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Obama Afghanistan Decision: President Will Miss Self-Imposed Deadline

ABC News | Jake Tapper | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

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Though the White House had been shooting for the president to make an announcement about his new strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan between November...

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Cheney Silent On Obama Counterterrorism Gains

Mother Jones | David Corn | Posted 10.09.2009 | Politics

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On Tuesday, President Barack Obama visited the National Counterterrorism Center outside Washington and declared that "because of our efforts" al Qaeda...

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Anti-U.S. Wave Hits Pakistan, Imperils Efforts

washingtonpost.com | Karen DeYoung and Pamela Constable | Posted 09.25.2009 | World

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A new wave of anti-American sentiment in Pakistan has slowed the arrival of hundreds of U.S. civilian and military officials charged with implementing...

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Pakistan's Poverty Bomb and the Hypocrisy of Elite Classes

Saad Khan | Posted 09.22.2009 | World

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Saad Khan

Pakistan is one of those unfortunate countries where the elite classes have virtually taken over every aspect of life and have left no breathing space for the public.

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Pakistan's India Infatuation

Saad Khan | Posted 10.17.2009 | World

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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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Pakistani Army Kills 45 Taliban; Border Reopens

AP | ZARAR KHAN | Posted 10.16.2009 | World

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ISLAMABAD — Pakistani soldiers killed at least 45 Taliban militants in scattered gunbattles across the northwestern Swat Valley after a suicide ...

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America's Prayer

Russell Simmons | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics

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Russell Simmons

Friday, Obama became the first U.S. president to do a one-on-one interview for any media outlet in Pakistan. This is how we fight terrorism; by promoting dialogue from a place of love and kindness.

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Obama Gives First-Ever Interview By US President To Pakistani Media: "We Have No Intention Of Sending US Troops Into Pakistan"

Dawn.com | Posted 07.22.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama, in an exclusive interview to Dawn, has said that he believes the Pakistani state is strong enough to win the mi...

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Bin Laden: Obama's Pakistan Support Inflamed Hatred Toward The U.S.

AP | MAAMOUN YOUSSEF | Posted 07.04.2009 | World

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CAIRO — Osama bin Laden threatened Americans in a new audio recording aired Wednesday, saying President Barack Obama inflamed hatred toward the ...

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Battleground Lahore: Taliban in the City

Shirin Sadeghi | Posted 06.27.2009 | World

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Shirin Sadeghi

The insurgents that the Pakistani and U.S. forces are battling are various fronts of poor, largely uneducated men doing what their ancestors have done for centuries: defending the Pashtun way.

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Taliban, Swat Outlook 'Pretty Bleak' For Pakistani Army

Financial Times | Posted 06.13.2009 | World

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Pakistan's fight against the Taliban has a limited chance of success because of the army's inexperience and its refusal to accept help from the west, ...

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Obama's Fine Line in AfPak and Iraq

James Denselow | Posted 06.07.2009 | World

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James Denselow

Too much or too little US involvement could spell disaster for Obama's approach in countries ridden by internal conflict.

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Secretary Doomsday and the Empathy Gap

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 06.07.2009 | World

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Tom Engelhardt

If Obama suspended the Bush-era drone war, it would represent a start down a different path, one not already strewn with the skeletons of failed policies.

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Obama Pakistan Strategy Must Be Different From Afghanistan: Analysis

True Slant | Posted 06.07.2009 | World

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Is the White House right to support the Pakistani army's fight against militias on the Afghan border? Or should President Obama encourage fewer helico...

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Obama Vows To "Make Every Effort To Avoid Civilian Casualties"

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 06.06.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON — Flanked by the leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan, President Barack Obama expressed deep U.S. regret Wednesday for civilian casual...

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LIVE VIDEO: Obama Statement On Zardari, Karzai Meeting

Huffington Post | Posted 06.06.2009 | World

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President Obama will meet with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Afghani President Hamid Karzai Wednesday. Zardari will be pushed to take a st...

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Pakistan Attacks Taliban Militants Ahead Of Washington Talks

AP | ZARAR KHAN and CHRIS BRUMMITT | Posted 06.06.2009 | World

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TAKHT BAI, Pakistan — Pakistan launched air and ground attacks against up to 7,000 Taliban militants entrenched in a northwestern valley Wednesd...

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Pakistan May Overshadow Afghanistan In Washington Talks

McClatchy | Warren P. Strobel and Margaret Talev | Posted 06.05.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON -- With nuclear-armed Pakistan increasingly threatened by Islamist militants, President Barack Obama will urge the country's leader on Wedn...

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US Pakistan Policy: Drone Attacks Being Reconsidered

Telegraph | Alex Spillius in Washington | Posted 06.05.2009 | World

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The Obama administration is considering suspending drone attacks against al-Qaeda and Taliban militants inside Pakistan because it fears they are unde...

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Washington Has Created A Myth Of 'Talibanistan': Pepe Escobar

Asia Times Online | Pepe Escobar | Posted 06.03.2009 | World

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Apocalypse Now. Run for cover. The turbans are coming. This is the state of Pakistan today, according to the current hysteria disseminated by the Bara...

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Need Another 100 Days To Grade Obama's Foreign Policy

Lionel Beehner | Posted 05.29.2009 | World

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Lionel Beehner

Obama has had a remarkably productive first 100 days on the foreign policy front. It's hard not to like what I see. But let me try.

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Kerry: Obama Pakistan Plan 'Not A Real Strategy'

USA Today | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

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Just back from a visit to Pakistan, Sen. John Kerry says the Obama administration's plan for that volatile country, rolled out last month with great f...

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Sharif Criticizes Obama's Regional Strategy

ft.com | Posted 05.03.2009 | World

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Nawaz Sharif, the Pakistani opposition leader and former prime minister, on Wednesday criticised the new US strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, tel...

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Afghan War Rationale Questioned By Some Key Strategists: Analysis

Inter Press Service | Gareth Porter | Posted 04.28.2009 | World

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WASHINGTON, Mar 28 (IPS) - The argument for deeper U.S. military commitment to the Afghan War invoked by President Barack Obama in his first major p...

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White House Not Ruling Out Troops In Pakistan

Wired | Posted 04.27.2009 | World

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President Obama has just laid out his new war strategy. And he's made it clear that the fight is both in Afghanistan and Pakistan. So I asked Dennis M...

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