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WORLD LEADERS HAVE been adjusting to the new political reality in Afghanistan with the last night’s speech from US President Joe Biden putting pressure on western alliances. The downbeat mood in parts of the the West was contrasted by a more pragmatic approach from some other powers. German Chancellor Angela Merkel described the return of the Taliban to power as “particularly dramatic and terrible”. “It is terrible for the millions of Afghans who had worked for a freer society and who, with the support of the Western community, have focused on democracy, on education, on women’s rights,” she said. It...
