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Official resigns over Afghan war
Foreign Service officer leaves in protest of war he had come to believe simply fueled the insurgency.Posted by Cynthia Gilbert -
Caught in the crossfire of war against the Taliban
Gul Hassan is incandescent with rage. As the Pakistan military mounted its most ambitious anti-Taliban offensive ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
Islamabad dismayed by 'dithering' US
As White House officials continue to debate the call of the United States' military chief in Afghanistan, General ...via Asia Times -
‘You Have Atomic Bombs, but We Have Suicide Bombers.’
The Taliban fighters who kidnapped David Rohde, a Times reporter, and two Afghans were guided by a strident belief ...Posted by Emma Asomba -
Refugee flood reveals human cost of South Waziristan's invisible war | World news
• Pakistani forces accused of hitting civilians • Up to 260,000 people may flee battle against Taliban. The war ...Posted by Cynthia Gilbert -
US, Pakistan agree to disagree on Waziristan offensive
"As the Pakistani Army continues its massive offensive against the Taliban's base in South Waziristan, top US ...Posted by Emma Asomba -
Inside the troubled and dangerous Pakistan
"Pakistan, the deeply troubled US ally bordering both Iran and Afghanistan, may be the next crisis facing US ...Posted by Emma Asomba
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Pakistan at War
(Video) It has been a bloody month for Pakistan. The army has launched an offensive in South Waziristan aided by US drones, ...Posted by Fabrice Florin -
Phase 2 of Waziristan Campaign; Pakistan Closes Schools; Mahsud Civilians Barred from Roads
akistan's military began "Phase 2" of its campaign in South Waziristan on Thursday, with a siege of Kotkai, the ...via Informed Comment -
No Afghanistan ‘Checkposts’ Abandoned While Pak Military Offensive Proceeds ?
"A piece in the Pakistan paper the News accused the U.S. military of taking the inexplicable step of abandoning ...Posted by Emma Asomba -
Pakistan: The Kerry Lugar Bill
(Blog Post) The Kerry Luger bill is essentially a non military aid package granted to Pakistan by the U.S in view of its ... -
What did Rawalpindi Militants Want?
(Blog Post) A hostage standoff at Pakistani military HQ in Rawalpindi ended violently on Sunday morning when Pakistani troops ...via Informed Comment
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Now, a Cheney surge: Blasts Obama for Afghan 'dithering,' delays and indecision
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From Defeat, Lessons in Victory
The decisions made by John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson in Vietnam are instructive lessons for President Obama ...Posted by Cynthia Gilbert -
The Afghanistan Impasse
Pakistan's safe havens for the Afghan Taliban have been to a large extent responsible for their revival and growing ... -
In the Afghan War, Aim for the Middle
The one issue that should be at the core of the United States' Afghan strategy is Pakistan. It is there, not ...via Memeorandum -
Pakistan's new crisis of democracy
(Blog Post) Some of what is happening in Pakistan is surely the usual Kabuki theater, but there could be real consequences for ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Obama at the Precipice
THE most intriguing, and possibly most fateful, news of last week could not be found in the health care ...Posted by Subramanya Sastry -
Blackwater: Widening the rift
Conspiracy theories have always had high currency in our part of the world and ritual cynicism towards America is ...Posted by Sana Saleem
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Kipling Haunts Obama's Afghan War
The White Man's Burden, a phrase immortalized by English poet Rudyard Kipling as an excuse for European-American ...Posted by Cynthia Gilbert -
Week in review: Afghanistan and Pakistan
(Video) David Andelman, editor of the World Policy Journal and a former foreign correspondent, and Chrystia Freeland, U.S. ...via Worldfocus -
Obama's foreign policy report card
Why can't the administration of President Barack Obama get the word out about its policy successes? President Obama ...Posted by Derek Hawkins -
The Washington Post Creates Its Own Facts to Support Afghan Nation-Building
The Washington Post is creating its own facts in order to support its argument for US nation-building in ...Posted by Patricia Blochowiak -
No time for non-issues
(Blog Post) The (Pakistan) National Assembly is failing in its role as a forum for serious debate.Posted by Cynthia Gilbert
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Kipling Haunts Obama's Afghan War
The White Man's Burden, a phrase immortalized by English poet Rudyard Kipling as an excuse for European-American ...Posted by Cynthia Gilbert
