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A young boy pulling a suitcase as refugees arrive from Afghanistan at Heathrow Airport, London. PIC: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

Afghan families have been let down by the government - Luke Tryl

County Hall, Northallerton

Council set to buy 11 homes for Afghan refugees in Harrogate area

Prince Harry's memoir spare

Bloodsoaked copies of Prince Harry memoir Spare sell for huge sum

Andy Reid climbed Mt Kilimanjaro (photo: Guinness World Records)

UK amputee sets new world record for highest burger delivery

Alexander Stafford, MP for Rother Valley. Picture by London Portrait Photoqrapher-DAV

Afghan refugees given deadline to move out of hotels or 'face eviction'

Harry, Duke of Sussex, appeared on CBS late night talk show The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Tuesday evening (US time)

Harry addresses Taliban controversy on Late Show appearance in US

Harry: The Interview with Tom Bradby - how to watch on TV

Prince Harry reveals he killed 25 Taliban while serving in Afghanistan

Fly With Me is taking place in Sheffield and Bradford. Photo: Good Chance Theatre

How Fly With Me kite festival is act of solidarity with people of Afghanistan

Marwa Koofi, 21, fled Kabul, Afghanistan when the city fell to the Taliban in August last year

Afghan evacuee living in Yorkshire hotel says 'our lives have been paused'

The ‘bridging hotels’ were set up to provide temporary accommodation for refugees after airlifts began from Afghanistan last August, but some refugees are now faced with the prospect of a second autumn and winter without a permanent resettlement.
Pictured: The Duke of Cambridge meeting refugees last year

Almost 300 Afghan refugees still in Yorkshire hotels nearly a year after airlift

Councillors said the refugees have been dumped in hotels in Scarborough (pictured) and Selby

Afghan refugees being 'dumped in totally unsuitable hotels' in North Yorkshire

Corporal Daniel Hoyland has recieved received a Queen’s Commendation for Valuable Service

Yorkshire soldier who saved lives after Afghanistan bombing wins bravery award

Prime Minister Boris Johnson pictured on March 18 2022

Second whistleblower says decision to evacuate Afghan animals did come from PM

The Duke of Cambridge met with Afghan refugees earlier this year in Leeds

Yorkshire hotels housing Afghanistan refugees 'needed for rest of 2022'

Afghanistan withdrawal highlighted very worst political leadership, says Jarvis

In evidence presented to MPs, a whistleblower has said then Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab ‘failed to grasp the situation' in Afghanistan (image: Getty Images)

Whistleblower reveals UK Government ‘failures’ over Afghanistan evacuation

The Duke of Cambridge speaks to refugees during a visit to a local hotel in Leeds, which is being used to accommodate refugees evacuated from Afghanistan.

Prince William tells Afghan refugees ‘you couldn’t be more welcome’ in the UK

The Danum Hotel in Doncaster

200-year-old Yorkshire hotel to shut to house Afghan refugees over winter

Former sergeant major Rob Smith with Omar in Afghanistan

Yorkshire veteran is fighting to get a family out of Afghanistan

Former President Barack Obama, former first lady Michelle Obama, President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg attend a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks at the National September 11 Memorial and Museum in New York.

Don’t blame Taliban for 9/11 attacks – Yorkshire Post Letters
From: John Heawood, Eastward Avenue, York.

Is Brexit to blame for reported food shortages in some supermarkets?

Brexit to blame for food shortages and supermarket empty shelves – Yorkshire Pos...

Taliban fighters in a vehicle patrol a street in Kabul on August 27, 2021, as last-ditch evacuation flights took off from Kabul airport on August 27. Photo by AAMIR QURESHI/AFP via Getty Images.

I stand with Afghanistan's women marching against the Taliban - Christa Ackroyd

Today marks the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks in New York and America.

My memories of 9/11 terror attacks are still too painful – Yorkshire Post Letter...

Today marks the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks when David Blunkett was Home Secretary.

9/11 anniversary: UK misjudged influence and Afghan history after atrocity, conc...

David Blunkett has written about his reflections of the 9/11 terror attacks 20 years ago. He was Home Secretary at the time.

How West misread Afghanistan after 9/11 terror attacks – David Blunkett

Private Jake Howarth, of 2nd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment, played a part in Operation Pitting

Yorkshire soldier tells of 'desperate scenes' during Afghan evacuation effort

The National September 11 Memorial in New York. Picture: AP Photo/Mark Lennihan.

Week Ahead: Anniversary of 9/11 attacks after Afghanistan withdrawal chaos

Scarborough

Further 150 Afghan refugees to be housed in Scarborough hotels

Bahar arrived in the UK in 1997, "heartbroken" and pregnant with her first child, and eventually settled in Leeds.

'I live in constant fear my family will be killed' says Yorkshire refugee

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab giving evidence to the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee in London, about the Government's handling of the Afghanistan crisis. (House of Commons)

Government did not think Kabul would fall to Taliban this year

Charities in Yorkshire are accepting donations of clothes and items for Afghan refugees. (Pic credit: Jason Chadwick)

Afghan refugees: Where can I donate clothes in Yorkshire?
There are a few drop off points across Yorkshire where you can donate some items for Afghan refugees.

The Yorkshire Post cartoon

The Yorkshire Post cartoon: A trail of destruction left behind in Afghanistan

Gareth Timmins says it has been heartbreaking to watch the Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan - but he hopes the sacrifices of British soldiers have not been in vain. Picture: Jonathan Gawthorpe

Democracy can still return to Afghanistan, says veteran who lost three comrades

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab visiting the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Crisis Centre in Whitehall on Friday, August 27, 2021.

UK hopes alliances can be formed to exert 'moderating influence' on Taliban

Paul “Pen” Farthing’s flight arrived at London’s Heathrow Airport at around 7.30am on Sunday (Nowzad)

Pen Farthing ‘couldn’t let dogs be shot by the Taliban’ and says one was stabbed...

Maj. Gen. Chris Donahue was the last American soldier to leave Afghanistan (Photo: Department of Defence / Twitter)

RAF prepared to launch air strikes against ISIS as US completes Afghanistan with...

A RAF Voyager aircraft carrying members of the British armed forces 16 Air Assault Brigade arrives at RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, as they return from helping in operations to evacuate people from Kabul airport in Afghanistan.

Why Britain must offer welcome to refugees from Afghanistan - Bird Lovegod

Handout photo issued by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of arrivals at RAF Brize Norton who have been evacuated from Afghanistan, via the UAE, under the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Program (ARAP) (Cpl Will Drummee RAF/MOD/Crown copyright)

Volunteers' houses filled with donations for Afghan refugees

Pen Farthing, founder of animal rescue charity Nowzad, who has pleaded to the British government to withdraw his staff from Kabul. (PA).

Taliban talks may be the only way of finishing mission - Christa Ackroyd

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and US President Joe Biden sit around the table at the top of the G7 meeting in Carbis Bay, on June 11, 2021. Photo by Leon Neal - WPA Pool/Getty Images.

The US and UK 'special relationship' has effectively perished - Patrick Mercer

A young boy pulls a suitcase as refugees arrive from Afghanistan at Heathrow Airport, London (PA/Dominic Lipinski)

Boris Johnson told 'not moment to lose' securing safety of those in Afghanistan

Wakefield city centre. (Pic credit: Scott Merrylees)

York Mosque appealing for items for Afghan refugees arriving in Wakefield

Smoke rises from explosion outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021. The explosion went off outside Kabul's airport, where thousands of people have flocked as they try to flee the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. Officials offered no casualty count, but a witness said several people appeared to have been killed or wounded Thursday. (AP Photo/Wali Sabawoon)

Afghanistan: Who are Isis-K - the group reported to be behind the Kabul attacks?

Smoke rises from explosion outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021. The explosion went off outside Kabul's airport, where thousands of people have flocked as they try to flee the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. Officials offered no casualty count, but a witness said several people appeared to have been killed or wounded Thursday. (AP Photo/Wali Sabawoon)

Kabul explosions: Multiple people killed in blasts outside airport

Covid vaccines continue to prompt much debate, writes Jayne Dowle.

Tolerance needed over Covid and Brexit disagreements – Jayne Dowle

How would President Donald Trump have handled the Afghanistan crisis?

Donald Trump would have ensured orderly Kabul evacuation – Yorkshire Post Letter...

Handout photo issued by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Lt Cdr Alex Pelham Burns, a member of the UK Armed Forces who continue to take part in the evacuation of entitled personnel from Kabul airport, offering water to a child. Issue date: Monday August 23, 2021.

Afghanistan crisis; why Boris Johnson must make a stand for freedom – Bernard In...

Scarborough North Bay (Gary Longbottom/JPI Media)

More than 90 Afghan refugees being housed in Yorkshire seaside town amid 'tremen...

Some hundreds of people run alongside a U.S. Air Force C-17 transport plane as it moves down a runway of the international airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 16. 2021. Thousands of Afghans have rushed onto the tarmac of Kabul's international airport, some so desperate to escape the Taliban capture of their country that they held onto an American military jet as it took off and fell to their death. (Verified UGC via AP).

Afghanistan: How Britain should respond to crisis – Yorkshire Post Letters

Handout photo dated 20/08/21 issued by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of members of the British (left) and US military engaged in the evacuation of people out of Kabul, Afghanistan.

What is Dominic Raab’s Afghanistan strategy? He should tell us – The Yorkshire P...

MIddlesbrough mayor Andy Preston

Middlesbrough mayor urges 'posh places' in the south to take more asylum seekers

A Taliban fighter searches the bags of people coming out of the Kabul airport. (AFP/Getty).

As their dreams collapse, we cannot turn Afghans away - Christa Ackroyd

Taliban fighters stand guard at an entrance gate outside the Interior Ministry in Kabul. (Getty Images).

Afghanistan's green shoots of hope lie trampled amid the rubble - Chris Bond

Foreign Secratary Dominic Raab arrives at the Foreign Office in Westminster, London, as he faces mounting pressure to resign after it emerged a phone call requested by his officials to help interpreters flee Afghanistan was not made.

Dominc Raab betrays experience of soldier MPs amid Cabinet reshuffle calls – The...

Foreign Secratary Dominic Raab (centre) arrives at the Foreign Office in Westminster, London, as he faces mounting pressure to resign after it emerged a phone call requested by his officials to help interpreters flee Afghanistan was not made. Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

Dominic Raab being made 'scapegoat' for Afghanistan crisis, suggests David Davis

Mr Raab was on holiday on the Greek island of Crete when the request to make the urgent phone call was made (Photo: Getty Images)

Foreign Office admits crucial call to help Afghan interpreters was not made

Afghan people sit inside a US military aircraft to leave Afghanistan, at the military airport in the capital Kabul. (Photo: Shakib Rahmani/Getty)

Afghan refugees fleeing the Taliban arrive in Scarborough as charity appeals

Will President Joe Biden's credibility recover from the Afghanistan debacle?

Afghanistan retreat will define Joe Biden’s presidency – Bill Carmichael

A view of the OYO Metropolitan Hotel in Blonk Street, Sheffield (Photo: Peter Byrne/PA Wire)

Police name five-year-old Afghan refugee who who died in fall from hotel window