Conflict within Waziristan is a reminder that not all Pashtuns are extremists
By Juan Cole Nov 11, 2009
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In an interview, Abdullah Abdullah, challenger to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, discusses election fraud
By Susanne Koelbl
October 26, 2009
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Pakistan's military offensive has become a rallying point for Muslim radicals. Volunteers pour in to fight the army
By Juan Cole
October 19, 2009
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The U.S. trains forces in Afghanistan that then go to work for the Taliban
By Ann Jones
September 23, 2009
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Is the war worth it? The cost in dollars, years, public opinion and lives
By Tom Engelhardt
September 14, 2009
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President Obama wants to try a new approach to beat back the Taliban, but some analysts think the war can't be won
By Susanne Koelbl
September 10, 2009
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Following the Taliban's money trail all the way back home
By Juan Cole
September 4, 2009
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With the war on terror now a war of logistics, the Obama administration must rely on the goodwill of those two
By Juan Cole
August 31, 2009
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The U.S. Army is trying out a radical change of course in Afghanistan -- but will it work?
By Susanne Koelbl
August 25, 2009
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A failed policy in Afghanistan could turn Obama into a one-term president
By Juan Cole
August 24, 2009
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Across Afghanistan, violence and threats kept voters at home
By Matthias Gebauer
August 20, 2009
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The polls have closed. A survey of opinion on what the results will mean, from the Nation to the Weekly Standard
August 20, 2009
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A light turnout in the Afghan elections could force incumbent President Karzai into a run-off
By Juan Cole
August 20, 2009
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Afghan detainees allege that Americans witnessed a mass killing -- a charge the New York Times chose not to report
By Mark Benjamin
July 22, 2009
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A detainee who survived a massacre of Taliban prisoners is among those who claim there were American witnesses
By Mark Benjamin
July 22, 2009
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Responding to threats from the Taliban, at least 10 girls' schools have shut down in northern Afghanistan.
By Matthias Gebauer and Shoib Najafizada
May 29, 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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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
March 30, 2009
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Ex-Petraeus advisor David Kilcullen warns that if Western forces aren't willing to stick around in Iraq and Afghanistan, extremists will continue turning the locals into weapons.
By Laura Miller
March 11, 2009
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai discovered the importance of adhering to his country's constitution at an awfully convenient political moment.
By Matthias Gebauer and Shoib Najafizada
March 2, 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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Debate rages in NATO as a top U.S. commander calls for deadly attacks on the drug mafia, not just Taliban insurgents.
By Susanne Koelbl
February 2, 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
Bombing in Charsadda kills 34, exposes local rifts
"People in Afghanistan want change"
Pakistan's security is hanging in the balance
Fighting against ourselves in Afghanistan
Afghanistan by the numbers
Afghanistan may already be lost
NATO bombs -- but is Taliban getting U.S. aid?
The U.S. needs Iran and Russia
Iraq: Afghanistan's model for success
What's the end game in Afghanistan, Mr. President?
Taliban attacks scare off voters
What to think about the Afghan elections
As Afghans vote, American support for the Afghan war collapses
Did U.S. forces watch Afghan massacre?
"One big, tall Caucasian American"
"If we kill schoolgirls, you shouldn't be surprised"
"Nuclear weapons are not Kalashnikovs"
The leader of the Pakistani Taliban vows to strike America
Obama's domino theory
Meet the accidental guerrillas
Karzai won't leave
Bowing down to the Taliban
Should NATO kill Afghan opium traffickers?
Failure in Afghanistan, catastrophe in Pakistan
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