Afghanistan

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Reviewed: Tamim Ansary and William Dalrymple's books on Afghanistan
By Sherard Cowper-Cowles - 14 February 8:13

Repetitive strain.

Female cricketers in Afghanistan Photography: Sarah Fane
Afghanistan's female cricket dreams
By Tim Wigmore - 12 February 11:57

Despite objections from Afghan society, a women's cricket team is emerging.

An elderly Afghan man walks past a US Army infantryman in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan is not a hopeless quagmire
By Hugh Bayley MP - 07 December 16:55

The choice now is to risk abandoning a decade of military and civilian investment, or to capitalise on it.

A US soldier of a team protection squad. Photograph: Getty Images.
The west must not resort to expediency in Afghanistan
By Dan Jarvis - 06 November 18:03

The US and its allies should take a much harder look at our partners against the Taliban.

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Members of the Taliban. Photographs: Majid Saeedi/Getty Images
Taliban commander: “I was relieved at the death of Osama”
By Michael Semple - 11 July 15:08

“Mawlvi”, a veteran Taliban commander, shares insights into the movement’s thinking, relations with Pakistan and Hamid Karzai’s future, in this exclusive interview from behind Afghanistan’s “iron curtain”.

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Members of the Taliban. Photographs: Majid Saeedi/Getty Images
Preview: Michael Semple interviews a senior member of the Taliban
By New Statesman - 11 July 7:39

A high-ranking operative from the Afghan Taliban movement on Pakistan, al-Qaeda and the future of Afghanistan.

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It's time for the US to rethink its AfPak strategy
By Ali Miraj - 10 May 12:27

The Afghanistan-Pakistan approach: a five point plan for Obama.

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You're all suspects now . . .
By John Pilger - 07 May 8:12

Now that the US is at permanent war with the rest of the world, we are all in the firing line. So wh

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Permanent war is a disaster for us all
By Frank Ledwidge - 22 March 15:04
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Leader: There is no good reason for our troops to remain in Afghanistan
By NS staff writer - 15 March 12:29

The longer we stay in Afghanistan, the worse things will become.

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