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Opinion

A line drawn in blood

The 2,640-km-long Durand Line is more than just a frontier. It is a century-old scar on the map of South Asia - a scar that has bled into three Anglo-Afghan wars, the Cold War, the Taliban’s rise, and ...
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We will bury you!” It prompted twelve nato ambassadors to walk out. As it turned out, thirty-four years later it was European ...