Ice and isolation in the Karakoram
Here is a story I wrote for The Financial Times about Karakoram: Tour operators are hoping trekkers will return to northern Pakistan after the…
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Stalking the Taliban’s banker
Washington is trying to starve the insurgency of funds before handing over to Afghan forces in 2014 Haji Khairullah Barakzai is the ultimate Afghan…
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The dealmaker
Lunch with the FT: Saad Mohseni is Afghanistan’s first media mogul talks about the country’s culture wars, his answer to ‘The X Factor’ –…
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Kandahar ‘king’ poses dilemma for US
Beyond the guards and concrete barriers protecting Ahmed Wali Karzai’s villa stands a more telling symbol of his power: dozens of slightly scuffed scandals…
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Pillars of the community
In Arghandab, one of the most dangerous places in Afghanistan, US civilians are working alongside troops to build a functioning local government from scratch….
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