News
President Biden’s plan to withdraw all US troops from Afghanistan by September 2021 “could lead to civil war”. That’s the warning from one of the country’s senior politicians – the Speaker of the Afghan parliament. The conflict is American’s longest…