Reporting of Afghanistan

All week, we reflect on 2021 with some of the BBC correspondents who have helped us tell the story of the year. The BBC’s Chief International correspondent Lyse Doucet has reported on Afghanistan for three decades and today she talks about covering the Taliban takeover and how the story has evolved since then.

Afghanistan's former president has said he fled the country as the Taliban closed in earlier this year to prevent the destruction of Kabul. We'll speak to our regional experts and hear reaction from Afghans inside and outside the country.

We’ll also look at the guilty verdict of Ghislaine Maxwell and the wider impact the case may have.

Opposition groups and activists in Sudan are protesting across the country against the military rulers. We’ll be hearing from some of the people taking part in the protests.

(Photo: Afghan women wait for transport on a road in Kabul, Afghanistan, 27 December 2021. Credit: STRINGER/EPA)