Left to the Taliban: ’Nobody from Canada has contacted us’
Adnan R. Khan: While other countries hurriedly work to get people out, Canada’s Prime Minister appears to not have a clue. And this country’s silence is deafening.
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Adnan R. Khan
Adnan R. Khan has been on the ground for Maclean’s in some of the world’s most unfriendly places, from Pakistan to Iraq, writing about conflict, politics, society, and the occasional vacationing tips in Afghanistan. He claims to be based in a small cabin somewhere on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast though no one can definitively prove it.
Coming to terms with a national shame
Adnan R. Khan: The lessons from other countries that have had to confront mass graves are clear—shining a light into our darkest corners is the only way forward
What it’s like to return to ’normal’: Awkwardness, uncertainty and moments of overwhelming joy
Adnan R. Khan lives in Cambridge, Mass. where more than half of adults are fully vaccinated. He describes the city’s reopening, which was not exactly the celebratory fanfare some might have expected.
Why Canada’s special forces ‘shadow army’ is still fighting ISIS
Adnan R. Khan: With little public notice, our ultra-secretive special forces are increasingly relied upon in overseas conflicts
America withdraws from Afghanistan, and fails one more time
Adnan R. Khan: The list of America’s unfinished business is long, and bloody. And it is growing longer with the plan to abandon Afghanistan in its time of need.
The Afghan women Canada failed
Adnan R. Khan: With the U.S. withdrawal looming, the Afghan government is attempting to curb women’s rights. Meanwhile, Canada is more interested in playing whack-a-mole with terrorism than doing the hard work of helping a country devastated by it
’Just like Erdogan’: The mistake Trudeau is making with China
Adnan R. Khan: Turkey’s president was one of the first global leaders to call the treatment of China’s Uyghurs a genocide. Then came the pressure from China.
Designating the Proud Boys as a terrorist organization is a mistake
Adnan R. Khan: We should not confuse what is merely a group of criminal chauvinists for a disciplined and determined organization willing to commit mass casualties for their cause
The end of the reality TV presidency
Adnan R. Khan: The storming of the Capitol by Trump’s clownish supporters was a fitting end to the Trump era. But the gravest threat to America lives on.
A party gone mad
Adnan R. Khan: Federal politics appears to be rebalancing after Trump’s loss. But at the ground level, things look much bleaker for American democracy.