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Afghanistan: Growing talk of a political deal with the Taliban Wednesday, October 15, 2008 :Seven years after the invasion of Afghanistan, the discussion in US political and military circles is increasingly focusing on some form of political settlement with insurgent organisations, including leading figures of the former Taliban regime....
Posted: Wed, Oct 15, 2008 7:42am PDT
NIE: Pakistan on Brink From a Wednesday, October 15, 2008 entry on Informed Comment, Juan Cole's blog...
Posted: Wed, Oct 15, 2008 7:40am PDT
Afghanistan's Bloodiest Year KABUL — The year 2008 has proved the worst year yet in war-ravaged Afghanistan since the US-led invasion with an ever increase in violence and attacks, the defense minister admitted in a bleak assessment....
Posted: Tue, Oct 14, 2008 10:12pm PDT
Afghan Land Dispute Sparks Ethnic Tension Pashtun refugees returning to claim homes and lands in Takhar face opposition from local Uzbeks....
Posted: Tue, Oct 14, 2008 7:46am PDT
Taliban Fear Burns Lahore Porn CDs LAHORE — Plums of thick black smoke billowed up into the sky as thousands of burning CDs littered the famous Hall Road street in the city of Lahore....
Posted: Tue, Oct 14, 2008 7:32am PDT
On Afghan-Pakistan Border, Security Worsens Tuesday, October 14, 2008 : Afghanistan is more violent than at any time since the war to oust the Taliban seven years ago. The most notable deterioration in security in recent months has been in Afghan provinces bordering Pakistan, places the U.S. military used to tout as the greatest success stories....
Posted: Tue, Oct 14, 2008 7:26am PDT
Civilians die in Afghan bus blast Tuesday, October 14, 2008 : Nato troops are thought to be the target of the attack....
Posted: Tue, Oct 14, 2008 7:25am PDT
Declassified: The Taliban (2005) (video/x-pn-realvideo 26.2MB) A History of the support given by the CIA to the Afghan Mujahedin and Pakistan during the 1980s...
Posted: Mon, Oct 13, 2008 5:17pm PDT
“The Duel: Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power 
Tariq Ali, novelist, historian, political campaigner, and editor of “New Left Review” spoke at the Islamic Cultural Center in Fresno on September 28, 2008. Ali said that Pakistan is in the throes of a new crisis: daily battles on the Afghan border, the assassination of Benazir Bhutto and the farcical and grotesque succession ceremony. Tariq Ali sold copies of his latest book at the event. “The Duel: Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power” was also the title of his talk at this even...
Posted: Sun, Oct 12, 2008 11:28am PDT
100 Killed in Afghanistan; Security Deteriorating From a Sunday, October 12, 2008 entry on Informed Comment, Juan Cole's blog...
Posted: Sun, Oct 12, 2008 9:15am PDT
US intelligence, military deliver dire estimates of Afghanistan war Saturday, October 11, 2008 :Seven years after the Bush administration launched Operation Enduring Freedom with the relentless bombing of Afghanistan, US intelligence agencies have concluded that the situation in the devastated country is on a downward spiral, and that prospects are poor for stabilizing the US-backed government and militarily defeating the growing armed resistance....
Posted: Sat, Oct 11, 2008 8:20am PDT
Canada: Afghan war could cost in excess of $18 billion Saturday, October 11, 2008 :With just five days to go before Canadians vote in the October 14 federal election, Kevin Page, the Government of Canadas parliamentary budget officer, released a report Thursday that conservatively estimates the cost of the Canadian military intervention in Afghanistan at between $14 billion and $18 billion....
Posted: Sat, Oct 11, 2008 8:19am PDT
US incursions might well destabilize Pakistani society Friday, October 10, 2008 : Forty years ago, the United States began to mount raids into Cambodia and to undermine the government of King Sihanouk in order to cut Vietcong supply lines. As a result, America's war with Vietnamese communism spread into Cambodia, leading to the triumph of the Khmer Rouge and the Cambodian genocide....
Posted: Fri, Oct 10, 2008 7:40am PDT
Islamabad police complex attacked Thursday, October 9, 2008 : At least 13 people have been wounded in a suicide bomb attack inside the main police complex in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad, police have said....
Posted: Thu, Oct 9, 2008 7:45am PDT
Bomb hits school bus in Pakistan Thursday, October 9, 2008 :At least nine people were killed when a roadside bomb exploded close to a prison vehicle and a school bus in north-western Pakistan, officials say....
Posted: Thu, Oct 9, 2008 7:45am PDT
US admits Afghan civilian deaths Thursday, October 9, 2008 : More civilians died in US attack on village than previously reported, report finds....
Posted: Thu, Oct 9, 2008 7:43am PDT
Continuing US air strikes in Pakistan's tribal agencies Thursday, October 9, 2008 :US aircraft are attacking alleged militant targets inside Pakistans Federally Administered Tribal Agencies (FATA) at a growing rate. A strike on a housing complex in North Waziristan last Friday was the eighth since the beginning of September and the second last week....
Posted: Thu, Oct 9, 2008 7:36am PDT
Sharif Helping Taliban-Karzai Talks ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s two-time former premier Nawaz Sharif is wooing Taliban and former Afghan premier Gulbadin Hikmatyar for a settlement with the US-backed Afghan government of Hamid Karzai, well-placed sources confirm....
Posted: Wed, Oct 8, 2008 7:32am PDT
Karzai's brother 'met ex-Taleban' Wednesday, October 8, 2008 : The Afghan president's brother sat with former Taleban leaders at a religious meal hosted by the Saudi King Abdullah last month, the BBC has learnt....
Posted: Wed, Oct 8, 2008 7:29am PDT
Pakistan to deport Afghan refugees Tuesday, October 7, 2008 : About 50,000 Afghans to be expelled from Bajaur over alleged links to armed groups....
Posted: Tue, Oct 7, 2008 7:32am PDT
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