Afghan Panel Rejects U.N.'s Election Runoff Advice
The chances of another disastrous round of voting in Afghanistan's presidential race increased dramatically today after the country's election authori...
The chances of another disastrous round of voting in Afghanistan's presidential race increased dramatically today after the country's election authori...
William Bradley | Posted 10.29.2009 | World
We can't afford to build a nation in Afghanistan. We have one reasonable goal there, and everything else, no matter how seemingly noble it may or may not be, is a luxury.
Inter Press Service | Posted 10.29.2009 | World
By Gareth Porter WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (IPS) - The revelation by the New York Times Wednesday that Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of Afghan President ...
Jamal Dajani | Posted 10.29.2009 | World
Afghanistan is not Iraq. Unlike the Sunni Awakening, when Iraqi tribe members took up arms against al-Qaeda and foreign insurgents, the Taliban are an integral part of Afghanistan, not foreign fighters.
Richard Allen Smith | Posted 10.28.2009 | World
We are partnering with a symbol of government corruption, which undermines any trust we might receive from the population. We are funding the insurgency we are attempting to counter.
AP | Posted 10.28.2009 | World
KABUL — Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of the Afghan president, on Wednesday denied reports that he has received regular payments from the CIA f...
Taylor Marsh | Posted 10.28.2009 | World
As it now stands, the Afghan women are worse off today than they were when the Taliban reigned. We cannot leave it at that, or Afghanistan will become even more of a corrupt mess.
Allison Kilkenny | Posted 10.28.2009 | World
It appears as though the CIA is -- yet again -- employing the good ol' "The Enemy of My Enemy is The Guy Who Screws Me In The End" foreign policy doctrine.
washingtonpost.com | Joshua Partlow and Pamela Constable | Posted 10.26.2009 | World
KABUL -- The challenger to President Hamid Karzai is considering boycotting the upcoming runoff if his demands are not met to remove the leaders of Af...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics
Democrats pushed back forcefully against Dick Cheney on Sunday for comments the former vice president made accusing President Barack Obama of "ditheri...
Washington Post | Joshua Partlow and Pamela Constable | Posted 10.25.2009 | World
President Hamid Karzai's team shifted aggressively into campaign mode Saturday and ruled out any possibility of a power-sharing deal with challenger A...
The New York Review of Books | Posted 11.20.2009 | Books
The New York Review blog has two new posts up today, from Haleh Esfandiari, who writes about her tenure in Evin Prison in Tehran, and Ahmed Rashid, wh...
Simon Jenkins | Posted 10.23.2009 | World
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.
Vikrum Aiyer | Posted 10.23.2009 | World
A coalition government in Afghanstan, while supposedly offering the best of both worlds, tacitly condones an illegitimate election and would require America to broker power among competing personalities.
Jamal Dajani | Posted 10.23.2009 | World
Why isn't Mr. Karzai being held responsible for this blatant act of election fraud? And who can guarantee that a repeat of the fraud won't happen? Or that all hell won't break loose during the run-off?
Ben Berkon | Posted 10.22.2009 | Comedy
In international election news, the Afghan presidential election is heating up, and won't be decided until the very last fake vote is cast.
Norman Solomon | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics
Unless the best and brightest who oversee Afghan war policy can rig up a coalition with the top two contestants, a runoff between Karzai and his rival Abdullah Abdullah will happen November 7.
William Bradley | Posted 10.21.2009 | World
Obama is in a multi-faceted complex of geopolitical crises. He is actively using military force in two of the countries, and has threatened, at the least, tough sanctions in the third.
AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's relief at the agreement that could quiet the political crisis over Afghanistan's spoiled election masks hi...
AP | HEIDI VOGT and ROBERT H. REID | Posted 10.22.2009 | World
KABUL — Afghan authorities plan to close thousands of polling stations and hire new poll workers to discourage the fraud that tarnished the Augu...
Johann Hari | Posted 10.20.2009 | World
Obama has to decide now whether to side with the American people and the Afghan people calling for a rapid reduction in US force, or with a small military clique demanding a ramping-up of the conflict.
Andy Borowitz | Posted 10.20.2009 | Comedy
In a stunning victory, Afghan president Hamid Karzai today was declared the winner of the runoff election scheduled to take place November 7.
AP | HEIDI VOGT | Posted 10.21.2009 | World
KABUL — Facing Taliban threats and approaching winter snows, Afghan election officials must now scramble to organize a runoff presidential elect...
New York Times | SABRINA TAVERNISE and HELENE COOPER | Posted 10.20.2009 | World
KABUL, Afghanistan -- Under heavy international pressure, President Hamid Karzai appears set to concede as early as Tuesday that he fell short of a fi...
guardian.co.uk | Jon Boone in Kabul, Ewen MacAskill in Washington and Patrick Wintour | Posted 10.19.2009 | World
The White House was engaged in a dangerous and unpredictable stand-off with the Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai today after a United Nations commis...
Guardian | Jon Boone | Posted 10.29.2009 | World