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The Observer view on Afghanistan: Britain and the US are complicit in the Taliban’s oppression of women
Despite the regime withdrawing even the most basic human rights of women and girls, liberal democracies have f…
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The Observer view on Pakistan voters’ rejection of military rule | Observer editorial
Last week’s elections are a cause for celebration in light of the military’s decades-long stranglehold on powe…
- Belt and road initiative, China, Myanmar, Myanmar coup, North Korea, South and Central Asia, World news, Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping is playing deadly games with Myanmar and North Korea | Observer editorial
Instead of acting as a responsible superpower, China is putting millions of lives at risk in the region and be…
- Afghanistan, Europe, Greece, Immigration and asylum, Middle East and North Africa, Refugees, South and Central Asia, Syria, World news
The Observer view on the Greek migrant boat tragedy: the west must admit responsibility | Observer editorial
Horrors at sea will continue until the west faces up to its responsibilities and recognises its part in the pl…
- Global development, Hinduism, Human rights, India, Narendra Modi, Population, Religion, South and Central Asia, World news
The Observer view on the growing threat to democracy in India | Observer editorial
As his country overtakes China as the world’s most populous, Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government is e…
- Afghanistan, Boris Johnson, Joe Biden, South and Central Asia, Taliban, US military, US news, World news
The Observer view on Afghanistan: withdrawal should be a cause for lasting shame in Britain and the US | Observer editorial
Governments on both sides of the Atlantic are still failing to take responsibility for abandoning the Afghan p…
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The Observer view on the upheaval in Sri Lanka | Observer editorial
The country faces a long road to recovery, but there are hopeful signs that its democracy will survive the pre…
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The Observer view on the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan | Observer editorial
The west must not stand by and allow a million children to die of starvation this winterDuring 20 years of war…
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The Observer view on the Taliban and how they underestimate ordinary Afghans | Observer editorial
The Islamists haven’t mended their ways but the population they wish to subjugate won’t submit without a strug…
- Afghanistan, Boris Johnson, Joe Biden, Politics, South and Central Asia, Taliban, UK news, US news, World news
The Observer view on the fall of Afghanistan | Observer editorial
The Taliban’s rapid advance is chilling but a united response can still avert catastropheThe fall of Afghanist…
- Afghanistan, Donald Rumsfeld, George Bush, Iraq, Joe Biden, Nato, South and Central Asia, Taliban, US news, World news
The Observer view on US and Nato withdrawal from Afghanistan | Observer editorial
This shabby, half-hidden retreat by western forces abandons a nation to mayhem, civil war and terrorThe confli…
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The Observer view on the response to the coup in Myanmar
As the military cracks down ever harder on protesters, the west and China must work together to prevent disast…
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The Observer view on India’s aggression over Kashmir | Observer editorial
Narendra Modi’s high-handed action over the disputed territory is likely to revive conflict with PakistanThe c…