Afghans

Leslie Gelb: How To Get Out Of Afghanistan

The Huffington Post | Doug Sarro | Posted 05.25.2011

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Today's AfPak round-up: Gelb: How to Get Out of Afghanistan. President Obama should withdraw the bulk of U.S. troops from Afghanistan by mid-2013, th...

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The Real Story of Afghanistan Remains Untold

Josh Shahryar | Posted 05.25.2011

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As the American public continues to get weary of the Afghan War, and every day brings a new depressing development, our hearts -- the hearts of us Afghans -- are broken ever so slightly.

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Afghans: 2014 Deadline For NATO Withdrawal 'Won't Work'

The Huffington Post | Nicholas Sabloff and Doug Sarro | Posted 05.25.2011

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Congress may place conditions on future Afghan war funding. The White House's request for $37 billion in emergency funding for the Afghanistan and Ira...

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Mujahideen Victory Day: Afghans Still Voiceless Decades Later

Josh Mull | Posted 05.25.2011

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I am the Afghanistan Blogging Fellow for The Seminal and Brave New Foundation. You can read my work on The Seminal or at Rethink Afghanistan. The view...

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What Your Mainstream Media Isn't Telling You About Afghanistan

Colleen Turner | Posted 05.25.2011

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I believe we would be taking a giant step forward if our media made a greater effort to tell us about what is actually working in Afghanistan (and Iraq) rather than telling us about so much that is not.

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Humanity Missing From Afghanistan Debate

Josh Mull | Posted 05.25.2011

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Respect for Afghans is sorely lacking on all sides of the Afghanistan debate. It's 2010, nine years into the war, and we're still talking about Afghanistan in orientalist terms. We don't want to think about them as human. This has to change now.

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McChrystal: We've Shot 'An Amazing Number' Of Innocent Afghans

Posted 05.25.2011

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As reported in the New York Times last week, a significant number of innocent Afghans continue to be killed by US and NATO forces despite new rules is...

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Afghans Not 'Very Hopeful' for Kabul Peace Jirga

Abdulhadi Hairan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Both insurgent groups -- the Taliban and Hizb-e-Islami -- as well as Karzai's challenger in the last presidential election, Abdullah Abdullah, have explicitly said that they won't participate.

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Afghans Doubt More Troops Could Help

New York Times | ALISSA J. RUBIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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As Americans, including President Obama's top advisers, tensely debate whether to send more American troops to Afghanistan, Afghans themselves are hav...

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Poll: 7 In 10 Afghans Support US Forces

AP | DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL — Nearly seven in 10 Afghans support the presence of U.S. forces in their country, and 61 percent favor the military buildup of 37,000 U.S...

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Western Export of the Ballot Box Elixir is Pure Hubris

Simon Jenkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Ngo, Afghanistan, Nato, David Petraeus, 9/11, Afghans, Sweden, Barack Obama, Tora Bora, World News

It is insufferable that Afghanistan, a miserable statelet, can reject liberal democracy despite the efforts of 70,000 NATO and NGO staff kicking their heels in Kabul's dust for eight years.

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Tom Friedman On Afghanistan Surge: US Just 'Decided To Adopt A Special Needs Baby' (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami | Posted 05.25.2011

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New York Times columnist Tom Friedman appeared on Fareed Zakaria's CNN show to discuss the fundamental problems with the US surge in Afghanistan, argu...

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