Afghanistan: Can Americans complete a home run this time?
Region: Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Can Americans complete a home run this time? Diplomatic Bubbles Saeed Minhas Islamabad: As possibilities of new regional blocks, strategic and diplomatic alignments are shaping up in the ... more
Views: 1814Latest Afghan Attacks Highlight Challenges of Training, Vetting Afghan Security Forces
Region: AfghanistanBy Marian Wang, ProPublica The news out of Afghanistan seems to be almost all doom and gloom: 8 NATO soldiers and one civilian [1] were killed today by a veteran Afghan army pilot who reportedly turned on his tr... more
Views: 1654Uneasy Truce Holds in Afghan Valley
Region: Afghanistan
Alasay district, in Kapisa province northeast of the Afghan capital Kabul, is the scene of an unusual arrangement where local government officials and the Taleban turn a blind eye to one another. Recognising that neither ... more
Views: 1499War and Drugs Contribute to 57 Journalists’ Deaths in 2010
Region: United Statesby Matthew L. Schafer Note: This article orginally appeared at the media website LWR. The non-profit organization Reports Without Borders (RWB) reported last week that 57 journalists were killed during 2010. Those... more
Views: 2969Taliban Pose Rising Security Threat in Afghan North
Region: Afghanistan
Earlier this year, bus driver Ustad Toryalai was able to drive round the clock along the highway from Kabul to Mazar-e Sharif in northern Afghanistan. The road, a key north-south supply route, was busy day and nigh... more
Views: 1471Pakistan protested over NATO airstrikes on its territory
Region: Pakistan
slamabad: Pakistan lodged a strong protest with NATO over air strikes on its territory on Monday. The attacks by the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) left some 30 people dead, an ISAF statem... more
Views: 2113Say you were wrong about Afghanistan, Mr. President
Region: United States
It’s time, Mr. President, to say you were wrong about Afghanistan. Since your campaign for president, you’ve been supportive of the war. You proposed additional troops, “so that we’re... more
Views: 2264The Role of Traditional and New Media in Covering the War Logs
Region: United Statesby Matthew L. Schafer Note: This report originally appeared in the media blog Lippmann Would Roll. On Sunday The New York Times, The Guardian, and Der Spiegel published reports detailing over 90,000 secret military docu... more
Views: 2353Pentagon: Afghanistan Could Be 'Saudia Arabia of Lithium'
Region: AfghanistanThe New York Times reported today that an internal Pentagon memo details the discovery of over $1 trillions in mineral deposits in Afghanistan, including cobalt, copper, gold, iron and lithium. The report suggest t... more
Views: 2148Afghanistan Crime Wave Alarms Balkh Residents
Region: Afghanistan
Surge in kidnappings and murder has worried locals in what has been a relatively peaceful province. The recent killing of a local security officer’s young son is the most gruesome of a spate of violent crimes that... more
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