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    • Tuesday, 7 September, 2021
      Afghanistan
      Taliban announces government as it faces growing crises and isolation

      Caretaker cabinet includes men facing UN sanctions for terrorism and interior minister on FBI’s most-wanted list

    • Wednesday, 1 September, 2021
      Afghanistan
      Former Afghan leader Hamid Karzai unlikely to be part of Taliban-led government

      Islamist group expected to meet in Tajikistan to negotiate potential roles

    • Thursday, 19 August, 2021
      Afghanistan
      Afghan president says he fled Kabul to avoid execution and chaos

      Ashraf Ghani surfaces in the UAE but insists he wants to return to resume his ‘efforts for justice’

    • Friday, 13 January, 2017
      The ExchangeAhmed Rashid
      Moscow moves into the Afghanistan vacuum
    • Wednesday, 3 August, 2016
      World
      Former Taliban militants
    • Monday, 28 December, 2015
      World
      Taliban suicide bomber attacks Nato convoy in Kabul

      Militant resurgence threatens fragile Ghani administration

    • Sunday, 18 October, 2015
      Edward Luce
      Barack Obama’s painful Afghan journey

      President’s tenure will be seen as a confused but well-intentioned pause in struggle with Islamism

    • Sunday, 14 December, 2014
      News in-depthThe Big Read
      Afghanistan: ‘This is not over yet’

      The Taliban’s threat and Kabul’s weakness make full disengagement unlikely

    • Tuesday, 30 September, 2014
      US politics & policy
      US and Afghanistan sign security deal

      About 12,000 foreign troops will remain in the country

    • Monday, 29 September, 2014
      World
      Ghani succeeds Karzai as Afghan president
    • Thursday, 7 August, 2014
      World
      Taliban’s summer surge threatens Afghanistan’s stability
    • Sunday, 13 July, 2014
      World
      Afghan presidential rivals agree to full recount of vote
    • Tuesday, 8 July, 2014
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      Karzai’s portrait comes down
    • Monday, 14 April, 2014
      Emerging markets
      Vote count hints at run-off in Afghan presidential poll
    • Friday, 4 April, 2014
      World
      Discord grows as voters struggle to make their mark in Afghan poll
    • Thursday, 3 April, 2014
      News in-depthThe Big Read
      Afghanistan: Into the unknown

      The country is entering a new era but many Afghans fear renewed violence and foreign interference

    • Wednesday, 2 April, 2014
      US politics & policy
      US could be big loser from Afghan elections
    • Tuesday, 1 April, 2014
      FT Photo DiaryWorld
      Playing in Herat
    • Friday, 28 March, 2014
      World
      Taliban gunmen storm guest house in upmarket Kabul
    • Monday, 24 March, 2014
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      ‘Ballot not Bullet’
    • Sunday, 9 March, 2014
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      Afghan vice-president dies ahead of poll
    • Tuesday, 4 March, 2014
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      Patrols in Kuchi village
    • Wednesday, 26 February, 2014
      The World blogWorld
      Cut and run in Afghanistan?
    • Tuesday, 25 February, 2014
      US politics & policy
      US prepares for full withdrawal from Afghanistan
    • Sunday, 19 January, 2014
      World
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