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The UK has deported more than 15,000 Afghan migrants to Afghanistan since 2008

The UK has made the highest number of forced repatriations to Afghanistan over the past 13 years of any European country.

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The US president may plead that the Afghans are a faraway people to whom he owes nothing – but he…

By New Statesman

Nearly 70,000 Afghan soldiers and police, and more than 47,000 civilians died in the 20-year conflict.

By Ben van der Merwe

A dangerous and empty rhetoric of moderation has helped jihadist groups across the world endure.

By Shiraz Maher

Joe Biden is following Barack Obama and Donald Trump in seeking to detach his country from Europe.

By Stephen Bush

After the fall of Kabul, many across the United States are trying to piece together what went wrong.

By Harry Clarke-Ezzidio

In the worst foreign policy failure since the Suez crisis, the UK has desperately lacked the speed and decisiveness required.

By Tom Tugendhat

Official estimates show the war cost $1trn but unoffiical figures suggest the real figure was more than double that.