Some senior advisers fully aware of the risk of quagmire have concluded that to allow a Taliban victory in Afghanistan will amount to a "second Iranian revolution," but a Sunni one.
Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 10.15.2009 | World
A lengthy and focused counterinsurgency effort might eventually produce results, but its chances of success are greatly diminished by the political climate in Afghanistan.
AP | ADAM GOLDMAN and BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE | Posted 10.15.2009 | New York
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Kevin Sullivan | Posted 10.14.2009 | World
In the neighboring country of Yemen, a very real opportunity to make good on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's promise of friendship is rapidly emerging for Iran.
Sen. Robert Byrd | Posted 10.14.2009 | World
In the eight years since September 11th, the reason for the mission in Afghanistan has become consumed in a broader scheme of nation-building which has clouded our purpose and obscured our reasoning.
Derrick Crowe | Posted 10.13.2009 | World
Recently leaked intelligence assessments reportedly show that Al-Qaida and the jihadist Taliban groups account for only 10 percent of the insurgents in Afghanistan.
New York Times | Mark Landler and Thom Shanker | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics
The last time the Obama administration arrived at a moment of truth in the debate over what to do about Afghanistan, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Robert...
AP | NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY | Posted 10.12.2009 | World
PARIS — A French investigating judge has filed preliminary charges against a physicist at the world's largest atom smasher who is suspected of a...
AP | ALEXANDER G. HIGGINS | Posted 10.09.2009 | World
GENEVA — A physicist working at the world's largest atom smasher has been arrested on suspicion of links to al-Qaida, adding to the woes of the ...
Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 10.09.2009 | World
Does the United States want to rid Afghanistan of the Taliban, or does it want to eliminate Al-Qaeda as a terrorist organization and find some modus operendi with the Taliban?
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.09.2009 | Media
President Barack Obama needs to immediately stop looking for space on his mantle to place his Nobel Peace Prize and get back to work on closing the ev...
Mother Jones | David Corn | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics
On Tuesday, President Barack Obama visited the National Counterterrorism Center outside Washington and declared that "because of our efforts" al Qaeda...
AP | IVAN MORENO | Posted 10.09.2009 | Denver
DENVER — The father of an Afghan immigrant accused of plotting a terror attack in New York City was indicted on a charge of lying to investigato...
GlobalPost | Posted 10.08.2009 | World
SANAA, Yemen - As three loosely aligned rebel groups continue to wage war against Yemen's U.S.-backed government, American officials here insist the w...
Jon Soltz | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics
From Generals MacArthur to Shinseki, history has taught us that trying to pressure your commander-in-chief from the outside almost never results in a change of opinion from the president.
nytimes.com | PETER BAKER and ERIC SCHMITT | Posted 10.08.2009 | World
President Obama's national security team is moving to reframe its war strategy by emphasizing the campaign against Al Qaeda in Pakistan while arguing ...
New York Times | Peter Baker and Erik Schmitt | Posted 10.07.2009 | World
President Obama's national security team is moving to reframe its war strategy by emphasizing the campaign against Al Qaeda in Pakistan while arguing ...
Nathan Gardels | Posted 10.07.2009 | Politics
The last time the Democrats ran a war, it was "Madeleine's war," when we bombed Serbia. Albright, the former secretary of state, weighs in on Obama's deliberations on Afghanistan.
Felton Newell | Posted 10.07.2009 | World
It is time to wind down this war. Instead of focusing on the goal of creating an effective government in Afghanistan, we should focus like a laser on tracking and destroying Al Qaeda.
washingtonpost.com | Sudarsan Raghavan | Posted 10.07.2009 | World
The bomb was hidden inside the al-Qaeda assassin's body, and he arrived on his target's personal plane. ...
AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 10.06.2009 | Denver
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday the alleged terror plot disrupted in New York was "one of the most serious in the United ...
Robert Naiman | Posted 10.06.2009 | World
Withdrawing our forces does not mean the U.S. will have zero influence in Afghanistan. The U.S. can use political and diplomatic tools to work to ensure that a U.S. withdrawal is not followed by a Taliban military conquest.
Nathan Gardels | Posted 10.15.2009 | World