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The Nato mission in Afghanistan faces a resurgent Taliban, increased violence, government corruption, a record poppy crop and anger at civilian casualities
UN prison holds death-row convicts
A state-of-the-art jail in Kabul, built to hold Afghanistan’s drugs barons, is being used to house ordinary prisoners awaiting execution, embarrassing the UK government
A squalid life of riots and radicalisation
Afghanistan’s Policharki prison stands as an example of both the failures of international reconstruction efforts and the challenges the country still faces
Flaws mar handover from US custody
Human rights investigators express grave concerns over the judicial process that prosecutes the legal cases of Policharki prisoners
US military seeks more Afghan aid funds
US commanders in eastern Afghanistan are calling for double the amount of money spent on military-led reconstruction in an attempt to curb popular support for the Taliban
Herat plunges into instability
As little as a year ago, the north-western city seemed an oasis of security in Afghanistan; now it has become a place where even the mullahs’ children are no longer safe
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If Nato fails, so too does Europe on security
If Afghanistan ends in unilateral pullouts, leaving just US and allies, this could end the Atlantic alliance, writes Benjamin Schreer and Asle Toje
A strategy to save Afghanistan
Paddy Ashdown’s plan to stabilise the country
Nato must find a fix in Afghanistan
It is time for all Nato leaders to make good on pledges to Afghanistan and provide troops with minimal restrictions so they can be deployed where needed
Too soon to give up in Afghanistan
It is imperfect but improved, says Gideon Rachman
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