330 results for Afghanistan

21 September 2017

Trump’s decision to continue sending troops to Afghanistan has been criticised in the US and elsewhere. But in Kabul it’s a different story.

17 May 2007

On millionaires’ row in Herat, elaborate palaces are being built by businessmen who have made fortunes from exploiting the needs of the new Afghanistan – or selling heroin. A heady mix of Iranian, Italian and Gulf influe…

19 April 2012

Winner of Afghanistan’s only Olympic medal, taekwondo athlete Rohullah Nikpai is a sporting icon. Yet, in a country where violence occurs everyday, winning the respect of his fellow countrymen means almost as much.

18 May 2007

Monocle looks at the building boom in the western Afghan city of Herat, where gaudy palaces are wiping out the face of the medieval city. Much of the construction is being fuelled by money from drugs, guns or graft, alth…

17 February 2008

It’s been a bad start to the year for Afghanistan. As reports claim it is heading for failed-state status, the Taliban continues to defy US and Nato-led troops. President Karzai is increasingly frustrated with US and Bri…

14 March 2011

Monocle reports from Kabul on how social media is proving a lucrative market for daring media companies.

23 February 2015

With an exhibition of his artwork of war-torn Afghanistan opening at the Imperial War Museum North, artist and illustrator George Butler received a visit from Monocle films. His ink-and watercolour scenes bring a new depth…

22 March 2018

How the UK is fostering community policing in Beirut, plus an optimistic outlook from Afghanistan’s ambassador to Norway.

16 November 2017

The Afghan airforce’s new Black Hawk helicopters and a sartorial shift for the US army.

17 May 2011

How Hungarian troops are adapting to Afghanistan and who is buying which weapons from whom.

17 October 2013

An interview with Afghanistan's representatives to the UN, a report on British diplomacy in Latin America and why ties are growing between Chile and Finland.

17 March 2011

Dutch courage in Afghanistan, instability in Nepal and India's homegrown fighter jets.

16 August 2012

Monocle questions Nato’s secretary general about progress in Afghanistan, new threats, managing defence cuts and the organisation’s role in the Asia-Pacific region.