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Afghanistan Wanted Chinese Mining Investment. It Got a Chinese Spy Ring Instead.

January 27, 2021January 28, 2021 by Lynne O'Donnell

Desperate to jump-start its economy, Kabul is sick of waiting for Beijing to tap the country’s mineral wealth.

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Foreign Policy

An Afghan policeman keeps watch over miners at a gold mine on a mountainside near the village of Qara Zaghan in Baghlan province on May 6, 2013.

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Afghans, Under Fire for Corruption, Accuse Donors of Hypocrisy

December 2, 2020January 28, 2021 by Lynne O'Donnell

Much of the donor money to Afghanistan is lost to fraud and abuse, in part by Western companies.

BY LYNNE O’DONNELL
Foreign Policy
Afghan Foreign Minister Hanif Atmar and Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto

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Crime Wave Further Rocks Confidence in Afghan Government

November 17, 2020 by Lynne O'Donnell

Afghan officials are trying to contain a spate of kidnappings and armed robberies that appear designed to bolster public thirst for Taliban-style justice—just ahead of a critical donor meeting.

Foreign Policy

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The Taliban, at Least, Are Striking Gold in Afghanistan

September 22, 2020October 23, 2020 by Lynne O'Donnell

The militant group mines almost half a billion dollars a year from Afghan soil—and wants more.

Foreign Policy

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US mourns 9/11 dead, Trump tries to end ‘forever wars’

September 11, 2020October 23, 2020 by Lynne O'Donnell

Nearly 20 years of war has led to the deaths and injury of an estimated 300,000 Iraqi and Afghan people.

Al Jazeera

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Leader of Afghan Taliban Said to Be Gravely Ill With the Coronavirus

June 1, 2020October 23, 2020 by Lynne O'Donnell

Foreign Policy

“Nearly all the Taliban leadership in Doha has the bug,” a senior Afghan official said.

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Taliban Leadership in Disarray on Verge of Peace Talks

May 29, 2020October 23, 2020 by Lynne O'Donnell

Foreign Policy

The coronavirus has swept through the top ranks, leaving Mullah Omar’s son tenuously in charge.

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A chance for a better world

March 16, 2020August 13, 2020 by Lynne O'Donnell

The end of life as we knew it began in China on November 17, 2019, in a cover-up that has sickened the world.

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A peace deal in Afghanistan is the beginning of the end of the long war

February 28, 2020August 13, 2020 by Lynne O'Donnell

 

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China’s corruption and misrule are to blame for this global health emergency

January 31, 2020August 13, 2020 by Lynne O'Donnell

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Tell us something about Afghanistan we don’t know

December 14, 2019August 13, 2020 by Lynne O'Donnell

 

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The full cost of the War on Terror? $6.4 trillion

December 5, 2019August 13, 2020 by Lynne O'Donnell

 

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Nato’s London meeting — unity, readiness and, of course, money

December 1, 2019August 13, 2020 by Lynne O'Donnell

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Chaos and violence in Hong Kong cloud an existential struggle for survival

November 14, 2019August 13, 2020 by Lynne O'Donnell

 

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Trump’s botched attempts to end the war in Afghanistan have empowered local terrorist groups

October 3, 2019August 13, 2020 by Lynne O'Donnell

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Trump’s “peace talks” with the Taliban have ended in violence and acrimony

September 22, 2019August 13, 2020 by Lynne O'Donnell

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Afghanistan is yesterday’s war because no one wants to fight it any more

March 20, 2019 by Lynne O'Donnell

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World Exclusive: In secret talks with the Taliban, Trump dumps the Afghan government

March 17, 2019August 13, 2020 by Lynne O'Donnell

 

 

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Afghan women are celebrating International Women’s Day with a fearful eye to the future

March 17, 2019August 13, 2020 by Lynne O'Donnell

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Slow, subtle, confidence-sapping misogyny is robbing journalism of brilliant women

December 18, 2018January 9, 2021 by Lynne O'Donnell

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December 18, 2018

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