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Peace with Honor? Lessons from Ending the Vietnam War
Despite many critical voices of the overuse of the Vietnam War metaphor when talking about the war in Afghanistan, there are many striking similarities between the last years of the…
The War On Terror
The “war on terror” is now in its tenth year. What is it really all about?…
America Tests Waters for Escalating Afghan War Into Pakistan
Pakistan rebuffs attempts by shutting down military supply route for US/NATO forces…
Newly Disclosed Documents Shed More Light on Early Taliban Offers, Pakistan Role
U.S. government documents shed some additional light on repeated Taliban offers to hand over Osama bin Laden.…
Afghan elections held amid violence; Marred by fraud and low turnout
Western observers admit the majority of Afghans are disillusioned and disengaged with the process due to the worsening of security situation and corruption in Karzai’s administration.…
Book Review: Washington Rules: America’s Path to Permanent War
Andrew Bacevich has written another authoritative and well written book examining the U.S. military and its influence on the United States.…
Tajik Security Forces Clash with Taliban Along Border
A clash between Tajik security forces and Taliban has left at least 20 militants and a serviceman dead.…
Karzai Forms Council to Pursue Talks with Taliban
The formation of High Peace Council was announced by the Afghan leader to pursue talks with the Taliban. …
Karzai: NATO Airstrike Killed Civilians, Parliamentary Candidate
Who: Innocent Afghan civilians. What: Afghan President Hamid Karzai announced at least 10 civilians, including a parliamentary candidate, were killed in a U.S. airstrike in northern Afghanistan. NATO, led by…
Things Which Don’t Go Away
Things the American government and media don't let go of. And neither do I.…
Central Asian Conundrum: Who Wears the Pants in the Eurasian Balkans?
Speaking in geopolitical terms, the Eurasian Balkans, encompassing the whole of Central Asia are the so sought-after heartland of modern times. …
Afghan Intel Leaks And After
WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, an Australian journalist and a computer hacker, has begun to draw intense fire over his leaks of Intel files related to Afghan war from the Amnesty…
So please tell me again: What’s the war about?
When facts are inconvenient, when international law, human rights and history get in the way, when war crimes can’t easily be justified or explained away, when logic doesn’t help much,…
Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence: Why do the US and India demonize it?
Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence agency, or ISI as it is popularly known, is seen as their nemesis by those who have tried to undermine the security interests of the country…
Let Them Eat Cake
It is not unusual for members of the diminishing upper middle class to drop $20,000 or $30,000 on a big wedding. But for celebrities this large sum wouldn’t cover the…
US Treasury Running on Fumes
The White House is screaming like a stuck pig. WikiLeaks’ release of the Afghan War Documents “puts the lives of our soldiers and our coalition partners at risk.” What nonsense.…
Towards The Endgame In Af-Pak
Talks need to be taken more seriously, with the US reaching out directly to the Taliban. …
The Cold War is over. Long live the Cold War.
I recently attended a showing of Oliver Stone's new documentary film, "South of the Border", which concerns seven present-day government leaders of Latin America -– in Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, Argentina,…
Shouldn’t General Petraeus Hold His Dogs Of War?
The McChrystal saga is over. A change of command has taken place amid a disastrous Afghan war that tore that country apart, destabilized the region, brought America to the brink,…
Pakistan puts the US in a rage of self-destruction in Afghanistan
Over the last few weeks, amid the NATO and US record-high casualties in Afghanistan and the bad news coming out of the country, skepticism is growing about President Barack Obama’s…
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