Afghan women have taken up arms to fight the Taliban. Now they need military training.

These women provide exactly what has been missing from the fight against the Taliban: people as strongly committed as the Taliban themselves. If they had got started 10 years ago, if they now numbered tens of thousands, they could win the war.

It's sad to see them only now when there is little chance left.

The UK has a shortage of truck drivers. The government chose the dangerous solution of letting each driver drive more hours per day, rather than the safe solution of allowing more EU citizens to live there and drive trucks.

*The climate crisis will create two classes: those who can flee [for the time being], and those who cannot.*

* Unlike in previous decades, there are many successful US gun violence prevention groups with a record of saving lives.*

Indonesia has been using Chinese vaccine, and it's better than nothing, but a substantial number of medical personnel have caught Covid-19 anyway and cannot work.