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Africa correspondent for @TelGlobalHealth and @Telegraph. Formerly Islamabad, Kabul and defence correspondent. RT = hmm, aah or haha

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Reporter covering Pakistan and Afghanistan for The Telegraph and The Economist. Occasionally to be found in the New York Times. Previously based in London covering defence and security for the Telegraph

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A Professor's Killing Sends a Chill Through a Campus in Pakistan

A Professor's Killing Sends a Chill Through a Campus in Pakistan

BAHAWALPUR, Pakistan - Prof. Khalid Hameed's devotion to teaching often led him to arrive early for work, and…

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Cast out by HIV: How hundreds of children have been infected

Cast out by HIV: How hundreds of children have been infected

More than 800 children in Pakistan face a potential death sentence after being infected with HIV. This articl…

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Pakistan's Tribal Areas Are Still Waiting for Justice as Army Tightens Grip

Pakistan's Tribal Areas Are Still Waiting for Justice as Army Tightens Grip

PESHAWAR, Pakistan - With the Pakistani military's crackdown on protesters in the northwestern tribal belt in…

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Why Pakistan lets Arab bigwigs set falcons on rare birds

Why Pakistan lets Arab bigwigs set falcons on rare birds

THE ASIAN houbara is an unlikely diplomatic asset. An elusive, desert-dwelling bird, its expression suggests …

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Afghans worry about the return of Shia fighters from Syria's civil war

Afghans worry about the return of Shia fighters from Syria's civil war

ALIREZA QANBARI has still not told his parents the truth about what he did when he left Afghanistan for Iran.…

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Women in Afghanistan fear a return to oppression as they are left out of peace talks with Taliban

Women in Afghanistan fear a return to oppression as they are left out of peace talks with Taliban

The Taliban extinguished Kamila Sidiqi's hopes of becoming a teacher the day she graduated from training coll…

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Iceland says no to EU in referendum

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Iceland rejects EU membership talks

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Iceland has rejected commencing accession talks to join the EU. Opponents defeated the measure in a referendum on Saturday, with 52.8 per cent of people voting No, against 47.2 per cent for Yes. The capital, Reykjavik , was the only part of the island nation of 400,000 people where a majority voted Yes. Public broadcaster RUV said on Sunday morning that, with only a few ballots left to be counted, “the nation rejects accession negotiations with the EU ”.
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The Mexican ‘cooks’ behind Africa’s meth boom

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The giveaway sign has often been a pungent chemical smell wafting from remote farm outbuildings. Locals are also often told to stay away and not ask too many questions. And when police kick down the doors of these methamphetamine labs across South Africa, they increasingly find another common factor: Mexicans 9,000 miles from home.
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