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Afghanistan Commander Walks Back Comments on Taliban Successes - NewsHour

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Afghanistan Com­man­der Walks Back Com­ments on Tal­iban Suc­cesses
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He said in Monday’s call that the Pak­istan Tal­iban remain united despite gov­ern­ment reports that there is infight­ing. He also insists that Pak­istani Tal­iban …
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Operation Rahi-i-Rast: One Month On

Posted by Christopher Allbritton on May 27, 2009 at 12:27 am +0000 · 2 Comments 

Yes­ter­day marked the one-month mark for the Pak­istani military’s offen­sive against the Tal­iban in the Swat region. How are things going? Let’s assess: This week­end saw the begin­ning of the bat­tle for Min­gora, the valley’s admin­is­tra­tive seat. The mil­i­tary is reported to be in con­trol of about half of the city, but some Tal­iban fighters […]

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Interview with the Taliban

Posted by Christopher Allbritton on May 5, 2009 at 5:45 am +0000 · Leave a Comment 

The New York Times has a fas­ci­nat­ing story today. It’s an inter­view with a Tal­iban logis­tics tac­ti­cian the Times has been work­ing on for six months. He finally spills the beans on the Tal­iban plans for Pak­istan and Afghanistan, the strate­gies they will use and what they fear. He was clued into the Petraeus doc­trine, used to good […]

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Obama and Pakistan's Nukes

Posted by Christopher Allbritton on April 30, 2009 at 5:38 am +0000 · 2 Comments 

I’ve been try­ing to digest the news of Pakistan’s offen­sive against the Tal­iban and come up with some­thing smart to say, but I’m left with more ques­tions than answers on why the Pak­istani Army finally got off the couch and decided to do some­thing about the rowdy kids in its front yard. Why now? Will […]

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Slouching Towards Oblivion

Posted by Christopher Allbritton on April 13, 2009 at 6:48 am +0000 · Leave a Comment 

There can be no ques­tion the Pak­istani state is com­ing under increas­ing strain from mil­i­tants, its polit­i­cal sys­tem and its inter­na­tional rela­tions. The ques­tion is, Where is its break­ing point and what can be done to pre­vent it? And if it comes, then what? Mil­i­tant pres­sures A largely tak­firi and Pash­tun insur­gency has been spread­ing out of […]

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