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Ghani to hold talks with prime minister Nawaz Sharif in bid to improve relations and boost hopes of reviving Taliban talks
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Helmand province remains country’s top opium-cultivating province, with drug money financing Taliban operations
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The cultivation of poppies for opium gains more ground, with Helmand province - which British troops pulled out of this year - remaining the region producing the most
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During interrogation by UN committee against torture, Australia promises ‘within months all but a few children will be out of detention’
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Government abandons argument that UK-US intelligence ties preclude letting Yunus Rahmatullah sue for damages
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How can long-term development be done in countries undergoing or coming out of conflict? Our panel have their say, writes Katherine Purvis
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