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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
Taleban Deny Pakistan Complicity; Say Losing Patience with Korean Gov't 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: Mon, Aug 6, 2007 7:01am PDT
Korea Agrees to Direct Talks With Taliban Originally From New America Media
Sunday, August 5, 2007 : Korean hostage negotiators have agreed to direct talks with Taliban kidnappers in Afghanistan, a purported spokesman for the Islamists militants told DPA Thursday. The news agency quoted Qari Yousuf Ahmadi as saying Korean Ambassador to Afghanistan Kang Sung-ju spoke directly by phone with his Taliban counterpart....
Posted: Sun, Aug 5, 2007 10:34pm PDT
Karzai to meet Bush at Camp David Sunday, August 5, 2007 : Amid spiralling violence and rising civilian deaths, critics say Karzai is failing....
Posted: Sun, Aug 5, 2007 10:55am PDT
Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan Air Strikes? From a Sunday, August 5, 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 5, 2007 10:46am PDT
'Civilians dead' in Nato air raids Saturday, August 4, 2007 : Hundreds of Afghan casualties reported in strikes said to have targeted Taliban....
Posted: Sat, Aug 4, 2007 10:41am PDT
Pakistanis killed in suicide blast Saturday, August 4, 2007 : Fourteen dead in gun battle as fresh violence erupts in volatile northwest....
Posted: Sat, Aug 4, 2007 10:40am PDT
Chinese and Americans in a Turf Battle in Pakistan Originally From New America Media
Friday, August 3, 2007 : Islamic radicals, who used to kill Americans, are now ironically targeting the Pakistani military and Chinese citizens in Pakistan. How and why is China getting dragged into the angry confrontation between Islamic radicals and their governments who are often perceived to be too close to the U.S.?...
Posted: Sat, Aug 4, 2007 10:35am PDT
'Civilians dead' in Nato air raids Friday, August 3, 2007 : Hundreds of people reported killed and hurt after Nato-led air raids in Helmand....
Posted: Fri, Aug 3, 2007 7:34am PDT
US 'may use force' to free hostages Friday, August 3, 2007 : Military action a "tool" that may resolve South Korean hostage crisis, US says....
Posted: Fri, Aug 3, 2007 7:33am PDT
Koreans Blame U.S. for Hostage Crisis Originally From New America Media
Thursday, August 2, 2007 : Some politicians and civic groups in Korea are starting to hold the U.S. responsible for the two-week-old hostage crisis in Afghanistan with remarks that seem designed to stir up simmering anti-American sentiment here. At a meeting of the Uri Party on Wednesday, Rep....
Posted: Thu, Aug 2, 2007 6:20pm PDT
Benazir Bhutto interview on Sky TV From a Thursday, August 2, 2007 entry on Informed Comment Global Affairs, a group blog run by Juan Cole, Manan Ahmed, Farideh Farhi, and Barnett R. Rubin...
Posted: Thu, Aug 2, 2007 8:37am PDT
Third Korean Hostage’s Life in Jeopardy Originally From New America Media
Tuesday, July 31, 2007 : Taliban militants Tuesday threatened to kill a third Korean hostage today unless their demands for a prisoner swap are accepted by 4:30 this afternoon (Korean Standard Time). Taliban spokesman Yousaf Ahamdi said that the series of killings will continue until their demands for an exchange of Afghan-held prisoners for the hostages are met, as he set the 10th deadline....
Posted: Wed, Aug 1, 2007 6:48am PDT
Afghan police find body of Korean Tuesday, July 31, 2007 : The man is identified as Shim Sung-Min, a former infotech worker....
Posted: Tue, Jul 31, 2007 9:59am PDT
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