AFGHANISTAN
March 2016
As Nato forces leave and Isis gains ground, Afghanistan continues to fascinate, inspire and dismay the West. We ignore it at our peril
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April 2015
Three new poems.
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September 2014
The retiring Afghan President who, for all his faults, has defended freedom and democracy
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June 2014
A truly splendid work of erudition, storytelling and humanity
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