Holiday News| More...
 

Aghan Poppy Crop

Iraq, Afghanistan: Lessons From the Pros

Martin Varsavsky | Posted 10.21.2009 | World

Read More: Queen Rania, Jordan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, King Abdullah II, Drug War, Aghan Poppy Crop, Afghanistan Opium, Israel, World News
Martin Varsavsky

Failed policies in the Middle East could be reshaped by learning from those who have managed to do surprisingly well for themselves: the Israelis, the Iranians and the Afghan drug lords.

Read Post

US, Iranian Diplomats Break The Ice

Huffington Post/CBS | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.01.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Afghanistan, Iran Obama, Afghanistan, Mohammad Mehdi Akhundzadeh, Hague Summit, Foreign Affairs, Afghanistan Summit, Iran, Iran Afghanistan, Advocacy, Drug Seizures, Afghanistan Drugs, Drug Addiction, Aghan Poppy Crop, Afghanistan Drug Trade, Iran Drugs, Islamic Republic of Iran, World News

UPDATE: In the first high-level talks between the countries in many years, senior U.S. diplomat Richard Holbrooke briefly met with Iran's deputy forei...

Read Whole Story

Withdrawing from Iraq, Reinforcing Afghanistan

Joe Galloway | Posted 08.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Surge, John McCain, Surge, Success of the Surge, Afghanistan, Aghan Poppy Crop, George W. Bush, John Mccain Surge, Taliban, Afghanistan War, Politics News
Joe Galloway

Bush and McCain had barely completed even one Iraq victory lap singing hosannas to the surge when they were obliged to begin thinking and talking about how they're going to shore up a failing policy in Afghanistan.

Read Post