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Finding Nebo

20 October 2022

In our October issue last year, we ran a diary of the fall of Kabul. In passing, our author mentioned a personal footnote – a dog lost. This is what happened next.

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Gaining altitude: Afghan aviation

17 March 2016

With Nato handing control of its airfields to Afghanistan and the impoverished nation seeking foreign investment, is the Afghan economy about to take off?

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The brief: to persuade Afghanis to take pride in their national army, to shun terrorism and to give up the narcotics trade. Not an easy task in a country where war has been raging for nine years and where the population is…

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Kabul and Wireless

17 February 2007

Each month in My Working Life, Monocle introduces you to a key figure in the world’s arts or media. First up is the host of Afghanistan’s most popular breakfast show. Massood Sanjer, 28, mocks ministers and makes fun of…

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Man in the middle

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…

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War games

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.

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Fortunes of war

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.

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As darkness falls

23 September 2021

As the Taliban swiftly approached Kabul, many foreign journalists and photographers were already on their way out of the country. By the time all commercial flights were suspended on 15 August, British journalist Charlie…

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Saad Mohseni

18 August 2011

Afghan media mogul Saad Mohseni shares his love of simple French food and intimate dining as he plans his hypothetical Last Meal.

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Asia

19 January 2012

The view from Kabul, the Taiwanese president's modest motorcade and health insurance for Tibetan monks.

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Meet the Writers - The Afghan women writers who witnessed the fall of Kabul

6 October 2024

The resurgence of the Taliban in August 2021 sent shockwaves throughout the world. Images from Afghanistan showed fear, panic and unrest looming. With the country back under Taliban rule, a group of Afghan women writers…

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Frontline services

20 January 2015

Running a successful hotel is a challenge at the best of times, let alone when set in the midst of a warzone. Monocle travels to Kabul, Tripoli and Mogadishu to visit three hotels that have strived to put hospitality first…

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Affairs & Defence

21 October 2021

How a luxury hotel in Kabul is rolling with the times. Plus: defence news

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Diplomacy

18 May 2016

India’s ambassador in Kabul, Russia’s embassy in Cuba and Japan’s envoy in the Solomon Islands.

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Social marketing – Afghanistan

14 March 2011

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

Radio

The Late Edition, episode 156

4 June 2012

We discuss the state of African aviation, learn why Chinese students study abroad, and look at cities in conflict with the mayor of Kabul.