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The attack on Kabul airport underlines the west’s obligations, which do not end with the occupation For all that it had been warned of, was perhaps even half-expected, Thursday’s terrorist attack on Kabul’s Hamid Karzai airport was a deeply shocking ev…
Read MoreOrdinary Afghans will pay the highest price for the west’s defeated ambitionsIt speaks volumes about the world today that a US president was more worried about the Taliban looking weak than about his western allies. Britain, France and Germany asked Jo…
Read MoreLack of planning and coordination has left the west scrambling to do the right thingAt the weekend, in advance of Tuesday’s crisis meeting of G7 leaders, Boris Johnson tweeted that it was vital for the international community to work together to “ensur…
Read MoreA reckless western withdrawal timetable has let a people downEarlier this year, a bipartisan panel appointed by the US Congress advised against the “precipitous withdrawal” of American troops from Afghanistan. The panel warned of grave consequences if …
Read MorePeople are losing their homes, their freedom and their hope. That should be more of a priority than US credibility“There’s going to be no circumstance where you’ll see people being lifted off the roof of an embassy of the United States from Afghanistan…
Read MoreThe human cost is accumulating with the withdrawal of US and British troops The fears held by many Afghans since Joe Biden announced the withdrawal of all US troops by September have been not only realised but surpassed. Many anticipated steady gains b…
Read MoreLast week’s massacre of schoolgirls showed just how grim the years ahead could be. The US and its allies cannot disclaim responsibilityThe three-day Eid ceasefire announced by the Taliban is a rare and brief respite for Afghans. The country is reeling …
Read MoreThe Indian prime minister’s overconfidence lies behind the country’s disastrous Covid-19 responsePolitical hubris met pandemic reality in India this week. At the beginning of March, the Hindu nationalist government of Narendra Modi claimed the country …
Read MoreJoe Biden has called time on America’s longest war. The decision exposes the limits of US power and leaves an uncertain futureBritain’s former prime minister Harold Macmillan is said to have told colleagues that the first law of politics should be “nev…
Read MoreHundreds have died since February’s coup. Civilians are defiant – but while their resistance persists, so does the military’s bloody grip on powerEleven-year-old Aye Myat Thu was buried with her dolls at the weekend, hours after she was killed by secur…
Read MoreA reconsideration of Britain’s place in the world is necessary. But this paper fails to meet the challenges of the 21st century The integrated review offers a nostalgic – at times, even anachronistic – response to the challenges of the 21st century. It…
Read MoreThe detention and charging of Aung San Suu Kyi reflect the military’s contempt for its peopleMyanmar’s people chose democracy. But the generals who had hogged power for decades never gave it up; they only ceded a portion of it to civilian authorities, …
Read MoreThere’s a growing backlash against Narendra Modi’s autocratic tendencies and the plutocrat donors who fund his party Narendra Modi, India’s Hindu nationalist prime minister, has probably never read Lord Hailsham. But maybe he should. The former lord ch…
Read MoreRather than rebuild the social fabric of his country during the coronavirus-driven economic slump, Narendra Modi has chosen to play identity politicsLast month Narendra Modi, India’s strongman prime minister, performed the religious rites to consecrate…
Read MoreWe are tantalisingly close to eradicating the disease. Things may slip backwards because of science, thugs and exponents of ignorancePolio arrives, if it announces itself at all, as a high temperature. Or a sore throat. Maybe a headache, or an upset st…
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