The Guardian’s Luke Harding is live now replying to your questions – from his new book on Trump and Putin to the state of the war in Ukraine, his explusion from Russia and his career as a foreign correspondentAsk a question: log in or sign up hereLucyWBMcA asks: What are the options for countries who want to support the women of Afghanistan in their struggle against oppression and restrictions on rights and freedoms?Luke:I visited Afghanistan in 2000, when the Taliban were first in power. One image haunts me: when I ate at a restaurant in Kabul I noticed the diners were all men. Outside by the entrance, women in blue burqas begged for scraps. I subsequently covered the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, when I was based in Delhi for the Guardian, and visited schools for girls.Five years on from the Taliban’s return, there is no easy answer. Governments need to raise the restrictions on women’s rights and freedoms. And the home office should lift its unjust visa ban on Afghan nationals who want to study in the UK.We never got to see the confidential annex attached to the Russia Report. (If someone has a copy, please send to me ℅ Guardian!) But yes, it revealed that none of the state agencies investigated Russian interference in the run-up to the 2016 referendum. Neither Labour nor the Conservatives are especially keen to examine what happened.We know the following: that the Kremlin backed Brexit, seeing it as a way of weakening the UK, politically and economically, and estranging it from its European partners. Russian trolls posted thousands of pro-Brexit messages, as well as inflammatory stories about immigrants. I suspect there was espionage too. We need to find out what happened in order to safeguard elections in future. Continue reading...