The recent bombing of a hospital in Kunduz highlights a decline in Western efforts to make wars less brutal.

Rana Dasgupta is a British novelist and essayist based in Delhi. "Capital: The Eruption of Delhi" is out now.
The recent bombing of a hospital in Kunduz highlights a decline in Western efforts to make wars less brutal.
The West should acknowledge that the current refugee crisis can be traced back to the age of empire.