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The silhouettes of Afghan men who say they fled to Turkey through Iran standing in the countryside in Tatvan, Turkey.
Current Affairs

Escape from Kabul: An Underground Journey with Afghan Refugees

April 8, 2022April 8, 2022 - by Matthieu Aikins

As borders tighten and people find new ways to cross them, the shortest distance between two points is rarely a straight line

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The Tangled Politics Keeping a Uyghur Man in Limbo: Episode 8 of The Deep Dive

March 10, 2022May 10, 2022 - by The Walrus Staff

This week Annie Hylton speaks about her longform feature for the March/April issue of The Walrus. She takes a look at the long, and complex case of Ayoob Mohammed

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A man leaves a fortified prison for darkness and emptiness, a chain still encircling his ankle
Current Affairs / March/April 2022

Endless Exile: The Tangled Politics Keeping a Uyghur Man in Limbo

February 28, 2022March 10, 2022 - by Annie Hylton

Exonerated after four years in Guantánamo Bay, Ayoob Mohammed is still unable to join his family in Canada

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Politics

The International Myth of Canada As a Peacekeeping Nation

December 11, 2017July 6, 2019 - by Corbett Hancey

For our country to fulfill its goals on the world stage, Justin Trudeau has to follow through on his promises

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Insects
April 2014 / World

Military Surplus

March 17, 2014April 14, 2020 - by May Jeong

Canadian troops in Afghanistan pack up the war

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November/December 2003 / World

Up in the Mustafa Hotel

November 12, 2003May 14, 2022 - by The Walrus

kabul — My Afghan driver, friend, and confidant, Aktar Gul, tells me that his nation today is like two pictures superimposed in the same frame: old and new, good and …

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