Afghanistan

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The end of the American century

In 2021, President Joe Biden truly reaped a bitter harvest from the strategic foreign policy errors of four of his predecessors. But Washington would do well to think before it makes its next move
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Orientalism and racist allusions at core of Biden's speech
Books
Barack Obama's memoir is a desperate attempt to seal a legacy. It fails
Azad Essa
Policing
American violence, from Vietnam to George Floyd
Azad Essa
Human Rights
British troops must be held accountable for abuses in Iraq and Afghanistan
Richard Norton-Taylor
Human Rights
ICC decides against Afghanistan war crimes investigation after US opposition
Analysis
Afghanistan: The never-ending war that still haunts the Arab world 
Kamal Alam
Media
Arabic press review: Egypt media proclaims long dead 'new' transport minister
Human Rights
EXCLUSIVE: British army permitted shooting of civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan
Human Rights
EXCLUSIVE: UK spy agencies knew source of false Iraq war intelligence was tortured
Diplomacy
Imran Khan: Pakistan cannot afford to snub Saudis over Khashoggi killing
Diplomacy
Obama's legacy: Between caution, achievement and failure
Borders
Security chiefs use bomb fingerprints to screen refugees
Diplomacy
From 9/11 to 11/9: The era of global political depression - and how to exit
Taha Ozhan
Religion
Gunmen kill 14 Shia pilgrims marking Ashura in Kabul
Human Rights
The bombing of hospitals makes a joke of international humanitarian law
Federica Marsi
US Attacks
Radicalised nation: Fear and hypocrisy in New York
Belen Fernandez
Guantanamo
US frees 15 Guantanamo Bay prisoners in transfer to UAE
Islamic State
Senior IS leader in Afghanistan believed killed in air strike
Turkey Coup
Turkish generals detained by UAE as coup crackdown continues
Islamic State
IS releases video of Afghan axe attacker in Germany
Germany
Bin Laden's alleged 'bodyguard' escapes deportation to Tunisia due to torture fears
Refugees
Refugees' Ramadan in Greece: No dates or milk, just bread and potatoes