The tragedy of the deaths of at least six people on Saturday morning, as another overcrowded boat sank while trying to reach England’s south coast, has focused attention on the plight of Afghans fleeing their homeland. Rightly so: in the almost two years since the Taliban seized control, it has carried out reprisals against opponents,… Continue reading The Guardian view on lives lost in the Channel: tragedies continue, to the accompaniment of Tory insults | Editorial