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      Sulaiman Hakemy

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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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      Zalmay Khalilzad (second from left) and Ashraf Ghani (right) were often at odds with one another. Getty
      Khalilzad and Ghani: The 'Beiruti boys' who rose and fell with Afghanistan

      The intimacy and fueds between the two men created a destructive chapter in Afghan history

      CommentOctober 20, 2021
      A view of destruction caused at the scene of a bomb blast that targeted a Shi'ite Muslims mosque in Kunduz, Afghanistan, on October 8, 2021. EPA
      Is the Taliban capable of counterterrorism?

      It takes far more than territorial control to ensure security

      CommentOctober 12, 2021
      The Taliban is being investigated by the International Criminal Court for allegations of war crimes. EPA
      The ICC's new Afghanistan investigation is a gift to the Taliban

      The Court is investigating the Taliban and IS-K, but ignoring the crimes of the US and former Afghan government

      CommentOctober 03, 2021
      Afghan women listen to speakers before a pro-Taliban rally outside the Shaheed Rabbani Education University in Kabul. EPA
      The real story behind the ‘fake chancellor’ of Kabul University

      University left red-faced after frustrated student launches fake Twitter account outlining supposed Taliban views on education

      WorldSeptember 30, 2021
      A Taliban fighter patrols a street in Herat. AFP
      The shaky ethics of public flogging in Afghanistan

      Many Afghans feel Taliban justice creates safety, but long-term justice suffers

      CommentSeptember 20, 2021
      Afghans hold placards shouting anti-Pakistan slogans during a protest in Kabul, Afghanistan, on September 7, 2021. EPA
      Afghanistan's propaganda war

      The fight between the Taliban and resistance forces has been driven by psychology and misinformation

      CommentSeptember 08, 2021
      Afghan resistance spokesman Fahim Dashti killed
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      Afghan resistance spokesman Fahim Dashti killed

      Fahim Dashti, spokesman for the anti-Taliban resistance in Afghanistan, was killed in Panjshir province on Sunday, sources from the National Resistance Front said.

      WorldSeptember 06, 2021
      Afghan evacuees at the Emirates Humanitarian City, Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa/The National.
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      Afghan boy, 13, slipped past Taliban to reach UAE evacuation flight

      Evacuee Zabi, now safely in Abu Dhabi, tells 'The National' he is 'happy to be out' despite leaving family behind

      UAEAugust 30, 2021
      Afghan evacuees at the clinic of Emirates Humanitarian City, Abu Dhabi. Photo: Victor Besa / The National.
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      Inside the Abu Dhabi humanitarian compound for Afghan evacuees

      Volunteers are working 24/7 to help people as they transit the UAE to their final destinations

      UAEAugust 28, 2021
      Afghan warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar speaks during a welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Kabul in 2017. Reuters
      Former warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar says Americans ‘do not care’ about Afghans

      New government after Taliban takeover will be 'inclusive', hardline former prime minister turned power broker tells 'The National'

      WorldAugust 27, 2021
      New recruits in the Afghan security forces undergo training in Bandejoy, Panjshir, on August 21. Photo: AFP
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      Resistance fighters ready to turn Panjshir into ‘mass grave’ for Taliban

      Anti-Taliban fighters preparing for last-ditch defence if the Taliban attack the province

      AsiaAugust 23, 2021
      Taliban fighters display their flag while on patrol in Kabul, Afghanistan
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      Beyond the Headlines: How Kabul fell to the Taliban

      The speed with which the Taliban swept the country has shocked the world.

      Beyond the HeadlinesAugust 19, 2021
      An Afghan military helicopter is pictured in Panjshir province in Afghanistan on August 16, 2021. AFP
      Panjshir Commander Ahmad Massoud offers deal to the Taliban

      The remote valley is famous for being almost impossible to conquer through military force

      AsiaAugust 18, 2021
      An Afghan police officer keeps watch during a ceremony to hand over security control in the rugged mountains of the Panjshir valley, in a fiercely anti-Taliban province, to Afghan forces in the latest of a series of security transitions. AFP
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      Panjshir: The last bastion of anti-Taliban resistance in Afghanistan

      No government – foreign or Afghan – has ever taken and held the rugged valley by force

      WorldAugust 17, 2021
      Syrian refugees are pictured at Jordan's Zaatari refugee camp. AFP
      Is it time to start making 'refugee cities'?

      Intricate ideas are being thought up to transform global migrant policy

      CommentJuly 13, 2021
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