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Paul Danahar

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Foreign Editor of BBC News. Previously based in Washington DC, Jerusalem, Beijing, New Delhi and Jo’burg. Author of ‘The New Middle East’.

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And the partially built luxury gated community on the edge of Kandahar with gushing fountains & palace like apartments is the best example of the obscene rampant corruption that made a small group rich while the rest stayed dirt poor and brought about the old government’s demise.

09.02.2024 07:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

All the Taleban security men at Kandahar airport seem to be wandering around in the nice military fatigues left behind by the Americans & their allies after the Western pull out and old government collapsed.

09.02.2024 07:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

My friend and colleague Rushdi Abualouf

twitter.com/rushdibbc/st...

04.11.2023 18:45 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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