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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: AnalysisAs the West cuts aid lifelines, Afghanistan’s real crisis loomsThe world must take action now to prevent a deep and lasting humanitarian crisis. But what, if anything, can be done?
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: NewsHow the West is failing Afghan women under threatThe evacuation effort has been patchy at best – but it’s not too late to step up assistance
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureThe Afghan woman activist still determined to educate girlsWith the future of women’s rights and girls’ education in doubt under Afghanistan’s new Taliban regime, Zarlasht...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionAuthoritarian, corrupt, and more of the same. Lebanon has a new governmentThe challenge facing the country's new ministers is formidable – but at first look, it seems unlikely that they’ll...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionDespite all the international attention, Afghan refugees are not welcomeNobody really knows what prospects await Afghan refugees when countries have yet to see human rights as rights for all humans
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Published in: Home: OpinionThe counterinsurgency mythUS failure in Afghanistan was not the result of a plan poorly executed. Rather, it reveals the violent logic at the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsLiverpool rises in opposition to arms fair as legal challenge is mountedPressure mounts on council to cancel international electronic warfare conference that was blocked from Spanish city last year
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureThe deadly legacy of 20 years of US 'War on Terror' in IraqThe occupation of Iraq drained the country’s resources and left a legacy of economic crisis, energy shortages,...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionYemenis are being starved, and not enough is being done to stop itThroughout Yemen’s brutal war, parties to the conflict have deprived civilians of the food and water they need to...
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Published in: HomeA UK government advisor who's changed his mind about the Iraq WarEd Owen, an advisor to the foreign secretary at the time of the Iraq invasion, on why he now feels differently about...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsInside the Afghan resettlement process in LondonWithin hours of Afghan refugees’ arrival in the UK, local councils sprang into action, as one volunteer explains
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionThe Taliban’s return contains a warning for IndiaHindu nationalists have used the crisis in Afghanistan to stir up islamophobia, but their own fundamentalism is the...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionHow Germany failed its local Afghan employees: An insider’s accountOne former ‘local Afghan employee’ recalls his experiences working for the German military and looks at how recent...
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Published in: 50.50: NewsTech firms ‘facilitating censorship’ of LGBTIQ people must be held to accountStudy of six countries – from Indonesia to Russia – reveals what LGBTIQ people and rights activists face online, and...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionWhat the US exit from Kabul tells us about the value of Afghan livesThe West has declared an end to its war. For Afghans, the war is far from over
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureAfghanistan’s women journalists don’t need saving – they need supportingThe knowledge and rights of Afghan women journalists must be protected as we look to ensure an independent media...
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Published in: Home: OpinionAfghan ISIS offshoot ISKP takes on Taliban and US with deadly Kabul bombingAirport attack that killed 90, including 13 American soldiers, is a warning shot of dissent among extremist...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionA disgraceful stab in the back of AfghansOur writer, a Western-Afghan scholar and government official, reflects on the pain and fury he feels watching the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: Feature‘We are forgotten’: UK-funded aid worker trapped in AfghanistanExclusive: Official who worked on UK-government projects is hiding in Kabul, and says UK authorities won’t reply to...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: News‘We’re stuck, everyone is hungry’: Afghan evacuees stranded at UK airportExclusive: Passengers tell openDemocracy they’ve been forced to remain in Birmingham Airport for more than 24 hours...
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