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A Regional Summit on the War in Afghanistan?

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 10.15.2009 | World

Read More: President Obama, Colin Powell, Isi, Pakistan, Summit, South Asia, Iraq, Diplomacy, China, Al Qaeda, Afghanistan War, Bush, Us Troops Afghanistan, Russia, Stanley McChrystal, Taliban, India, Afghanistan, Counterinsurgency, World News
Hoyt Hilsman

A lengthy and focused counterinsurgency effort might eventually produce results, but its chances of success are greatly diminished by the political climate in Afghanistan.

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Pakistan Military and ISI Must Purge Ranks

Steve Clemons | Posted 10.12.2009 | World

Read More: Pervez Musharraf, Inter-Intelligence Services, Pakistan, Isi, Asad Durrani, World News
Steve Clemons

This is Pakistan's fight but it has bearing on all of its allies and partners. Tolerating a Pakistan security structure that is unwilling to exploit every lead to shut down internal spies is not an option.

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Lashkar-e-Taiba Robust After Mumbai Siege; Determined To Strike Again

nytimes.com | LYDIA POLGREEN and SOUAD MEKHENNET | Posted 09.30.2009 | World

Read More: India Attacks LeT, Lashkar-E-Taiba Mumbai, Pakistan and Mumbai Attacks, Let, Lashkar-E-Taiba, Isi, Lashkar-E-Taiba Pakistan, Pakistan, Pakistani ISI, Pakistan India, Mumbai Attacks, Pakistani-Intelligence, India, Lashkar-E-Toiba, World News

KARACHI, Pakistan �" Ten months after the devastating attacks in Mumbai by Pakistan-based militants, the group behind the assault remains largely in...

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Afghanistan: Presidential Double Standards and Military Power

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Al Qaeda, John Bolton, Pakistan, Afghan War, United Nations, Unilateralism, General David Petraeus, Operation Eagle Claw, Lebanon, China, G-20, President Lyndon Johnson, Fred Kagan, Michael O'Hanlon, Peace, Vietnam, Climate Change, Beirut Marine Bombing, Iranian Revolution, Multilateralism, President John F. Kennedy, President Barack Obama, Isi, Terrorism, President Harry Truman, Nuclear Proliferation, Obama Doctrine, Cuban Missile Crisis, Afghanistan War, President Ronald Reagan, The Institute for the Study of War, Israel and Palestine, Kimberly Kagan, Afghanistan, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

If any president is going to "cut and run" from an American military engagement he or she better be a Republican. This narrative runs deep in American political discourse.

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Pakistan's India Infatuation

Saad Khan | Posted 10.17.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Obama Pakistan, Foreign Aid, Isi, India, Richard Holbrooke, Foreign Affairs, Pakistan, Islamic Extremists, Pakistan India Relations, Advocacy, Kashmir, World News
Saad Khan

India is not a threat to Pakistan, Islamic militancy is. If Pakistan's leaders are still not able to overcome their 'infatuation' with India, then it could prove disastrous for regional stability.

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Osama Bin Laden Believed Dead By Pak Intel: Zardari

AP | NAHAL TOOSI | Posted 05.28.2009 | World

Read More: Al Qaida, Isi, Foreign Affairs, Pakistan, Pakistan Intelligence, Asif Ali Zardari, Al Qaeda, Osama, Advocacy, Osama Bin Laden, Osama Dead, Osama Bin Laden Dead, Osama Is Dead, Zardari, Osama Bin, Laden Is Dead or Alive, Osama Bin Laden Death, Is Laden Is Dead?, Where Is Osama Bin Laden, Afghanistan, Is Osama Bin Laden Dead, Dead Osama Bin Laden, World News

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's president said Monday his intelligence agencies believe Osama bin Laden may be dead, but he added there is no proof. Othe...

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"Mission Accomplished" Bush Gets the Last Laugh in Iraq and Afghanistan

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Al Qaeda, " Project for New American Century, "Afghan Arabs, Pakistan, General Raymond Odierno, George W. Bush, Xe, General David Petraeus, "Soft Power, Obama Administration, Iraq, Robert Kagan, Pnac, Dick Cheney, Kbr, Blackwater, Kashmir, Iraq Policy, Middle East. Baghdad, Inter-Services Intelligence, President Barack Obama, Isi, Halliburton, Iraq Occupation, Afghan Policy, Afghanistan War, The Foreign Policy Initiative, Thomas Ricks, " General Pervez Musharraf, " Iraq War, Afghanistan, India, William Kristol, "Mission Accomplished, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

For years, George W. Bush has been roundly criticized, even lampooned, for declaring "Mission Accomplished" in Iraq. But maybe declaring "Mission Accomplished" was not that crazy after all.

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Pakistan's Spy Agency Supports Militant Groups In Afghanistan

nytimes.com | MARK MAZZETTI and ERIC SCHMITT | Posted 04.26.2009 | World

Read More: Isi, Pakistan Spy Agency, Pakistan Taliban Support, Afghanistan, Pakistan, War Wire, Foreign Affairs, Taliban, Pakistan ISI, World News

WASHINGTON -- The Taliban's widening campaign in southern Afghanistan is made possible in part by direct support from operatives in Pakistan's militar...

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Benazir Bhutto: Myth vs. Reality

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 01.27.2009 | World

Read More: Ali Bhutto, Al Qaeda Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto, Isi, Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto and Al Qaeda, Benazir Bhutto Assassinated, IMF Bailout, Al Qaeda Bhutto Assassination, Democracy, Taliban Afghanistan, Pakistan Democracy, Benazir Bhutto Pakistan Elections, Al Qaeda, United Nations, World News
Virginia M. Moncrieff

For Bhutto's many flaws, she was enormously brave. You cannot for a moment imagine that she did not know she had a target almost tattooed over her heart.

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My Response to Dorothy Rabinowitz and the WSJ

Gotham Chopra | Posted 01.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Mumbai Attacks, Deepak Chopra, Isi, War on Terror, Terrorism, Dorthy Rabinowitz, Islamic Fundamentalists, Media Coverage, Taliban, Media, Wall Street Journal, War in Iraq, Saddam Hussein, Mujahadeen, Media Pundits, Fox News, Us Foriegn Policy, Afghan Taliban, Media News
Gotham Chopra

As concerned citizens it's our responsibility to challenge our leaders to think of new ideas, learn from our past mistakes, and be very conscious of the world they are shaping for our children.

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Focusing the Spy Glass on Pakistan's ISI

Shuja Nawaz | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Musharraf, Militantcy, Isi, Pakistan, Ware on Terror, Afghanistan, Afghan Taliban, Kayani, Pasha, Tehreek-E-Taliban, Politics News
Shuja Nawaz

Only in Pakistan does the appointment of a new spy chief elicit more commentary than say, a Prime Minister under today's political system.

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Post (Perverse) Pervez Pakistan

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: General Pervez Musharraf, Al Qaeda, Nato, War in Afghanistan, Isi, Pakistan, Taliban, Obama, India, Iraq, Mccain, Iaea, Sharif, Oic, Zardari, Musharraf Resigns, Weapons, Nuclear, Pervez Musharraf, Politics News
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

Where does Musharraf's departure leave us insofar as the global effort to eradicate Al Qaeda from its haunts in northwest Pakistan? In one helluva pickle, to put it bluntly.

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CIA Says Pakistan Spy Agency Helping Militants

The Real News | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Tribal Power, Cia, Afghanistan, Isi, Pakistan, Jihadism, Kabul, Taliban, President Bush, Bombing, Gilani, Politics News
The Real News

US intelligence agencies believe that members of Pakistan's spy service, the Directorate of Inter-Services Intelligence, or ISI, helped plan the deadly July 7th bombing of India's embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan.

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Joint Chiefs Chairman: Obama's Right on Afghanistan

Adele Stan | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mark Mazzetti, Stephen Kappes, Cia, Eric Schmitt, Mike Tomasky, Jim Lehrer, Isi, Pakistan, Mahmoud Ahmed, Admiral Mike Mullen, Pervez Musharraf, Obama, Afghanistan, Iraq, Politics News
Adele Stan

The New York Times today broke news that supports Obama's case for putting Pakistan and Afghanistan front and center in the fight against global terrorism.

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