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Frankly, Mr. Karzai, the U.S. does give a damn
When two heads of state stand side-by-side in public, it's all about reading into the words they choose and the body language. In the case of Afghan President Hamid Karzai and U.S. President Barack...
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Afghanistan’s violent summer: 400 attacks in a week
U.S. Central Command chief General David Petraeus last month warned residents of the southern Afghan city of Kandahar of a violent summer ahead as his troops prepared to take full control of the...
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Pakistan’s Zardari in China; nuclear deal in grasp
(File picture of President Zardari in China) Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari is in China this week, making good his promise to visit the “all weather ally” every three months. During his previous...
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Taliban talks: “an iffy, high-level treaty”
In Obama's Wars, Rob Woodward attributes the following thoughts to U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke on the prospects for a peaceful settlement to the Afghan war: "He saw reconciliation and reintegration as...
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On either side of the Pakistan-Afghanistan border: Bajaur and Kunar
What is going on in Kunar and Bajaur, two neighbouring regions on either side of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border? NPR has a view from the Afghan side in this piece written from the perspective of U.S....
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Academics, experts appeal to Obama to back Taliban talks
A group of academics, journalists and NGO workers have published an open letter to President Barack Obama appealing to him to support direct negotiations with the Taliban leadership. The letter argues...
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Afghanistan: Petraeus, personalities and policy
Buried in the Washington Post story on Marc Grossman taking over as the new U.S. envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan are some interesting references to the possible departure of U.S. commander General...
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The “sound and fury” of U.S.-Pakistan ties
With the release of CIA contractor Raymond Davis, the United States and Pakistan have put behind them one of the more public rows of their up-and-down relationship. It was probably not the worst row...
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Pakistan’s nuclear weapons, a deterrent against India, but also United States ?
Pakistan’s nuclear weapons have been conceived and developed as a deterrent against mighty neighbour India, more so now when its traditional rival has added economic heft to its military muscle. But...
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Cold War flashbacks as Americans rebuild Soviet tunnel in Afghanistan
Under blazing June sunshine in the Hindu Kush mountains, U.S., Russian and Afghan officials gathered by the entrance of the Salang tunnel, arguably the most important stretch of highway in...
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