Four NATO troops killed in Afghanistan - CNN International
BBC NewsFour NATO troops killed in AfghanistanCNN InternationalKABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) — Four NATO troops have been killed in separate incidents in Afghanistan since the weekend, military officials said Tuesday. …FACTBOX-Military deaths in Afghanis…
Closeddoor summit...Worries over Pakistani Taliban...Typhoons ... - Reiten Television KXMB Bismarck
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Closeddoor summit…Worries over Pakistani Taliban…Typhoons …
Reiten Television KXMB Bismarck ISLAMABAD (AP) Pakistan is worried that al-Qaida may try to regroup by installing its own “chief terrorist” as the head of Pakistan’s Taliban. … North American summit…Taliban denials…Terror trials |
Feared Taliban Leader Killed, But Military Strategy is Not the ... - Religion Dispatches
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Feared Taliban Leader Killed, But Military Strategy is Not the …
Religion Dispatches The ties to al Qaeda are thin, especially among the Pakistan Taliban. Most of the leaders are warlords and opportunists, and much of their support comes … Report: Pakistan Nuclear Facilities Attacked at Least Three Times … Life, death and the Taliban: Blowback US pressure on Pakistan relents |
US hears from Taliban on kidnapped soldier - WTOL
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US hears from Taliban on kidnapped soldier
WTOL It was a US air strike that supposedly killed Pakistan’s Taliban head last week. There have been conflicting reports over whether he’s actually dead, … American Soldier remains in Taliban custody Taliban: Awaiting US response on captured troop Taliban waiting for response before deciding what to do with Bergdahl |
Baitullah Mehsud Rival Gunned Down
ISLAMABAD — Hoo, boy, talk about Propaganda of the Deed. Early this morning, Qar’i Zainuddin Mehsud, who just days ago spoke out publicly against Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leader, Baitullah Mehsud, was shot dead by his own bodyguard. AfPax Insider had a scoop in wait, with a 14-minute interview with the old jihadist, who had decided that his […]
Afghans in America
While this post has little to do with the insurgency in Afghanistan, it does reflect the project I’ve been working on for the past 10 weeks or so. In my closing days at Stanford University as a Knight Fellow, I decided to explore the Afghan community in Fremont, Calif., which is the largest in the United States. […]
Voter Fraud in Afghanistan -- AfPax Launches
My friend Eason Jordan’s new site has launched: AfPax Insider. And it’s got a doozy of a story on it.
Kabul – Britney Spears is unwittingly providing the latest evidence that the coming presidential elections in Afghanistan are shaping up to be tainted by massive voter and vote-counting fraud.
The “Oops!… I Did It Again” American pop star is among millions of […]
"It was always a bad year to get out of Vietnam"
Posted by Christopher Allbritton on July 17, 2009 at 2:21 pm +0000 · 1 Comment
Compare and contrast:
Obama’s Vietnam: “Vietnam analogies can be tiresome. To critics, especially those on the left, all American interventions after Vietnam have been potential “quagmires.” But sometimes clichés come true, and, especially lately, it seems that the war in Afghanistan is shaping up in all-too-familiar ways. The parallels are disturbing: the president, eager to show […]
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