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Charity medic Kevin Cornwell, 53, has been held by the Taliban for more than 100 days after he was arrested at his hotel in Kabul on January 11, 2023

Taliban tried to radicalise me for 10 hours a day

Exclusive Cleveleys man freed after 9 months in Afghan prison

Married father Kevin Cornwell was in Afghanisation providing humanitarian aid.

Wife of Lancashire charity medic detained by Taliban makes plea

Prince Harry's memoir spare

Bloodsoaked copies of Prince Harry memoir Spare sell for huge sum

Charity medic Kevin Cornwell, 53, has been held by the Taliban for more than 100 days after he was arrested at his hotel in Kabul on January 11, 2023

Family's plea to Taliban to release dad detained in Afghan prison

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

UK amputee sets new world record for highest burger delivery

A Taliban Badri special force fighter runs while carrying a blanket at the airport in Kabul on August 31, 2021, after the US pulled all its troops out of Afghanistan

Charity medic among three British men being held in Taliban custody

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

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

Blackpool Council said it will help out 'in any way' for Afghan refugees

Blackpool Council says it has yet to take in Afghanistan refugees but it's searc...

Fylde Council wants to hear from people who can offer properties to accommodate the refugee families

Afghan families heading for Fylde safe haven

Military personnel hand out food, drink, toys, and blankets during Operation Pitting at RAF Brize Norton to arrivals who have been evacuated from Afghanistan, under the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Programme

Fylde stands ready to give Afghan refugee families a safe haven

Health Service

Letters - Tuesday, August 31, 2021

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...

Flu jab

Letters - Wednesday, August 28, 2021

Internally displaced Afghan families, who fled from Kunduz and Takhar province due to battles between Taliban and Afghan security forces, eat their lunch at the Shahr-e-Naw Park in Kabul on 10th August, 2021

This is how many Afghan refugees Lancashire's districts have offered to help so ...

MP Ben Wallace

Wyre MP says it is 'in the Taliban's interest to keep the country open' as civil...

Ben Wallace admits people will be left behind in Afghanistan rescue effort

Afghanistan: Defence Secretary Ben Wallace admits people will be left behind in ...

Tony Blair

Tony Blair: We have moral obligation to stay in Afghanistan until all are evacua...

President Joe Biden

UK in race to evacuate Britons and Afghans as Biden sets rescue deadline

This is where you can donate clothes for Afghanistan refugees - list of charitie...

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

Former Burnley soldier, Andrew Powell, who served in Afghanistan, and is the founder of Healthier Heroes, has said that help and support for ex vets is needed 'now more than ever.'

Ex soldier from Burnley who served in Afghanistan says that support for veterans...

A young Afghan refugee in Kabul

Blackpool and Wyre councils prepare to welcome Afghan refugees as thousands flee...
As the Taliban continues its takeover of Afghanistan, thousands of citizens have been forced to flee their homes, and Blackpool, Wyre, and Fylde are among the places called on to provide a safe haven to those in desperate need.

Internally displaced Afghan families, who fled from Kunduz and Takhar province due to battles between Taliban and Afghan security forces, eat their lunch at the Shahr-e-Naw Park in Kabul on August 10, 2021

20,000 Afghan refugees to be given sanctuary in the UK

Wallace close to tears as Defence Sec admits "some people won't get back" from Afghanistan (Credit: LBC)

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace breaks down after admitting 'some people won't get...

Taliban takes control of Kabul just days after US-led coalition left Afghanistan

People have been attempting to flee the country. (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

UK troops race against time to rescue 6,000 Brits as Taliban take Kabul

Afghan security personnel patrol after they took back control of parts of the city of Herat following fighting between Taliban and Afghan security forces on Sunday, August 8. Pic: AP Photo/Hamed Sarfarazi

Mum of Blackpool soldier killed in Afghanistan war says 'too many lives were los...

St John's Square alfresco dining

Letters - Tuesday, July 20, 2021

PROUD: Ricks video has received overwhelming support online

War hero overwhelmed by support as video shows him walking again

Rick Clements

War hero Rick Clement aims to help beat trauma

Book review: The Dressmaker of Khair Khana by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon