The president sounds like he's channeling Cheney or McCain -- or a Cold War hawk afraid of international communism -- when he talks about the war in Afghanistan.
By Juan Cole Mar 30, 2009
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George W. Bush may have started the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, but it's up to the new president to resolve them.
By Gene Lyons
May 14, 2009
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Leaders from both countries, vital to the administration's counter-terror strategy, came to Washington for a series of meetings Wednesday.
By Alex Koppelman
May 6, 2009
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Prior to his meeting with Obama, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari discusses his country's nuclear arsenal, failed peace talks with the Taliban and the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden.
By Susanne Koelbl
May 6, 2009
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Rival Islamic militant groups are joining forces to make Pakistan into a stronghold -- and are receiving support from Pakistan's ISI intelligence agency.
By Susanne Koelbl and Britta Sandberg
April 9, 2009
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Greg Mortenson has devoted his life to building schools in Central Asia -- with a little help along the way from a Pakistani in a Berkeley copy shop.
By Andrew Leonard
April 7, 2009
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What will Obama do with Guantanamo's single largest group of detainees? One hundred Yemenis wait to go home -- but those who've already returned to Yemen didn't find a warm welcome.
By Letta Tayler
March 29, 2009
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An administration white paper argues that the core goal of the U.S. must be to uproot al-Qaida from its safe havens in Pakistan.
March 27, 2009
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Pakistan is capitulating to the Taliban in the Swat Valley, where the Islamists plan to introduce Sharia law.
By Susanne Koelbl
February 25, 2009
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Friday's airstrikes are evidence Obama will take the hard line he promised in Pakistan and Afghanistan. But he should remember what happened to another president who inherited a war.
By Juan Cole
January 26, 2009
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William Dalrymple's review of Ahmed Rashid's "Descent into Chaos" tells a tale of neocon-concocted utter disaster
By Andrew Leonard
January 22, 2009
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An epidemic of kidnapping adds to the downward spiral of violence the president-elect's team will soon confront in Afghanistan.
By Masha Hamilton
December 16, 2008
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The president-elect wants to work with the Pakistani government to "stamp out" terror. It's not nearly that simple.
By Juan Cole
December 12, 2008
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Islamic pilgrims are gathering in Saudi Arabia this week -- and making the world a better place.
By Andrew Leonard
December 10, 2008
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Bush's infantile response to 9/11 has harmed our national interests for too long. It's time to declare it dead.
By Gary Kamiya
November 25, 2008
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On Sunday the president-elect told "60 Minutes" he wants to capture or kill bin Laden. Is he setting himself up for failure?
By Juan Cole
November 18, 2008
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The position Sarah Palin took in her first interview on American intervention in Pakistan sounds remarkably like Barack Obama's, which John McCain has repeatedly attacked.
By Alex Koppelman
September 11, 2008
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The party of Bush and McCain outsourced the hunt for bin Laden, failing to accomplish a vital mission since 9/11.
By Michael Smerconish
September 11, 2008
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A request for tribal leaders of the world: Could you stop with the honor killings?
By Catherine Price
September 2, 2008
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Despite Pervez Musharraf's despotism and double-dealing with U.S. enemies, George W. Bush, John McCain and the GOP embraced him to the bitter end.
By Juan Cole
August 19, 2008
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The Pakistani president, yielding to growing presssure, resigns as jubilation breaks out in many quarters of the country.
By Thomas Schaller
August 18, 2008
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Beheadings, martial law, kidnappings: The Taliban is making its presence felt at the gates of one of Pakistan's biggest cities.
By Walter Mayr
July 8, 2008
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The "straight talker" has trashed anyone who dared suggest a withdrawal date. Now he's floated one of his own.
By Joe Conason
May 16, 2008
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Female cops in Pakistan are redefining what it means to work the streets.
By Catherine Price
May 6, 2008
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A harrowing account from a man the CIA handed over to Jordan -- smuggled from prison on tiny paper -- exposes U.S. complicity in torture.
By Joanne Mariner
April 10, 2008
Obama's domino theory
They're Obama's wars now
The White House's full-court press on Afghanistan and Pakistan
"Nuclear weapons are not Kalashnikovs"
The leader of the Pakistani Taliban vows to strike America
Globalization, three cups of tea at a time
You can't go home (to Yemen) again
Obama's new way forward in Pakistan and Afghanistan
Bowing down to the Taliban
Obama's Vietnam?
Obama's Afghan headache
Does Obama understand his biggest foreign-policy challenge?
Why Obama should end the "war on terror"
Should Obama chase Osama?
Why this lifelong Republican may vote for Obama
When marrying for love gets you buried alive
The fall of Bush's man in Pakistan
Pakistan's deal with the devil
McCain's amazing Iraq somersault
"We'll make you see death"
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Joan Walsh