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International Bargaining, the Pakistani Way

Aziz Nayani | Posted 05.18.2012

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Pakistan cannot afford to live in international political isolation, and it needs to have an active role and vested interest in securing the safety and sustainability of Afghanistan. An uncooperative, nuclear Pakistan risks instability and violence in the Af-Pak border region.

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Tenuous Ties on 'AfPak' Frontier

Jayshree Bajoria | Posted 01.31.2012

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A NATO air attack that killed at least twenty-four Pakistani soldiers along the Afghan border has further damaged a U.S.-Pakistan relationship that has lurched from crisis to crisis this year.

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Good-Neighbor Policy for Afghanistan?

Jayshree Bajoria | Posted 01.04.2012

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To build a regional consensus on Afghanistan's future, on November 2, foreign ministers from fourteen countries--including India, Pakistan, China, and Russia--plus officials from the United States and some European countries are meeting in Istanbul.

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America the Amnesiac: On Remembering to Forget on September 11

Michael Gould-Wartofsky | Posted 11.11.2011

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Perhaps it is only right that we be reminded of the "dark side" of the decade, if only so that we might ask of ourselves: What kind of society have we become?

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Dem Senator Calls For A Change Of Strategy In Afghanistan

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 08.14.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) is calling for a change of strategy in Afghanistan, arguing the current course is unsustainable and the milita...

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GOP Senator: U.S. Military 'Frustrated' With Afghanistan War

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 07.10.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) believes that the discovery and killing of Osama bin Laden in Abottabad, Pakistan has provided the United Stat...

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Violence Likely To Increase In Afghanistan In Coming Months

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 06.05.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration issued its third progress report on Afghanistan and Pakistan on Tuesday, concluding that the U.S. strategy is s...

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Dem Rep: Expect A 'Significant Presence' In Afghanistan For 8 To 10 More Years

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Military commanders expect the United States to have a "significant presence" in Afghanistan for another eight to 10 years, according to...

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Former GOP Senator: 'I Don't Think We Can Afford Afghanistan Much Longer'

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A former Republican senator who was once a cabinet choice for President Barack Obama is calling for a quicker withdrawal from Afghanista...

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Dem Senator: Mideast Protests Haven't Reached Afghanistan

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- While the protests in the Middle East continue to spread, with citizens now controlling Libya's second-largest city, the turmoil is taki...

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Military Downplays Key U.S. Objective In Afghan War

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- A top U.S. commander in Afghanistan is contradicting comments by Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen on whether a military o...

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Af-Pak Security Cannot Be Achieved Without a Cost-Benefit Analysis

Alex Becker | Posted 05.25.2011

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You may not agree that all cost aspects of the war in Afghanistan outweigh the gains, but it is undeniable that without a honest cost-benefit analysis, both security and progress are impossible.

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Is Pakistan Part of South Asia? Yes!

Aparna Pande | Posted 05.25.2011

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Pakistan's Foreign Secretary's recent remarks represent a departure from years of attempts by Pakistan to deny its South Asian identity -- and link up instead with the Muslim Middle East.

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WATCH: Obama Administration Responds To Low Public Support For Afghanistan War

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- With public support for the war in Afghanistan at a new low, top Obama administration officials on Thursday defended the United States' ...

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Obama's Af-Pak Review Touts Progress, Lays Framework For Sustained Commitment

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration's much-anticipated annual review of the conflict in Afghanistan and Pakistan is upbeat on progress and reaffirm...

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Richard Holbrooke, Af-Pak Diplomat For U.S. State Dept., Hospitalized

The Huffington Post/AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, the top U.S. State Dept. diplomat for Afghanistan and Pakistan, has been rushed to GW Hospital in D.C., MSNBC reports. ...

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Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch Report on ISI-Sponsored Hell in Af-Pak

Melissa Roddy | Posted 05.25.2011

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If NATO withdraws before the Afghan government can effectively defend Afghanistan against the ongoing attacks by Pakistan's proxies, the country will experience a bloody competition for power, even worse than the 1990s.

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Stumbling Into a Proxy War With Iran in Afghanistan

Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett | Posted 05.25.2011

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Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki delivered a speech recently that underscores a risk that the present direction of U.S. policy is raising the risks of renewed civil war in Afghanistan.

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Stanley McChrystal's Departure a Blow to US-Muslim Relations

Frankie Martin | Posted 05.25.2011

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McChrystal was succeeding by playing not by the traditional rules of the military, but the rules of Afghanistan, specifically the Pashtun tribesmen. These relationships, based on building trust, take time.

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William Dalrymple: the Af-Pak Fiasco "on its last legs" (AUDIO)

Christopher Lydon | Posted 05.25.2011

William Dalrymple is drawing on a deep well of personal and imperial history in his stark clarification of our American comeuppance in Afghanistan. ...

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We've Changed Our General, Now It's Time to Change Our Policy in Afghanistan

David Cicilline | Posted 05.25.2011

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This year alone, American taxpayers will spend $100 billion on our involvement in Afghanistan -- roughly five times more than Afghanistan's GDP. Yet this is a conflict which still has no clear definition of success.

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More Afghan Civilians Killed By US, NATO Forces Than Insurgents During Operation Moshtarak

Posted 05.25.2011

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According to the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, U.S. and Allied forces have killed and injured more civilians than have the insurgents du...

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Drone Attack Report: 1 in 3 Killed By Drones In Pakistan Is A Civilian

Rethink Afghanistan | Derrick Crowe | Posted 05.25.2011

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A new report from the New America Foundation states that one of every three people killed in the U.S.'s not-so-secret drone war in Pakistan is a civil...

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Exercise of Conscience Seems to Be the Only Answer to Government Quagmire

Coleen Rowley | Posted 05.25.2011

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25 Minnesotans for Peace (including myself) recently traveled to Washington DC to give a message to our elected representatives before the President's...

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War of the Worlds: London, 1898; Kabul, 2009

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

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The US may now be represented in the Afghan countryside, mainly by Predators and their even more powerful cousins, Reapers, unmanned aerial vehicles with names straight out of a sci-fi film about implacable aliens.

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