Australia has codified government responsibilities to parliament when going to war. The code is set out in a memorandum issued by the Prime Minister’s Department at the end of November. The conventions cover decisions to …
An unacceptable pattern is emerging in the way the Department of Home Affairs deals with visa applications for vulnerable Afghan women. The Taliban celebrated the three-year anniversary of its takeover of Afghanistan in August with a …
The collective failure to properly address allegations of unlawful killings arising from the Afghanistan war has delivered a great injustice upon our soldiers. Accusations of this kind have been levelled in every conflict we have …
Last week’s terror attacks in Moscow and in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar have once again raised the spectre of international terrorism. According to US officials, both attacks—in which dozens were killed and wounded—were …
On 30 January, 2024, President Xi Jinping provided further evidence that China formally recognises the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan. This sets a dangerous international precedent and is a morally moribund approach to …