U.S. Resetting Its Relationship With Karzai
When a team of senior U.S. officials led by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton entered the presidential palace in Kabul on Wednesday for a dinn...
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To End War in Afghanistan, Reinstate Military Draft?
Brent Green | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics
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U.S. invasions of Vietnam and Afghanistan have eerie similarities. Both had ill-defined military goals, especially exit strategies, making them seemingly endless.
Hamid Karzai Sworn In For Second 5-Year Term As Afghan President
AP | KATHY GANNON and ELENA BECATOROS | Posted 11.20.2009 | World
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KABUL — For his critics, President Hamid Karzai's inaugural speech Thursday struck all the right notes – sober pledges to get tough on cor...
Matthew Hoh, Daniel Ellsberg Discuss Aghanistan, Vietnam Wars (VIDEO)
Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics
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Matthew Hoh and Daniel Ellsberg, recently sat down for a conversation about the war in Afghanistan. Matthew Hoh made headlines late last month when ...
Hillary Clinton Makes Surprise Visit To Afghanistan For Karzai Inauguration
AP | DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 11.19.2009 | World
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KABUL — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton stressed Wednesday that the United States will keep pressing the Afghan government to cra...
High Cost Of War Weighs On Obama's Troop Decision For Afghanistan
New York Times | CHRISTOPHER DREW | Posted 11.14.2009 | World
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While President Obama's decision about sending more troops to Afghanistan is primarily a military one, it also has substantial budget implications tha...
Colin Powell To Obama On Afghanistan Troop Decision: "Take Your Time"
ABC News | Jake Tapper | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics
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In an interview with Roland Martin on the Tom Joyner Morning Show this morning, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Colin Powell reveale...
Official: Obama Does Not Plan To Accept Afghan War Options, Wants Handover Details
AP | BEN FELLER and ANNE GEARAN | Posted 11.12.2009 | World
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama does not plan to accept any of the Afghanistan war options presented by his national security team, pushing ...
Karzai Must Heal Afghanistan's Divisions
Gerard Russell | Posted 11.05.2009 | World
President Karzai has promised to rule inclusively after his contested victory. But this must mean more than just how he forms his government.
5 British Troops Killed By Afghan Cop, Says UK Military
AP | ELENA BECATOROS and DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 11.04.2009 | World
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KABUL — The killing of five British troops by a rogue Afghan policeman underlines concerns about training and discipline within the ranks and po...
My Exclusive Interview with Ken Guest -- Journalist/Analyst on Afghanistan (Part 2)
Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 11.03.2009 | World
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The path out of the Afghan quagmire lies in making the Afghan tribes the cutting blade of the strategy, not the US forces or the Afghan National Army.
Taliban Claims That Canceled Afghan Election Proves Its Success
AP | ROBERT H. REID and KATHY GANNON | Posted 11.04.2009 | World
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KABUL — President Hamid Karzai promised to stamp out corruption. The image suggested otherwise. Standing at Karzai's side on Tuesday were his tw...
Karzai Effectively Handed 2nd Term After Abdullah Drops From Afghan Election
AP | HEIDI VOGT and ROBERT H. REID | Posted 11.02.2009 | World
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KABUL — President Hamid Karzai effectively secured a second term Sunday when his only challenger dropped out of the race, and the Obama administ...
Abdullah May Boycott the Afghan Runoff Vote
Derrick Crowe | Posted 10.30.2009 | World
Talks between Hamid Karzai and Abdullah broke down today, October 30, according to CNN, meaning there will be no power-sharing arrangement to head off a highly problematic runoff vote.
Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 10.30.2009 | World
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This Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: Iran Rejects Uranium Transfer Deal SI Analysis: In a show of shrewd and bizarre diplomacy, Iran says tha...
Senator Kerry Finds A War With Which He Can Flirt
Derrick Crowe | Posted 10.28.2009 | World
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If you're looking for the man who once asked, "how do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?" you better keep looking. The senator seems to have left him behind.
Afghan Police: 7 Killed In Attack On UN In Kabul
AP | ROBERT H. REID and HEIDI VOGT | Posted 10.29.2009 | World
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KABUL — Terrified U.N. workers scrambled over the roof or leaped from windows to escape choking smoke and gunfire after being awakened at dawn W...
Karzai's Brother On C.I.A. Payroll: NYT
AP | Posted 10.28.2009 | World
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WASHINGTON — Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of the president of Afghanistan, gets regular payments from the CIA and has for much of the past eig...
Matthew Hoh Resigns: State Department Official Quits Over Afghan War
Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics
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WASHINGTON — A former Marine who fought in Iraq, joined the State Department after leaving the military and was a diplomat in a Taliban strongho...
Obama's Decision On Afghanistan Troop Levels Likely Between November 7 And 11; More Troops Likely
ABC News | Posted 10.26.2009 | Politics
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Sources tell ABC News that as of now President Obama will likely announce his decision about a new strategy in Afghanistan at some point between the A...
US Held Secret War Game To Test Afghan Troop Levels
Washington Post | Greg Jaffe and Karen DeYoung | Posted 10.26.2009 | World
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The Pentagon's top military officer oversaw a secret war game this month to evaluate the two primary military options that have been put forward by th...
Karzai Rules Out Afghan Power Share Before Afghan Election Runoff
Washington Post | Joshua Partlow and Pamela Constable | Posted 10.25.2009 | World
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President Hamid Karzai's team shifted aggressively into campaign mode Saturday and ruled out any possibility of a power-sharing deal with challenger A...
New On The NYR Blog
The New York Review of Books | Posted 11.20.2009 | Books
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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...
The Winner of the Afghan Election: Electoral Fraud
Derrick Crowe | Posted 10.21.2009 | World
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We can now stand back in awe as the unpunished perpetrators of massive election fraud vie for control of the criminal enterprise called the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
Karzai Appears Set To Agree To Runoff In Afghan Election
New York Times | SABRINA TAVERNISE and HELENE COOPER | Posted 10.20.2009 | World
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Under heavy international pressure, President Hamid Karzai appears set to concede as early as Tuesday that he fell short of a fi...
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