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India / Pakistan

Closer to calamity: dangerous rivalries simmer once again

Published by The i paper (8th May, 2025) Six years ago, Mike Pompeo was serving as secretary of state in Donald Trump’s first administration when he was woken […]

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Afghanistan / Pakistan / World

Message written in blood shows weakness of Taliban

Published by The Daily Mail (16th December, 2014) At first staff thought it was just children playing a boisterous game, for as older pupils sat exams on the […]

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Aid / Iran / Pakistan / World

Foreign aid millions helped Iran hang 3000 people – including women and children

Published by The Mail on Sunday (14th December, 2014) British aid has assisted the brutal execution of nearly 3,000 people accused of drug smuggling in Iran, according to […]

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Pakistan / Politics

‘I was waterboarded by British special forces’

Published by The Mail on Sunday (14th December, 2014) A Pakistani man suing the Government for damages has detailed a horrific catalogue of abuse and torture he claims […]

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Aid / Pakistan / World

How we pour millions into foreign flood zones

Published in The Daily Mail (12th February, 2014) While thousands of frightened and furious Britons fight to defend their homes from the rising waters this week, the biggest […]

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Pakistan / World

Victim support charity chief ‘took armed gang to settle land dispute’

Published in the Mail on Sunday (January 26th, 2014) The head of Victim Support, the Government-backed charity for people affected by crime, has been accused of taking an […]

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Pakistan / World

The troubling aftermath of Bin Laden’s killing

Published in The Mail on Sunday (May 8th, 2011) It was a scene familiar from coffee bars around the world. A student in designer clothes tapping away on […]

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Ian Birrell is an award-winning columnist, foreign correspondent, feature writer and investigative journalist. He is contributing editor of The Mail on Sunday, a weekly columnist in The i Paper and writes frequently for other papers and platforms. He is also co-founder with Damon Albarn of Africa Express, the acclaimed collaborative music project. (Pictured: Talking to refugees in Iraq fleeing Islamic State)... Read More.

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