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| Patrick Hayes
The myth of Afghan terrorism
Contrary to Gordon Brown’s claims, no Afghan has been involved in the terror attacks of the past 10 years.
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| Wednesday 19 August 2009 |
Mick Hume
Afghan questions: eight years too late
There has been no serious opposition to the West’s disastrous war in Afghanistan since 2001. What’s behind the outburst of questions now?
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| Wednesday 15 July 2009 |
Brendan O’Neill
Afghanistan: the war for New Labour’s soul
All of those who are suddenly asking ‘Why are we in Afghanistan?’ should look for the answer, not in Helmand or Kabul, but at home.
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| Monday 6 April 2009 |
David Chandler
‘This matters greatly to our public opinion’
Widespread opposition to a proposed Afghan law is less about liberating women than shoring up Western authority.
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| Wednesday 25 March 2009 |
David Chandler
Blaming Karzai for the West’s failures
It is not the Afghan PM’s corruption that has wrecked Afghanistan, but the disarray of the invading powers.
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| Monday 3 March 2008 |
Mick Hume
The phoney war over Harry of Afghanistan
While both bombastic defenders and shrill critics of the pact of silence are firing blanks, nobody wants to debate Britain’s real Afghan war
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| Tuesday 29 January 2008 |
David Chandler
Why Karzai was right to reject Ashdown
He relished his role as colonial overlord in Bosnia, so it's not surprising the Afghans don’t want Paternalistic Paddy anywhere near their country.
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| Thursday 3 January 2008 |
David Chandler
Britain’s key weapon in Afghanistan: the bribe
In allegedly trying to buy off a local Taliban leader, British officials have shown a haughty and colonial disregard for the Afghan government.
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| Friday 7 July 2006 |
Philip Cunliffe
Operation Restore NATO’s Prestige
The creaky North Atlantic alliance, a hangover from the Cold War, is intervening in Afghanistan in an attempt to save itself rather than the Afghan people.
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| Monday 8 October 2001 |
Mick Hume
Now it is war - but for what?
First they told us we were at war with nobody in particular. Now they say we are not at war with somebody we are bombing.
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