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Published in: Home: FeatureBack to black: What Afghanistan’s new focus on coal tells us
Taliban-ruled Afghanistan’s new golden age of coal reveals a country that is going back to old-fashioned ways
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionTo end ‘hell on earth’ the US must free Afghanistan's $7bn reserves
Biden must release Afghanistan’s foreign reserves to alleviate suffering, argues Ecuador’s ex-central bank director
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Published in: Home: OpinionRwanda: Why the UK needs to acknowledge its role in displacing people
Today is World Refugee Day. War and climate change, both fuelled by the West, force millions to flee their homes
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Published in: Home: OpinionAssange extradition is just latest in UK’s crackdown on the free press
Journalism is under attack – yet MPs will line up on Tuesday to pay lip service to ‘World Press Freedom Day’
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Published in: 50.50: FeatureThe volunteers risking their lives to secretly educate Afghanistan’s girls
Nine months on from the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul, teenage girls remain deprived of their right to education
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Published in: oDR: OpinionWestern hypocrisy: What Joe Biden gets wrong about Russia
Those in the Middle East know the kind of destruction seen in Ukraine all too well – the West was the perpetrator
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Published in: Home: OpinionThe US has no right to take money that belongs to the Afghan people
As Afghans sell organs to buy food, the Biden administration announces it will allocate $7bn of seized Afghan assets...
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Published in: Home: OpinionIs ISIS headed for a third wave of violence?
A recent attack on a prison in Syria and a massacre of Iraqi soldiers have left many fearing ISIS may soon resurface...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureWhile displaced Afghans starve, international help is nowhere to be found
Withdrawal of funding, logistical problems and fear of the Taliban mean that thousands of Afghans are enduring a...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: Feature‘I had no hope left’: Ex-NATO contractor forced to walk across Afghan border
When the Taliban began door-to-door searches for NATO contractors, Moheeb was left with no choice but to attempt to...
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Published in: 50.50: Feature5 inspiring acts of feminist resistance in 2021
Time to celebrate! Here’s how women have made a difference across the world this year
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureBeaten, begging and in hiding: Life for the Afghans the UK left behind
In August, thousands of people who worked for the UK in Afghanistan were left to the Taliban’s mercy. openDemocracy...
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Published in: Home: AnalysisWhile the West focused on Afghanistan, ISIS gained ground in Iraq and beyond
For jihadist groups, recruiting new adherents – primarily young men with few prospects – appears to be almost as...
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Published in: Home: OpinionAfghanistan’s looming financial collapse is little worry for the Taliban
Two key factors will ensure that the Kabul regime is here to stay – no matter how dire it gets for civilians
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureI travelled around Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. This is what I saw
As an Iranian woman, I understood the fear and oppression facing Afghan women. I had to tell their stories to the world
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: News99% of calls to UK’s Afghanistan evacuation helpline were never answered
Exclusive: Home Office failed to answer almost three million calls, as Afghans fleeing Taliban say UK government...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureKunduz to Kandahar: two explosions, one wounded community
In Afghanistan, attacks on Shia worshippers escalate, bringing further trauma to a fractured society
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: NewsUK tells trapped Afghan interpreters to escape on their own
Ministry of Defence criticised for ‘morally indefensible’ suggestion that former embassy workers should make...
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Published in: 50.50: ExplainerHow journalists around the world are taking action to help Afghan colleagues
From Italy to India, media workers have launched new initiatives to support colleagues from Afghanistan since the...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureEscape from Kabul: a government official’s story
An Afghan government official narrates the story of his escape from Kabul in the midst of the chaos surrounding the...