New Statesman - <![CDATA[Kate Clark]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/kate_clark en <![CDATA[The real Afghan war]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200611270015 http://www.newstatesman.com/200611270015 Mon, 27 Nov 2006 12:00:00 GMT Kate Clark The Taliban and the insurgency are not Afghanistan's worst problems. The country is now ruled by a new mafia of corrupt police and officials, who are crippling any hopes for a democratic future. Kate Clark reports

]]> <![CDATA[Talking to the Taliban]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200607170016 http://www.newstatesman.com/200607170016 Mon, 17 Jul 2006 12:00:00 GMT Kate Clark Who are they? What do they want? All too often, we just label them "Islamists" and leave it at that. Kate Clark went to the fighters' heartland to find out

]]> <![CDATA[How horses and planes beat the Toyota pick-up]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200201210011 http://www.newstatesman.com/200201210011 Mon, 21 Jan 2002 12:00:00 GMT Kate Clark Kate Clark reveals the hitherto unrecognised role of transport, old and new, in the Afghan war

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