Lynne O’Donnell

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Friday 17 December 2021
This Christmas, remember those we left behind in Afghanistan
Lynne O’Donnell has been overwhelmed by requests for help from those who were not evacuated in August – and are now being failed by a system that that is as incompetent as it is morally contemptible
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Wednesday 24 November 2021
The light that was journalism in Afghanistan has been snuffed out
Reporters in this troubled land have always faced a tough task. But the return of the Taliban has crushed free speech and the work of the media
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Monday 1 November 2021
World leaders: don’t forget the women of Afghanistan
For the Taliban, the repression of women is official policy. Are all those global heads of government who promised to hold the new Kabul regime to account really doing so?
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Thursday 19 August 2021
I watched an entire nation betrayed by fools to fanatics
Afghanistan has been surrendered to a mob of theocratic gangsters, who have exploited the folly and laziness of the West. The civil war that will now follow the Taliban’s return to power is an unconscionable moral disaster
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Tuesday 27 July 2021
The current war in Afghanistan
As US forces depart, those left behind are hunkering down or arming up – all in anticipation of worse conflict to come. And who can blame them? The government is weak, and the Taliban rampant
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Thursday 15 July 2021
The Arms Race
In Afghanistan, the vaccines have dried up
The country is suffering from a terrible third wave and continuous conflict. Help has been promised and some has arrived – but, ahead of one of the year’s major religious festivals, it’s not enough
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Tuesday 15 June 2021
Inside Afghanistan, where people fear being left alone
The war is still raging, the Taliban are agitating, and the Americans are leaving. If it’s to achieve a better future, this is a country that desperately needs friends