A dramatic day-by-day account of the fall of Kabul to the Taliban in August 2021, the events that led to it, and the consequences.

By the last British Ambassador to Afghanistan in August 2021.


Selected articles, media and lectures

The Fear from Within

How to deal with Putin’s Russia

Prospect, November 2023

Inside the Fall of Kabul

Podcast, 15 August 2024

Afghanistan with Roh Yakobi

Podcast, 17 August 2024

Russia: What to Expect as Putin Cements his Grip

One Decision, March 2024

Foreign Policy and Human Values

Tanner Lecture, Oxford, 2023

British Diplomatic Oral History Programme

Churchill Archives, 2024