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'We have lost everything'
An Afghan father and son describe the devastating effect that decades of conflict have had on their lives in a small village near Kabul
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Afghanistan, al-Qaida and me
In the first of an exclusive three-part series, Observer foreign correspondent Jason Burke describes his time working in the Middle East and meeting the Taliban and al-Qaida
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Afghan refugees return home
Of the hundreds of thousands of people who fled Afghanistan after the Russian invasion of 1979, the rise to power of the Taliban and the recent US-led invasion, some are trying to return home. Muhammed Arief tells his story
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My war in Iraq
After 9/11 and witnessing the war in Afghanistan, author and Observer correspondent Jason Burke describes how he experienced the invasion of Iraq, criss-crossing the country until it became too dangerous
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Suffering for art
Iqbal Hussain opened a gallery and restaurant in Lahore to support his mother and sister, both sex workers. Despite regular threats, he continues to exhibit his paintings of the women of the Heera Mandi
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On the terror trail in Pakistan
Jason Burke recounts his journey to Pakistan to find clues as to why four Britons bombed London in 2005
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Celebrating world peace
Peace One Day founder Jeremy Gilley explains the origins of his UN-sanctioned annual ceasefire day
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Pakistan is a country of chaos
Mohammad Sarwar, advocate of democracy in Pakistan, wishes his friends Benazir Bhutto and Pervez Musharraf could somehow get along
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The times they are a-changin'
As the Iowa victories of Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee take America by surprise, Suzanne Goldenberg explains why voters are keen to move on from post-9/11 fears
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Dispatches from the Afghan front
British journalist Jerome Starkey lives in Kabul and covers Nato's struggle against the Taliban. He talks about recent military developments