Who are IS-K and what do they want?
The terrorist group behind the Kabul airport attack has long-standing differences with the Taliban.
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Explosions at Kabul airport: what we know so far
Western intelligence agencies had warned of an “imminent, credible, lethal threat” of a terrorist attack.
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What will happen to the people left behind in Afghanistan?
A largely untold horror is unfolding at the Afghan-Pakistan border as people gather to flee but with little or no…
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The Afghanistan debacle has exposed the hollowness of Boris Johnson’s foreign policy
Having spent his entire life fantasising about being Winston Churchill, the PM now resembles Neville Chamberlain.
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Why the world is becoming more French
From industrial policy and nuclear power to "strategic autonomy" and the 35-hour week, the 2020s are popularising many French instincts about world affairs…
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Tony Blair is to blame for giving humanitarian intervention a bad name
The former prime minister should reflect on how the hubristic Iraq War made the public reluctant to support any military…
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The Afghanistan crisis has exposed Global Britain’s delusions of grandeur
Airy assumptions of British exceptionalism have not survived their first contact with reality.
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Why the UK government’s new refugee scheme is failing Afghans
Labour peer and former child refugee Alf Dubs on how vulnerable Afghans are being left helpless.
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