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A destroyed car sits on a now barren road. Photo credits: Mehdi Shojaeian/Wikimedia Commons

Lebanon after the Beirut Explosion

n the early days of August 2020, after years of improper fertiliser storage, Warehouse 12 in Lebanon’s port of Beirut exploded. Over two years later, the aftermath of that fateful August day remains remembered in the hearts and minds of people everywhere.

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Read more about the article Imagining Afghanistan: Simplified Perceptions and How we Might Challenge them ​
Young girls whose families have been displaced by violence, in Kabdahar. Photo Credit: OCHA / Charlotte Cans

Imagining Afghanistan: Simplified Perceptions and How we Might Challenge them ​

Afghanistan came into the spotlight last August when the US withdrew its troops. But why did it have troops there in the first place? A look back to the origins of the conflict reveals how the ‘war on terror’ in Afghanistan has had ramifications not just for Afghanistan’s economy, people and culture but for the way it is perceived by others. For most in the West, Afghanistan has become synonymous with conflict, with detrimental consequences for achieving peace and stability.

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