Afghanistan. Backward Forward

165

August 25, 2021

Published in Mauritius Times
(Mauritius) on 24 August 2021
by Nita Chicooree-Mercier (link to original link to original)

Translated from by . Edited by .

This post appeared on the front page as a direct link to the original article with the above link .

Hot this week

Block title

Canada: Why Trump Can’t Afford To Brush Off the Iran War’s Economic Impact

March 10, 2026. Published in CBC

Brazil: Trump Tests His New World Order in an Illegal Attack*

March 6, 2026. Published in Folha de São Paulo

With midterm elections in sight, there’s nothing like a war to galvanize attention.

Canada: An International Norm Questioned after Trump’s Iran Strikes. As 2 Officials Who Helped Established It, We’d Like To Set Record Straight

March 10, 2026. Published in Toronto Star

Ireland: Donald Trump’s Pressure-Cooker Approach to Iran Was Always Going To Explode

March 6, 2026. Published in Irish Times

Canada: Carney Has My Sympathy as He Tries To Navigate a War Led by Trump and Hegseth

March 6, 2026. Published in Toronto Star

Topics

Saudi Arabia: Paradoxes of the Holy War

March 13, 2026. Published in Okaz

Are we looking at a return to the darkness of the Old World, or does President Trump intend to spring yet another one of his endless surprises on us?

Australia: Iran, Not the US, Currently Has the Strategic Upper Hand

March 13, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia

Australia: How Donald Trump and JD Vance Are ‘Philosophically a Little Bit Different’ on Iran

March 13, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia

Canada: We’re Watching a Religious War between 3 Theocratic States. Is This the 1600s?

March 13, 2026. Published in Toronto Star

Ireland: Real Legacy of Elvis May Be Contested, but His Story Recalls a Better America

March 13, 2026. Published in Irish Times

Mexico: Trump Won’t Take Our Oil

March 12, 2026. Published in La Jornada

Mexican oil is not the property of the United States or Donald Trump.

Ireland: Pete Hegseth Is like a Manic Clown Compared to Sober Colin Powell

March 11, 2026. Published in Irish Examiner

Ireland: Elon Musk Is Wrong about Empathy — and Irish Film Proves It

March 10, 2026. Published in Irish Examiner

Indonesia: Too Close to Trump: Gambling Sovereignty, Humanity for US’ Approval

March 7, 2026. Published in The Jakarta Post

The trajectory is clear: Jakarta is tilting toward Washington at a cost many fear will be borne by ordinary Indonesians.

Philippines: Human Rights Watch 2025 vs Donald Trump

February 6, 2026. Published in The Manila Times

[The Trump era] is marked as much by policies that endanger vulnerable populations as by political bravado.

Egypt: Insights into Global System Collapse: Thank You, Trump

January 19, 2026. Published in almasryalyoum

[W]hat comes after Trump is even more dangerous: a world without principles, without red lines.

Pakistan: US Has Normalized Collective Punishment

December 16, 2025. Published in Pakistan Today

Japan: National Guard Shooting in US Capital: Misguided Incitement of Anti-Foreign Doctrine

December 12, 2025. Published in Tokyo Shimbun

[H]ad Trump not mobilized the guard for political purposes, the shooting might not have happened.

Is Afghanistan the Evidence That Western Politics Is Broken?

The Guardian View on the G-7’s Great Game: Taliban Rules in Kabul