Afghanistan

Afghanistan: one war ends, another starts

October 12, 2025 3:25 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

Just as the war in Gaza is winding down, another starts – this one between Pakistan and Afghanistan, two old... View Article

Politics: the limit of tolerance

July 19, 2025 3:29 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

You have to give it to the Telegraph. While lefty rags like the Guardian are doing their best to bury... View Article

Politics: official incompetence

July 17, 2025 3:13 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

When a story as big and as complicated as the “Afghan leak” breaks cover, with hundreds of journalists at the... View Article

Politics: nail in the coffin

July 16, 2025 2:53 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

Ben Wallace can say all he likes about the events which led up to us – the British people –... View Article

Immigration: remigration

November 9, 2024 3:27 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

The rampant antisemitic violence in Amsterdam yesterday – a targeted attack perpetrated mainly by immigrant Moroccan gangs – should serve... View Article

Aid and development: hunger games

July 13, 2022 2:54 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

Picking up on my piece yesterday, where I touch on the impact of the Ukrainian war on the developing world,... View Article

Afghanistan: a graveyard of experts

September 11, 2021 1:17 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

On the 20th anniversary of 9/11, the subject of the situation in Afghanistan again climbs into prominence, and more so... View Article

Afghanistan: nobody cares

September 8, 2021 1:38 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

In the Guardian on Monday, Frank Ledwidge, former soldier, author and academic, wrote a piece of profound importance. Expressing the view that an... View Article

Defence: lessons forgotten

September 5, 2021 1:51 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

Before one can learn from history, it must first be properly written. There is little possibility of learning anything if... View Article

Media: invisible history

September 4, 2021 12:12 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

Of the reasons why I particularly dislike the BBC, high up in the ranking is its sloppy, superficial approach to... View Article

Afghanistan: divergence on refugees

September 2, 2021 2:24 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

Remarkably little fresh information seems to be available on the plight of Afghans seeking to leave their country to escape... View Article

Afghanistan: the roots of failure

September 1, 2021 1:20 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

I’ve just finished reading Andrew (now Major General) Roe’s “Waging War in Waziristan”, and mighty fine reading it has been.... View Article

Afghanistan: the blame game

August 31, 2021 2:14 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

Just before midnight Kabul time, the last USAF C-17 took off from the airport, bringing the 20-year engagement of US... View Article

Afghanistan: Pakistanis and Indians

August 28, 2021 2:26 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

In its own way, the fall of Afghanistan is probably every bit as important as Brexit, with the repercussions just... View Article

Afghanistan: it starts

August 27, 2021 2:04 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

Understandably, all eyes are on the tragedy of the multiple bombing outside Kabul airport, in which 12 US service personnel and over... View Article

Afghanistan: vulnerabilities compared

August 24, 2021 1:14 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

The Taliban is warning that any extension to the Biden’s 31 August deadline for ending the airlift from Kabul would... View Article