Posts About Afghanistan
Obama, Afghanistan and Vietnam: David Ignatius March 27th 4:01 pm
President Obama's latest moves in Afghanistan suggest he's determined not to let the war there become his Vietnam, Ignatius argues in today's video. Will he succeed? Please post your comments below. Note: Please upgrade your Flash plug-in to view our...
Obama Must Bring Middle East to the Table
We know he's presidential material. In the next six months, he has to show that he's a world statesman, too.
Wanted: A New U.S. Grand Strategy
Obama and his foreign policy team needs to develop a grand strategy to confront global recession and rising powers -- or urgent events on the ground will overwhelm the nation's interests.
Facing Up to Rape in Afghanistan
Afghanistan begins to break a heavy taboo: talking about child rape.
Afghan Journalists Under Fire
Death sentences for one misstep across a faint, and shifting, line.
Fight Taliban, But Not With Weapons
How do you negotiate a truce with scattered bands of thuggish bandits fighting not for secular objectives but for religious fundamentalism?
Truce Could Bring Greater Taliban Power
If there is to be a solution for this unfortunate war-torn country then it must come from within, and, unfortunately, this might mean the Taliban will bargain hard for control.
Understanding a Changing Taliban Front
Seven years later, the question we should be asking is whether the Taliban are set in their religious cult or if they are now purely a pack of political opportunists.
Taliban Truce Discussion Too Late
The reality is that the only valid way to solve serious problems in the chaotic global village is by negotiating a truce talk – which should have happened years ago.
United States’ War Rules Global Agenda
You don’t need to look far to conclude that the terrorism seems to be what’s driving the global agenda.
Al-Qaeda Defeat A Political Ploy
It is not surprising to see early declarations of a deceptive victory over a misunderstood hoax mislabeled as a political movement.
Al-Qaeda – the United States' Invisible Foe
It’s impossible for the U.S. to declare victory when its adversary can’t be seen.
Al-Qaeda's the Victor, Not U.S.
With the world now in a continuous state of fear, the terrorist organization is succeeding in its mission.
U.S. Defeat of al-Qaeda Just a Fantasy
The U.S. essentially created the circumstances that gave birth to al-Qaeda in Iraq – and the rest of the world.
Should Bush Take Credit for al-Qaeda's "Defeat"?
CIA Director Michael Hayden says al-Qaeda is more or less defeated in Iraq and Afghanistan. Should the Bush administration take credit? How much?...
The Face of Terror: Confessions of a Failed Suicide Bomber
A 'suicide bomber' explains on video why he killed others but not himself: "God told me it wasn't my time to die."
Afghan Feminists See Koran as Strongest Weapon
“What Western feminists don’t understand is that we don’t want freedom,” says Fatima Gailani, one of Afghanistan’s rare Islamic feminists. “We want to be able to follow the Koran, minus all the anti-women dogma that surrounds it.”
Impotency, Afghanistan's Taboo
Against his society’s wishes, a young Afghan husband tackles his impotency problem head-on.
Searching For a Fourth Wife
Farid would take a fourth wife if he could afford one.
Keeping the Sharia Peace
Sharia law suffuses Afghanistan’s justice system, but takes a back seat to tribal codes.
