Hamid Karzai

Obama Forces Flip-Flops to Paralyze McCain

Michael Carmichael | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics


Michael Carmichael

Three days into his international fact-finding mission, Obama had polished his foreign policy credentials considerably, and it did not take long for the effects of his bold initiatives to start hitting D.C.

Obama Meets With Afghan President Karzai

AP | FISNIK ABRASHI | Posted 07.20.2008 | Politics


KABUL, Afghanistan — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama pledged steadfast aid to Afghanistan in talks Sunday with its Western-backed...

The Year of the Taliban

Jamal Dajani | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics


Jamal Dajani

Since the invasion of Afghanistan, the Taliban have been getting stronger day by day. Now midway into 2008, all indications lead us to believe that the balance seems to be tilting in their favor.

Afghan President Karzai Threatens To Send Troops Into Pakistan

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 06.15.2008 | Politics


KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan President Hamid Karzai threatened Sunday to send Afghan troops after notorious Taliban leaders inside Pakistan in an...

The Indian Heroine Tulsi Falls in the Battle For Freedom of Speech in Karzai's Afghanistan

Shoaib Harris | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics


Shoaib Harris

It is particularly cruel to ban a family-oriented drama in a country whose populations were deprived of all legitimate entertainment opportunities for over half a decade under the Taliban.

Afghan security chiefs knew of plot to kill Karzai

AP | FISNIK ABRASHI | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics


KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan's three top security chiefs managed to hold onto their jobs Tuesday despite admitting before parliament that th...

3 killed in militant attack on Afghan president

AP | AMIR SHAH | Posted 04.27.2008 | Home


KABUL, Afghanistan — Militants firing rockets and automatic rifles attacked the Afghan president at a ceremony in Kabul on Sunday, missing their...

Afghan Leader Hamid Karzai Criticizes US On Conduct Of War

New York Times | CARLOTTA GALL | Posted 04.26.2008 | Politics


President Hamid Karzai strongly criticized the British and American conduct of the war here on Friday, insisting in an interview that his government b...

Karzai Only Controls 1/3 of Afghanistan

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 02.27.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — More than six years after the U.S. invaded to establish a stable central regime in Afghanistan, the Kabul government under Presiden...

Pack Your Bag for Pakistan (October Surprise Anyone)?

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 01.25.2008 | Politics


Amb. Marc Ginsberg

The real war against Al Qaeda has yet to be fought where it counts -- in Pakistan and in an area where Musharraf has lost virtually total control.

Bhutto's Assassination and the War on Terror

Mohammad Omar Sharifi | Posted 12.29.2007 | Politics


Mohammad Omar Sharifi

Bhutto's stand against the religious extremists made her the only hope for more than one third of the electorate who strongly opposes Musharraf's policies, army rule and religious extremism.

Report Warns That Taliban Is Gaining Control Of Afghanistan

London Guardian | Richard Norton-Taylor | Posted 11.21.2007 | Politics


The Taliban has a permanent presence in 54% of Afghanistan and the country is in serious danger of falling into Taliban hands, according to a report b...

Afghanistan Suffering Most Violent Year Since US Invasion: UN Report

McClatchy Newspapers | Jonathan S. Landay | Posted 10.01.2007 | Home


Afghanistan is currently suffering its most violent year since the 2001 U.S.-led intervention, according to an internal United Nations report that sha...


 

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