11 MARCH 1989, page 13

The Lost World Of Haji Baba

Karan Thapar recalls friends from a past Afghanistan HAJI Baba, 'Stick' Suleiman and Jahanara Jan used for me to typify Afghanistan: its colour and individuality, its romance......

The Chain Of Command

Half a century ago Ivan Jelinek was asked to broadcast his country's surrender to Germany ON 14 March 1939 I was about to announce the regular late-night transmis- sion of the......