OttawaJustin Trudeau vs. Stephen HarperTrudeau’s UN speech was about Canada’s example. Harper’s 10 years ago was about Canada in Afghanistan.
CanadaQ&A: On ’selfless’ Gurkha guards, after 14 were killed in KabulFormer ambassador Chris Alexander on the devotion of Nepali Gurkha guards, after 14 are killed in Afghanistan
BooksFighting the Taliban, one stroke at a timeThe mesmerizing true story of Afghan squash champion Maria Toorpakai
CanadaTrevor Greene: ’I am still alive. This is my thank-you letter.’’The right people happened to be at exactly the right place at exactly the right times’
WorldThe new faces of Afghan womenHow a once-invisible generation, born under Taliban rule, is yanking Afghanistan into the 21st century
World’The test was survival’: Afghan President Ghani on his first 18 monthsEfforts to fix Afghanistan have been a colossal disappointment. 2016 will be its make-or-break year.
WorldNegotiating with the Taliban might just workAn interview with Barnett Rubin, the leading U.S. expert on Afghanistan
WorldThe Interview: Gulwali Passarlay on his escape from AfghanistanPassarlay survived human trafficking and a Mediterranean crossing. And he plans to go back home.
WorldOur editorial: The price of Western retreat is instabilityThe Taliban’s resurgence reminds us that the fight isn’t over in Afghanistan
WorldBarack Obama’s doomed new war against drugsWith the DEA and the CIA often working at cross-purposes, observers say it’s a war that can’t be won