Afghanistan: the inside story of the withdrawal
05 Jun 2024 It is nearly 3 years since the US and the UK withdrew from Afghanistan. A key figure in the evacuation was the UK’s last ambassador to Afghanistan...
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The doctor using smartphones to save lives in war zones
04 Feb 2019 Having survived the civil war in Afghanistan, alumnus Waheed Arian arrived alone in the UK aged 15. He went on to study medicine at Trinity Hall...
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Stolen World War Two letters help author uncover the hidden lives of army wives
09 Sep 2016 A stolen chest of letters – penned by an army wife to her husband on the battlefields of the Second World War – has helped a Cambridge academic and...
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Opinion: Confronting the Taliban – an educational encounter
09 Mar 2016 Dr David Gosling (Faculty of Divinity) discusses his time on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, his encounters with the Taliban and why education is the...
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Earthquake rocks Afghanistan and Pakistan – an area prone to magnitude 7 quakes
27 Oct 2015 Professor Simon Redfern (Department of Earth Sciences) discusses the devastating earthquake that struck Afghanistan on October 26 and the geological...
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For lust of knowing what should not be known
12 Nov 2011 Clare Holtham (1948-2010) had a huge enthusiasm for learning. After a troubled childhood, which led to a spell of homelessness, she became an intrepid...
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