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July 2011

  • Afghanistan

Afghanistan: The blame game

It is very rare for a country to involve itself so deeply in the affairs of another country without an ulterior motive. If NATO countries are fighting in Afghanistan, they are doing it only for their own sake. They are…

Read MoreAfghanistan: The blame game
  • Hameed
  • 24 July 2011
  • foreign-policy, politics
  • Afghanistan

The future is bleak

Written in 2011: why "development" in Kabul didn't mean much to Afghans who had no food, no school, and no pen to write with.

Read MoreThe future is bleak
  • Hameed
  • 24 July 2011
  • foreign-policy, politics

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