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It's a Runoff, Now What? Parsing the Impacts of the Presidential Rematch in Afghanistan

Vikrum Aiyer | Posted 10.23.2009 | World

Read More: Senator John Kerry, Abdullah Abdullah, Hamid Karzai, Isaf, President Barack Obama, Afghan-Runoff, Taliban, Pashtun, Al Qaeda, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Tajik, Rahm Emanuel, Northern Alliance, Nato, Independent Electoral Commission, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, General Stanley McChrystal, Afpak, Kai Eide, Afghan Election Fraud, Afghanistan Karzai Abdullah, Afghanistan Run-Off Election, World News
Vikrum Aiyer

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.

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Better Evidence Will Lead To More Justice In Afghanistan

Jonathan Horowitz | Posted 10.07.2009 | World

Read More: Corruption, Afghan Government, Afghanistan Detainees, Isaf, Afghanistan, War Wire, Foreign Affairs, Stanley McChrystal, Afghanistan Corruption, Advocacy, Afghanistan War, World News
Jonathan Horowitz

Rule of law is the lynchpin to long-term stability in Afghanistan. Yet the military's tradition of steering clear of law enforcement activities, especially evidence-gathering responsibilities, is weakening the justice system.

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Push Into Helmand Triggered Severe Spike in Civilian Death Rate, Failed its Objectives

Derrick Crowe | Posted 10.06.2009 | World

Read More: Improvised Explosive Devices, Civilian Deaths, Nato, Suicide Bombings, Operation Khanjar, Rethink Afghanistan, Ieds, Mcchrystal, Civilian Casualties, Isaf, Afghanistan, Afghan Election, World News
Derrick Crowe

More troops are not the answer in Afghanistan. We need to lower the overall level of military conflict as quickly as possible, and the only way to do that is to sharply reduce the number of U.S. troops.

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Losing Ground: Taliban Cover 97% of Afghanistan: Report

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 11.10.2009 | World

Read More: Norine MacDonald, Hamid Karzai, Kabul, Afghan President Karzai, Isaf, Afghanistan, Armed Services Committee, Kunduz, Taliban, Afghanistan War, Icos, Nato, Stanley McChrystal, Carl Levin, Afghanistan Elections, Balkh, World News
Virginia M. Moncrieff

New research indicates that 80% of Afghanistan now has a permanent Taliban presence and that 97% of the country has "substantial Taliban activity."

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US Should De-Escalate In Afghanistan: Policy Brief

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | Gilles Dorronsoro | Posted 03.06.2009 | World

Read More: Kabul, Troop Withdrawal, Military Surge in Afghanistan, Nato, President Obama, New Strategy in Afghanistan, Isaf, Taliban, Afghanistan, US Troops in Afghanistan, Exit Strategy, World News

After seven years of war, the international community has failed to create the conditions for a sustainable Afghan state. The reality is that the inte...

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Craddock Scandal Rocks NATO

Michael Carmichael | Posted 03.04.2009 | World

Read More: Noam Chomsky, Egon Ramms, Nato, Robert Gates, Isaf, Afghanistan, Kurt Schmoke, David McKiernan, John Craddock, Elke Hoff, Barack Obama, Der Spiegel, Saceur, World News
Michael Carmichael

Craddock granted a license to kill to every NATO soldier under his command and required the soldiers to perpetrate a massacre of Afghani civilians 'suspected' of involvement in the drug trade.

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US Unlikely To Request More NATO Troops

McClatchy Washington Bureau | Jonathan S. Landay and Nancy A. Youssef | Posted 03.01.2009 | World

Read More: Taliban Insurgency, Nato, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, President Barack Obama, Isaf, Afghanistan, Afghanistan Compact, War in Afghanistan, International Security Assistance Force, World News

With America's allies likely to rebuff requests to send more combat troops to Afghanistan, many Pentagon officials want President Barack Obama to alte...

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Taliban Support Increasing, Holds 72 % Of Afghanistan: Report

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 01.11.2009 | World

Read More: NATO Afghanistan, Isaf, Afghanistan, Afghan War, Nato, United Nations, Kabul, Taliban, Security, Afghanistan War, Icos, Taliban Support Growing, Taliban Afghanistan, Taliban Overruning Afghanistan, World News
Virginia M. Moncrieff

If you are currently living in Kabul, you are residing in a city with a "permanent Taliban presence" according to a new report by The International Co...

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Karzai and Eide: Point Your Fingers the Other Way!

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 01.07.2009 | World

Read More: Hamid Karzai, NATO Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Isaf, Hamid Karzai US Criticism, United Nations, Afghan Taliban, Afghanistan War, World News
Virginia M. Moncrieff

UN Representative Mr. Kai Eide has called for more cultural sensitivity from NATO in their in-country operations. Hamid Karzai's failure to act on corruption condemns him more than he can admit or acknowledge. Both of them need to shape up.

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Giving Thanks And Calling For Change

Michelle Cote | Posted 12.28.2008 | Business

Read More: International Assistance, Security, International Development, Afghanistan, Women Entrepreneurship, Business Council for Peace, Isaf, Women Entrepreneurs, Taliban, Afghanistan Conflict, Afghani Businesses, Bpeace, Violence in Afghanistan, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneur, Afghan Taliban, Dhl, Business News
Michelle Cote

Violence in Afghanistan is threatening those who are working to establish legitimate businesses, and help the country transcend its identity as a battlefield.

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The Year of the Taliban

Jamal Dajani | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hamid Karzai, War on Terror, Isaf, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nato, Taliban, Afghanistan War, War in Afghanistan, Terrorism, Opium, Politics News
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.

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