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Posted by Christopher Allbritton on June 23, 2009 at 1:21 am +0000 · 1 Comment
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 […]
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Posted by Christopher Allbritton on June 21, 2009 at 7:22 pm +0000 · Leave a Comment
I’m glad to see a little light thrown on this story. And very glad to know David and Tahir are safe.
KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan journalist who was held captive by the Taliban for more than seven months along with a New York Times reporter revealed details on Sunday of a nighttime escape that included weeks of careful plotting, […]
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Posted by Christopher Allbritton on April 9, 2009 at 3:53 pm +0000 · Leave a Comment
My friend, Eason Jordan, who’s launching AfPax later this year, scores an exclusive interview with Siraj Haqqani, one of the Taliban’s top commanders.
Siraj is the son of Jalaluddin Haqqani, head of the al Qaeda-affiliated network that bears his name. Unlike the Baitullah Mehsud group, the Haqqani network doesn’t usually target the Pakistani state, preferring to […]
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Posted by Christopher Allbritton on April 9, 2009 at 6:13 am +0000 · 2 Comments
On Tuesday, the media arm of al Qaeda, as-Sahab Media, released an almost hour-long video featuring an interview with Mullah Nazzer Ahmad, aka Maulvi Nazir, who is the emir of South Waziristan. This is his first appearance in an as-Sahab video, according to IntelCenter, and is significant in that it ties the Pakistani Taliban leader […]
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Posted by Christopher Allbritton on March 27, 2009 at 2:04 pm +0000 · Leave a Comment
The core goal of the new strategy is to “disrupt, dismantle and defeat al Qaeda and its safe havens in Pakistan, and to prevent their return to Pakistan or Afghanistan.” This is a clean break with Bush’s goal of a democratic Afghanistan. Nation-building is not the primary goal. Instead, nation-building will be a component of the strategy to defeat al Qaeda.
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Posted by Christopher Allbritton on March 22, 2009 at 5:29 pm +0000 · 1 Comment
The Washington Post has a good interview with COIN theorist and author David Kilcullen. His new book, “The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One,” is getting a lot of attention among those following and thinking about the Af-Pak theater and this latest interview is definitely food for thought. His comments on Pakistan, particularly should be a wake-up call for anyone still asleep.
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Posted by Christopher Allbritton on March 9, 2009 at 2:36 am +0000 · 2 Comments
I had the pleasure and privilege of having dinner with Ahmed Rashid tonight and Azim Nanji. Rashid is the go-to journalist and author on all things Taliban, having authored two best-selling books on the subject: Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia, and Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building […]
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The Iraqi Endgame: A Podcast
Posted by Christopher Allbritton on August 13, 2009 at 6:04 pm +0000 · Leave a Comment
So the other day I did a podcast interview with the International Relations and Security Network, based in Zurich. The very nice interviewer, Kaisa Schreck, asked some pointed questions and I hope I was able to draw upon my experience in Iraq to give some insightful answers. I’ll let you be the judge, however. You can listen to the […]
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