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      Sulaiman Hakemy is opinion editor at The National. Sulaiman previously worked as an industry reporter in Abu Dhabi, and as a freelance correspondent in Turkey, Western Europe and Canada, covering politics, refugees and terrorism for several outlets including the BBC, New York Times, the New Statesman and VICE.
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      Nick Donaldson / The National
      SPECIAL REPORTTwo years after Taliban takeover, life in Afghanistan is forever changed

      With no country recognising the militants' government, Afghans worldwide are left in legal limbo

      WorldAugust 15, 2023
      A farmer works at a poppy plantation in a field in Kandahar on April 3, 2022. AFP
      Afghanistan is kicking opium the most dangerous way it can: cold turkey with no plan B

      The drug trade employed half a million Afghans - without any serious economic development, what are they supposed to do now?

      CommentJuly 11, 2023
      Deborah Lipstadt was sworn in as the US Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism in May last year. Getty Images / AFP
      US anti-Semitism envoy worried by Israeli far-right policies

      Deborah Lipstadt says changing attitudes and perceptions will be a 'long haul'

      WorldJune 10, 2023
      A Taliban gunman on patrol at a World Press Freedom Day event at the office of the Afghan Independent Journalists Association in Kabul. AP
      Fears grow for Afghan-American journalist held by Taliban

      Reporter was picked up after leaving the home of Hashmat Ghani, brother of the former president

      WorldMay 19, 2023
      Taliban security forces stand at a roadside checkpoint in Kabul. EPA
      Afghan Taliban deny banning contraceptives

      Officials, clinics and pharmacies reject British media reports of ban on family planning products

      AsiaFebruary 18, 2023
      Emergency team members pause for a moment as they search for people in a destroyed building in Adana, Turkey, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. A powerful quake has knocked down multiple buildings in southeast Turkey and Syria and many casualties are feared. (AP Photo / Khalil Hamra)
      Play30:21:09
      Syria earthquake devastates the once resilient Salqin

      Residents dug to free people with their bare hands. The city was relatively prosperous despite the civil war, until another disaster hit

      SyriaFebruary 06, 2023
      Afghan children take their last classes at a facility funded by the UN and others, before its closure due to a ban by Taliban that bars Afghan women working for NGOs. EPA
      Three steps to start ending Afghanistan's crisis right now

      It will be difficult and it will take a long time, but it's simpler than you think

      CommentJanuary 16, 2023
      Riots in Brussels after Morocco's defeat of Belgium in the World Cup have Parisian police predicting similar events during an upcoming match against France. EPA
      France-Morocco violence is one more obstacle to loving football

      It's hard to get passionate about the beautiful game when you're baffled by its ugly side

      CommentDecember 12, 2022
      US Envoy Thomas West at a meeting in the UAE told the Taliban that respecting women’s rights is central to national stability. EPA
      US envoy tells Taliban that women’s rights are key to stability

      Thomas West met senior Taliban officials in Abu Dhabi this week to discuss human rights, security and the failing economy

      AsiaDecember 08, 2022
      Then US president Donald Trump talks to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, left, at Canal Point, Florida. AP
      Headphones
      Beyond the Headlines: What next for Biden, Trump and US politics?
      Beyond the HeadlinesNovember 18, 2022
      Khareef season in Salalah, Oman. Courtesy: Ministry of Tourism – Oman
      Camera9
      Stunning Salalah is best explored by road during the khareef

      Oman's Dhofar region is transformed during the monsoon season, which brings waterfalls and greenery in its wake

      DestinationsSeptember 01, 2022
      14-year-old Huda. Sulaiman Hakemy/ The National
      Play81:20:00
      The Taliban's Kabul through the eyes of a teenage girl

      14-year-old Huda's life in Afghanistan was turned upside down a year ago and hasn't been the same since

      WorldAugust 15, 2022
      A man walks over a bridge in Kabul on August 7, 2022. AFP
      I went back to Kabul for the first time since Taliban rule, and saw a different city

      On the eve of the Taliban government's anniversary, the Afghan capital is grappling with a changed identity

      CommentAugust 15, 2022
      The Abul Fazl shrine and mosque, located in Murad Khani, Kabul, Afghanistan.
      The tense atmosphere of the Taliban’s budding security state

      The group's attempts to ensure safety in the capital also engender fear as undercover officers roam the streets

      AsiaAugust 14, 2022
      An Afghan worker spreads separated saffron threads from harvested flowers at a processing centre in Herat. AFP
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      Afghans fight economic destruction with Bitcoin, video games and a new Chinatown

      Businesses are finding increasingly inventive ways to meet challenges of economy broken by Taliban takeover

      WorldAugust 12, 2022
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