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Germans 'killed in Afghan blast' Wednesday, August 15, 2007 : A blast kills three German nationals in a convoy on the outskirts of the Afghan capital, Kabul, police say....
Posted: Wed, Aug 15, 2007 7:29am PDT
From Guns to Cereal, Military Dominates Pakistan Tuesday, August 14, 2007 : Sixty years ago, Pakistan emerged on the map. British India was split in two, with Pakistan representing a Muslim majority distinct from its Hindu neighbor, India. Upon independence, the British Indian Army was also divided up and Pakistan received a larger share of soldiers than it could feed....
Posted: Tue, Aug 14, 2007 10:03am PDT
Taliban Claims To Capture Mizani District From Afghan Police From a Tuesday, August 14, 2007 entry on Informed Comment Global Affairs, a group blog run by Juan Cole, Manan Ahmed, Farideh Farhi, and Barnett R. Rubin...
Posted: Tue, Aug 14, 2007 10:00am PDT
Ahmadinejad tells Karzai he supports the political process in Afghanistan Tuesday, August 14, 2007 : Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president, has told his Afghan counterpart during a one-day visit to Kabul that Tehran is not arming the Taliban....
Posted: Tue, Aug 14, 2007 9:41am PDT
Afghanistan's 'Peace Jirga' Ends with Declaration Monday, August 13, 2007 : For the past four days, hundreds of tribal elders from Afghanistan and Pakistan gathered in Kabul for an assembly called a jirga. The aim was to forge a consensus on dealing with the growing strength of the Taliban. But the jirga's final declaration was long on generalities and short on specifics....
Posted: Mon, Aug 13, 2007 7:36am PDT
New York Times on Failure in Afghanistan From a Sunday, August 12, 2007 entry on Informed Comment Global Affairs, a group blog run by Juan Cole, Manan Ahmed, Farideh Farhi, and Barnett R. Rubin...
Posted: Sun, Aug 12, 2007 11:47am PDT
Civilian death toll rises in the bloody battle of Helmand When British troops are pinned down by the Taliban, they call in a US air strike. But the huge bombs don't just kill the enemy - they destroy innocent families, increasing hostility towards the coalition...
Posted: Sat, Aug 11, 2007 10:06pm PDT
Musharraf will attend peace jirga Saturday, August 11, 2007 : Pakistani president agrees "in principle" to address conference's closing session....
Posted: Sat, Aug 11, 2007 9:37am PDT
Pashtun Nationalist Leader Calls on Afghan Taleban to Renounce Violence From a Saturday, August 11, 2007 entry on Informed Comment Global Affairs, a group blog run by Juan Cole, Manan Ahmed, Farideh Farhi, and Barnett R. Rubin...
Posted: Sat, Aug 11, 2007 9:31am PDT
How the United States makes Pakistan more radical Friday, August 10, 2007 : There is little doubt that those allies of the Bush administration who have signed up to the "war on terror" were quite relieved when they heard that General Pervez Musharraf had managed to suppress the Red Mosque revolt in Islamabad recently, even if that meant that dozens of students had to be killed in what seemed an unbalanced shootout....
Posted: Fri, Aug 10, 2007 7:39am PDT
Afghanistan: Tribal council aims for dialogue Friday, August 10, 2007 : Pakistani and Afghan delegates discuss efforts to combat border region instability....
Posted: Fri, Aug 10, 2007 7:28am PDT
Embroiling China in War on Terror ISLAMABAD — The recent attacks on Chinese nationals in Pakistan, especially after the bloody Red Mosque commando operation, are aimed at driving a wedge between the two allies and embroiling China into a conflict with anti-US forces, intelligence officials and security analysts believe....
Posted: Wed, Aug 8, 2007 6:35pm PDT
'Peace Jirga' in Afghanistan to Draw 700 Leaders Wednesday, August 8, 2007 : On Thursday, some 700 Afghan and Pakistani tribal elders and local leaders will gather for an unprecedented meeting to see if they can close an ever-widening gap over security, the Taliban, al-Qaida and even the long-disputed border between the two countries....
Posted: Wed, Aug 8, 2007 6:30pm PDT
Pakistan to impose 'emergency rule' Wednesday, August 8, 2007 : Minister says move being discussed because of "external and internal threats"....
Posted: Wed, Aug 8, 2007 6:26pm PDT
Taliban Want to Swap Sick Hostages For Prisoners Originally From New America Media
Wednesday, August 8, 2007 : Taliban militants holding 21 Korean hostages in Afghanistan made a new demand Tuesday for the Afghan government to release two male Taliban prisoners in return for the freeing of two sick female hostages. Qari Yousaf Ahmadi, the purported Taliban spokesman, said in an interview with The Korea Times, ``The Taliban are ready to make a prisoners-sick hostages swap.'' Ahmadi said the two female hostages were those he had earlier sai...
Posted: Wed, Aug 8, 2007 6:52am PDT
Officials Debate Strategy As Afghan Poppy Crop Hits New Record Wednesday, August 8, 2007 : With Afghanistan expected to produce a record opium poppy crop this year, U.S. and NATO officials are locked in a debate over how to move forward with an effective counternarcotics strategy. According to the Associated Press, U.N. numbers coming out in September are expected to indicate that Afghanistan's poppy production has risen 15% since 2006 and now accounts for 95% of the world's crop....
Posted: Wed, Aug 8, 2007 6:43am PDT
Pakistan in anti-Taliban operation Tuesday, August 7, 2007 : Hideouts of fighters in N Waziristan hit in raid by helicopter gunships, says army....
Posted: Tue, Aug 7, 2007 10:27am PDT
Afghanistan, Iraq and the Bush Administration's Incoherent Iran Policy From a Tuesday, August 7, 2007 entry on Informed Comment Global Affairs, a group blog run by Juan Cole, Manan Ahmed, Farideh Farhi, and Barnett R. Rubin...
Posted: Tue, Aug 7, 2007 9:57am PDT
Poor Helmand Security Situation Explained: Interview From a Monday, August 6, 2007 entry on Informed Comment Global Affairs, a group blog run by Juan Cole, Manan Ahmed, Farideh Farhi, and Barnett R. Rubin...
Posted: Tue, Aug 7, 2007 9:46am PDT
Afghan Taliban Hits Airwaves Monday, August 6, 2007 : Morning Edition · In Afghanistan, the Taliban — known for kidnappings, suicide attacks and roadside bombs — is taking their war to the airwaves with clandestine radio broadcasts. So far, their efforts are modest. They transmit a spotty signal for 90 minutes every night in parts of five southeastern provinces....
Posted: Mon, Aug 6, 2007 7:10am PDT
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