Archive for 'NATO'
NEWS: “NATO is not winning in Afghanistan”
Calls grow for shift in Afghan policy
By David R. Sands, Washington Times, January 31, 2008
The Bush administration faces increasing pressure to make a major policy course correction on Afghanistan, shifting the focus from Iraq to fight a resurgent terrorist threat and build up the faltering government in Kabul.
A Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing today is […]
Posted: January 31st, 2008 under Al Qaeda, NATO, Taliban, war in Afghanistan.
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NEWS & ANALYSIS: The geopolitical turbulence centered in Pakistan
U.S. plays matchmaker to Pakistan, Israel
By M K Bhadrakumar, Asia Times, January 31, 2008
[A] geopolitical turbulence … is steadily enveloping the South Asian region. Much of the turbulence is being commonly attributed to the concerns of the international community over radical Islam and terrorism in the region or over the safety of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons […]
Posted: January 30th, 2008 under Afghanistan, Bush Administration, NATO, Pakistan, Taliban, War on Terrorism, war in Pakistan.
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ANALYSIS: An Afghan snub
U.S., Britain stung by an Afghan temper
By M K Bhadrakumar, Asia Times, January 29, 2008
What lends urgency to [Admiral William] Fallon’s mission to Tashkent is the criticality of the Afghan situation. Much thinking has gone into Fallon’s mission and it was preceded by months of mediation by the European Union between Washington and Tashkent. Karimov […]
Posted: January 28th, 2008 under Afghanistan, Bush Administration, NATO, United Nations, war in Afghanistan.
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EDITORIAL: Neoconservatism 2.0
Neoconservatism 2.0
By Paul Woodward, War in Context, January 28, 2008
“We cannot survive in a world in which we are confronted with people who do not share our values, who unfortunately are in the majority in terms of numbers, and who are extremely hungry to see success. So, if we want to survive, we have to […]
Posted: January 27th, 2008 under Editorials, NATO, international relations, neoconservatism, nuclear issues, terrorism.
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NEWS: Pakistan Taliban directed to focus on NATO; retired officers call for Musharraf to resign
Taliban wield the ax ahead of new battle
By Syed Saleem Shahzad, Asia Times, January 24, 2008
With the Taliban’s spring offensive just months away, the Afghan front has been quiet as Taliban and al-Qaeda militants have been heavily engaged in fighting security forces in Pakistan’s tribal regions.
But now Taliban leader Mullah Omar has put his foot […]
Posted: January 23rd, 2008 under Afghanistan, NATO, Pakistan, Taliban.
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NEWS: “Afghanistan has been the forgotten war”
Afghan mission is reviewed as concerns rise
By Thom Shanker and Steven Lee Myers, New York Times, December 16, 2007
Deeply concerned about the prospect of failure in Afghanistan, the Bush administration and NATO have begun three top-to-bottom reviews of the entire mission, from security and counterterrorism to political consolidation and economic development, according to American and […]
Posted: December 16th, 2007 under Bush Administration, NATO, Taliban, war in Afghanistan.
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