Pakistan’s Elusive Kingpin
A man designated as a “kingpin” heroin trafficker is suspected of killing a senior official from Pakistan’s restive Baluchistan province. Police have made little…
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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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Meditation vacation
Take New Year thoughts of health kicks and fresh starts a stage further with a 10-day ‘Buddhist boot camp’ in the Himalayas The guru…
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The killers of Karachi
Pakistan: an explosion of violence in the long struggle for control of a polarised commercial capital offers a warning on prospects for the stability…
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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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West Africa: Unbroken line
The world’s poorest nations are becoming a main route for cocaine shipments to Europe – with illicit cash turning soldiers, police and politicians into…
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