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Category: Kandahar

Afghanistan, Kandahar

Hearts, minds and the same old warlords

Go up close to what’s happening in Afghanistan – for example, in the city of Kandahar – and you find […]

Afghanistan, Helmand, Kandahar

Helmand and Kandahar – talk at New America Foundation

This is a talk I gave at the New America Foundation on the day that General Stan McChrystal resigned.

Afghanistan, Kandahar

The gangs of Kandahar – the city’s real power?

First published by Channel 4 News / 16 May 2010 Author Stephen Grey writes about how “warlords” control the Afghan […]

Afghanistan, Kandahar, Taliban

Taliban’s supreme leader signals willingness to talk peace

By Stephen Grey in Kandahar. The supreme leader of the Taliban, Mullah Mohammed Omar, has indicated that he and his […]

Afghanistan, Kandahar

Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, threatens to block Nato offensive

First published in The Sunday Times, April 11,2010 Stephen Grey in Kandahar The president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, has cast […]

Afghanistan, Kandahar, Taliban

It’s going to be quite a hunting season

First published in the Sunday Times on March 28, 2010. by Stephen Grey in the Arghandab. BY the yellow light […]

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ONSALE NOW: The New Spymasters

Just released in UK/ on sale July 15 in US/Canada

In this era of email intercepts and drone strikes, many believe that the spy is dead. What use are double agents and dead letter boxes compared to the all-seeing digital eye? They couldn't be more wrong ... a revealing story of how spycraft and the 'human factor' survive, against the odds.

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