The Taliban’s Afghanistan: murder, repression and economic devastation
The de facto government remains an international pariah, but it's the Afghani people that suffer.
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Iraq made Donald Trump inevitable
The populist backlash was a reaction to elite-driven failures in the Middle East.
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The long shadow of the Iraq War
How do you mourn soldiers killed in an “unjust” war? For years the town of Wootton Bassett showed us how.
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A cruise ship for Ukrainians exposes a hierarchy of refugees
Why has the UK spent up to £100m on cruise ships for those fleeing the Russian invasion, when others in…
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Letter of the week: Our duty to Afghanistan
Write to letters@newstatesman.co.uk to have your thoughts voiced in the New Statesman magazine.
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Yalda Hakim’s Diary: Afghanistan’s freezing winter, secret schools for girls, and the crime of being a woman
After the Taliban took over I met many women who told me they had no intention of leaving – but…
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Harry’s talk of Taliban kills shows he wants to have it both ways
He presents himself as the progressive beacon for emotional literacy in his family, while seeming to speak callously and insensitively…
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Stop feigning surprise over the Taliban university ban
We knew it was coming – Western politicians are engaged in meaningless posturing.
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