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Of Taliban and ‘Repentant’ Boko Haram, By Olusegun Adeniyi

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There are different accounts of how ‘Afghanistanism’ became an English word. But the most popular is the one that traces its origin to the 1947 American Society of Newspaper Editors Convention in Washington DC. In their column, ‘Behind the Front Page’, Robert H. Stopher and James Jackson wrote that it was coined by Jenkin Lloyd […]

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Afghanistan president flees country as Taliban advances to Kabul

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Afghanistan President, Ashraf Ghani has left the country as the Taliban prepare its last and final offensive into capital of Kabul. Government officials, one from former President Hamid Karzai’s office and another aide on the Afghan security council, told The Associated Press that Ghani departed the country on Sunday, August 15.   Ghani left along […]

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