563. Britain’s Afghanistan Shame and the Jason Arday Tragedy artwork
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563. Britain’s Afghanistan Shame and the Jason Arday Tragedy

Aug 18, 2026 · 1 hr 9 min

Five years after the US withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban takeover, why has not a single Western government marked the anniversary of a war that cost thousands of lives and trillions of dollars? Why has Russia's last liberal anti-war party been banned ahead of next month's Duma elections, and is it a sign of Putin's strength or his weakness? What does the media frenzy that engulfed Jason…