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• Isis ascent in Syria and Iraq weakening Pakistani Taliban

  22 Oct 2014: Islamic State’s military prowess and string of defections leave once-formidable Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan on the ropes

• Life along Afghanistan's highway one – in pictures

  22 Oct 2014: Around 14 million people live along highway one, a 2,000-kilometre ring road that snakes around the Hindu Kush, connecting the country’s largest cities – Herat, Mazar-e-Sharif, Kabul, Ghazni and Kandahar, that is fraught with danger. As Nato withdraws after a 13-year military presence, optimism and foreboding is palpable among residents. ‘The Other Islamic Republic’ is part of our expanding coverage of the region, here in partnership with Afghanistan Today

• US ordered to explain withholding of Iraq and Afghanistan torture photos

  21 Oct 2014: Obama admistration must justify suppression of never-before-seen photographs depicting US military torture of detainees

• Afghan opium poppy cultivation hits all-time high

  21 Oct 2014: Farmers grew 209,000 hectares of opium poppy despite US spending $7.6bn on counter-narcotics efforts since 2001
  
  • Afghan opium production explodes despite billions spent - US report

• Andrew Quilty tells the story behind his Nikon-Walkley photo of the year

  21 Oct 2014: Andrew Quilty tells the story behind his striking but heartbreaking image of a baby girl being treated in an Afghanistan hospital

• An artist in Afghanistan: ‘To tell the story, you’ve got to take risks’

  19 Oct 2014: Arabella Dorman will exhibit paintings and drawings she believes tell the hidden story of life on and around the frontline

• 'You don't ever get over it': meet the British soldiers living with post-traumatic stress disorder

  18 Oct 2014: Robert Kilgour blames a history of violence on his time in the army – and he’s not alone. As British soldiers withdraw from Afghanistan and Iraq, Simon Hattenstone and Eric Allison meet the veterans still living in the line of fire

• Thousands of African child migrants feared in thrall to Italian traffickers

  17 Oct 2014: More than 3,000 minors may have fallen victim to forced labour and sexual exploitation after vanishing from homes and shelters. Luca Muzi reports

• The best of the Nikon-Walkley photojournalism awards – in pictures

  17 Oct 2014: We’ve chosen a selection of the best of this year’s winners and finalists for the Nikon-Walkley Awards for Excellence in Photojournalism. The awards for Australian press photographers are judged by a panel of senior photographers and picture editors

• Haqqani senior members arrested in eastern Afghanistan

  16 Oct 2014: Afghan intelligence service claims detention of Anis Haqqani and Hafiz Rashid is a major blow to al-Qaida-linked militants

• How to use air power in Iraq for a good cause – bring a tent city from Afghanistan

  16 Oct 2014: Andrew Brown: The tents left over from our invasion of Afghanistan could easily be brought in to save Iraqi refugees’ lives – but it requires David Cameron to act now

• Use abandoned British army equipment to save Iraqi refugees, say campaigners

  16 Oct 2014: Humanitarian charity says tent village in Afghanistan could save almost 1,000 people if RAF moved it to Irbil

• Afghan girls’ school in Kandahar faces closure as international funds dry up

  15 Oct 2014: Class dismissed at Kandahar Institute of Modern Studies, a rare place of learning for girls, as military withdrawal affects civilian projects

• AP journalist - the day I was shot and my colleague was killed

  15 Oct 2014:

  Kathy Gannon speaks about her injuries and the death of her friend

• UN agency cuts Afghanistan food rations as donations dry up

  14 Oct 2014: World Food Programme says cuts will affect up to one million of the 3.7 million Afghans it helps to feed

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