With the US gone, Afghanistan reverts to the world of warlords and factions carving niches in the landscape. It's a scenario as old as Afghanistan itself. As if we'd never been there.
As the United States prepares to pull out the entirety of its remaining 2,500 troops from Afghanistan (Liptak, 2021) a move fast being followed by NATO allies in the war-tattered nation (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation [NATO], 2021a, 2021b) the onus for
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My guest for this article. In the world of journalism, I know few that are more diligent than investigative reporter Hollie McKay.
By Hollie S. McKay
It is the stuff of a thriller novel: China’s wealthiest and one of its most famous of faces disappears for months on-end, weeks after subtly criticizing the country’s communist party (CCP) and being summoned for a government “meeting.” He fails to show up for a designated taping of the TV program he created, “Africa’s Business Heroes,” and all word on his whereabouts goes dark.
Rumors run rampant that the illustrious tycoon is rotting away in a maximum-security jail cell at worst, or at best under lock-and-key in gilded house arrest for his slightly unflattering depiction of Beijing’s governance. If he was lucky, he might have fled to Singapore or Thailand.