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Feminists from Turkey are especially alert to what is happening in Afghanistan. For us, the rise of fundamentalism is an existential…
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In 1998 the Taliban massacred 2,000 Hazara people, long the victims of sectarian violence. In my mountains and in my…
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Until the campaigns launched under the “war on terror”, interventionism had some notable successes. But the Afghan conflict has exposed…
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As thousands depart with their life in a piece of hand luggage, Afghanistan feels like a nation emptying of some of its…
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Airy assumptions of British exceptionalism have not survived their first contact with reality.
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Labour peer and former child refugee Alf Dubs on how vulnerable Afghans are being left helpless.
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The fall of Kabul could come to exemplify the weakened and confused position of “Global Britain”.
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The militant group will likely attempt to reverse social advances but there are signs of resistance already.
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Unlike Afghan refugees, who face immediate consequences, American voters can take time to assess their president’s response.
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An Afghan diplomat discusses the collapse of the state they had worked to build, and the moral dilemmas they and…
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New polling suggests a majority of the British public believe the West has failed Afghan women and children.
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The issue is not whether a call from the Foreign Secretary to an Afghan government on the brink of collapse…
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In a country exhausted by corruption and war, most Afghans believe the Taliban’s Islamic emirate is a price worth paying…
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The former cabinet minister on why there was no need for the US to withdraw from Afghanistan
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The assumptions made as the UK wrecked its relationship with the EU have been destroyed by the US retreat.
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The Taliban takeover could spark a contest for influence between regional powers such as China, Russia, Iran and Pakistan
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The UK’s withdrawal from Afghanistan was ultimately decided by Washington, and the government was powerless to stop it.
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As migration linked to conflict and climate change escalates, the EU will need to rethink its approach to refugees.
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The US retreat ensured a victory for the militant group. Despite talk of moderation, a creed of savage misogyny will…
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Twenty thousand is the same number Britain resettled from Syria, a country close to half the size of Afghanistan – and…
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