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Afghanistan
National affairs
Who belongs in the Senate?
William Maley
6 December 2024
Pauline Hanson is wrong and Fatima Payman right about the question of eligibility
Books & arts
Enigmatic pariah
Hamish McDonald
10 August 2023
Two years after their return to power, the Taliban aren’t living up to many of their promises — and the West’s disengagement isn’t helping
International
Lest we forget Afghanistan
Hamish McDonald
12 November 2021
Bad decisions on both sides are getting in the way of any moves to recognise the new regime in Kabul
National affairs
9/12
Jim Middleton
12 September 2021
John Howard’s response to a single question twenty years ago still reverberates
International
Our enemy’s enemy
Hamish McDonald
27 August 2021
Yesterday’s bombings in Kabul underline the choices facing Western countries
National affairs
Morrison’s message: nothing’s changed
Mike Steketee
23 August 2021
The prime minister is gripped by myths about asylum seekers that have hardened into articles of faith on both sides of parliament
International
From Korea to Kabul, and beyond
Andy Butfoy
23 August 2021
If the past is any guide, failure in Afghanistan won’t end Washington’s military activism
International
Lost in translation
Emma Shortis
18 August 2021
Will the chaotic withdrawal from another war zone finally change how the United States and Australia deal with conflict?
International
Mission unaccomplished
Mark Baker
18 August 2021
Another round of foreign interference in Afghanistan has been dealt a thoroughly predictable blow
From the archive
The heft of the visual
Sara Dowse
13 August 2021
Does the West see what it wants to see in Afghanistan?
National affairs
Brereton’s unfinished business
Hamish McDonald
14 April 2021
With the war crimes unit getting to work, will Afghan victims be compensated and whistleblowers protected?
Essays & reportage
After the battle
Nicholas Stuart
28 November 2020
The revelations about the Special Forces challenge one of Australia’s great foundational myths
Books & arts
An “ordinary guy” in extraordinary times
Tom Hyland
1 April 2016
Books
| David Kilcullen helps us make sense of the madness unleashed by Islamic State, writes
Tom Hyland.
But he’s less convincing about what we should do next
Books & arts
The trouble with stories
Jane Goodall
8 March 2016
Television
| The West created its own narratives in Afghanistan, writes
Jane Goodall
. A compelling new series shows how reality failed to fit
Books & arts
How good went bad in Afghanistan
Tom Hyland
4 March 2015
Books
| A new account of a long war lays bare a series of miscalculations and misunderstandings, writes
Tom Hyland
Books & arts
The worst-reported and least-understood foreign conflict in Australian history
Tom Hyland
22 January 2014
That’s the conclusion of a careful analysis of how the media handled Afghanistan, writes
Tom Hyland
Essays & reportage
Is killing Taliban a good idea?
Ali Wardak and John Braithwaite
7 December 2011
Intensified military activity has failed, argue
John Braithwaite
and
Ali Wardak
. It’s time for a ceasefire
National affairs
Making war
Brian Toohey
9 June 2011
Australians have as little idea about why we are fighting in Afghanistan as they had about why we entered the first world war, writes
Brian Toohey
National affairs
“This is the kind of fight we’re in for the rest of our lives and probably our kids’ lives”
Brian Toohey
6 October 2010
The parliamentary debate on the war needs to face up to its costs and the lack of progress, writes
Brian Toohey
Correspondents
The beginning of the journey
Michelle Dimasi
6 October 2010
Afghanistan’s Hazara people, targeted by the Taliban, still have a strong reason to seek protection from countries like Australia, writes
Michelle Dimasi
in Kabul
National affairs
The army’s email controversy: the subtext
Geoffrey Barker
29 September 2010
The army’s response to the leaked email from Afghanistan betrays internal tension and an intolerance of outside scrutiny, writes
Geoffrey Barker
National affairs
Time to reassess our nine-year war
Brian Toohey
4 August 2010
Despite the bipartisan consensus, Australia’s role in Afghanistan is demonstrably counterproductive, writes
Brian Toohey
International
The US reads the riot act to Pakistan
Sandy Gordon
29 July 2010
Will Pakistan continue its longstanding policy of running with the hare and hunting with the hounds, asks
Sandy Gordon
National affairs
The asylum freeze and international law
Savitri Taylor
14 April 2010
Like the previous government’s asylum processing freezes, it’s likely that last week’s decision is based on an overly optimistic assessment of conditions in…
Essays & reportage
Australia’s expanding borders
Savitri Taylor
2 December 2009
Our border cooperation with regional neighbours has entered questionable territory, writes
Savitri Taylor
International
Getting serious about Pakistan
Geoffrey Barker
18 June 2009
Pakistan needs a greater Australian investment in dollars and people, writes
Geoffrey Barker
International
Afghanistan’s winners and losers
Norm Kelly
2 May 2009
Will the beneficiaries of Afghanistan’s hastily designed electoral system give ground in the interests of long-term stability, asks
Norm Kelly
National affairs
Why are we in Afghanistan?
Dennis Altman
10 March 2009
Is Australia sleepwalking through a conflict with mixed objectives and uncertain prospects, asks
Dennis Altman