http://dir.salon.com/topics/pakistan/?source=rss&aim=pakistan en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT By Juan Cole Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/26/obama_report_card/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/26/obama_report_card/index.html?source=rss You'd never know it from the MSM, but he deserves high grades for his work so far in Iran, Iraq and Pakistan By Juan Cole Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/19/pakistan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/10/19/pakistan/index.html?source=rss Pakistan's military offensive has become a rallying point for Muslim radicals. Volunteers pour in to fight the army By Gabor Steingart and Gregor Peter Schmitz Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/18/nye/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/18/nye/index.html?source=rss Joseph Nye talks about Obama's use of hard and soft power in Afghanistan, and what he learned from Henry Kissinger By Gene Lyons Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/14/lyons/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/05/14/lyons/index.html?source=rss George W. Bush may have started the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, but it's up to the new president to resolve them. By Alex Koppelman Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/05/06/obama_afghanistan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/05/06/obama_afghanistan/index.html?source=rss Leaders from both countries, vital to the administration's counter-terror strategy, came to Washington for a series of meetings Wednesday. By Susanne Koelbl Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/05/06/zardari/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/05/06/zardari/index.html?source=rss 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 and Britta Sandberg Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/04/09/pakistan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/04/09/pakistan/index.html?source=rss Rival Islamic militant groups are joining forces to make Pakistan into a stronghold -- and are receiving support from Pakistan's ISI intelligence agency. By Andrew Leonard Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/04/07/three_cups_of_tea/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/04/07/three_cups_of_tea/index.html?source=rss 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 Juan Cole Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/03/30/afghanistan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/03/30/afghanistan/index.html?source=rss 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 Letta Tayler Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/03/29/yemenis/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/03/29/yemenis/index.html?source=rss 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. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2009/03/27/white_paper/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2009/03/27/white_paper/index.html?source=rss 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. By Susanne Koelbl Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/02/25/koelbl/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/02/25/koelbl/index.html?source=rss Pakistan is capitulating to the Taliban in the Swat Valley, where the Islamists plan to introduce Sharia law. By Juan Cole Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/01/26/obama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/01/26/obama/index.html?source=rss 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 Andrew Leonard Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/01/22/ahmed_rashid/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/01/22/ahmed_rashid/index.html?source=rss William Dalrymple's review of Ahmed Rashid's "Descent into Chaos" tells a tale of neocon-concocted utter disaster By Masha Hamilton Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/12/16/afghanistan_kidnapping/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/12/16/afghanistan_kidnapping/index.html?source=rss An epidemic of kidnapping adds to the downward spiral of violence the president-elect's team will soon confront in Afghanistan. By Juan Cole Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/12/12/pakistan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/12/12/pakistan/index.html?source=rss The president-elect wants to work with the Pakistani government to "stamp out" terror. It's not nearly that simple. By Andrew Leonard Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/12/10/tolerance_and_the_hajj/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/12/10/tolerance_and_the_hajj/index.html?source=rss Islamic pilgrims are gathering in Saudi Arabia this week -- and making the world a better place. By Gary Kamiya Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2008/11/25/obama_war_on_terror/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2008/11/25/obama_war_on_terror/index.html?source=rss Bush's infantile response to 9/11 has harmed our national interests for too long. It's time to declare it dead. By Juan Cole Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/11/18/bin_laden/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/11/18/bin_laden/index.html?source=rss On Sunday the president-elect told "60 Minutes" he wants to capture or kill bin Laden. Is he setting himself up for failure? By Alex Koppelman Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/09/11/palin_pakistan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/09/11/palin_pakistan/index.html?source=rss 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 Michael Smerconish Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/09/11/hunting_binladen/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/09/11/hunting_binladen/index.html?source=rss The party of Bush and McCain outsourced the hunt for bin Laden, failing to accomplish a vital mission since 9/11. By Catherine Price Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/09/02/honor_killing_buried_alive/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/09/02/honor_killing_buried_alive/index.html?source=rss A request for tribal leaders of the world: Could you stop with the honor killings? By Juan Cole Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/08/19/musharraf/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/08/19/musharraf/index.html?source=rss 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.