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How Obama Lost Afghanistan

The Taliban reconquest of Afghanistan would be even more disastrous than its previous reign of terror… Read more

Topics: Afghanistan • Taliban • U.S. Middle East Policy • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Fri, June 21, 2013 at 17:03 pm CEST
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New Moderates! Syrian Rebels, Iranian President, and the Taliban!

To get a picture of current U.S. Middle East policy just imagine a “Cold War” in which the United States would side with the Communists… Continue reading

Topics: Iran • Security and Defense • Syrian Revolution • Taliban • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sun, June 24, 2012 at 14:59 pm CEST
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Turkey’s Leadership Ambitions in NATO Weakened by Petty Politics

NATO’s May 20-21 heads-of-state summit in Chicago reminded everyone how Turkey is making important contributions to NATO in many key areas… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • Cyprus • Europe • NATO • Security and Defense • Taliban • Turkey 
Posted on Tue, April 17, 2012 at 19:04 pm CEST
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Can Afghanistan Be Rescued?

U.S. president Barack Obama entered office with a bold plan to combat Afghanistan’s escalating insurgency… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • Diplomacy • Islamic Terrorism • Pakistan • Politics • Religion • Security and Defense • Taliban • U.S. Middle East Policy • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Sun, March 4, 2012 at 00:02 am CET
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Obama: Please Apologize for Burning American Credibility

It should be obvious by now that President Barack Obama and his administration don’t know some basic things about the conduct of international relations… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • Diplomacy • Religion • Security and Defense • Taliban • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sat, February 18, 2012 at 20:58 pm CET
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Rethinking U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan

As U.S. military operations in Afghanistan drag on inconclusively, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the Taliban insurgency is gaining ground… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • Al-Qaeda • Islamic Terrorism • NATO • Security and Defense • Taliban • U.S. Middle East Policy • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Tue, October 18, 2011 at 20:32 pm CEST
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More than Half of Afghans See Western Alliance as Occupiers

More than 50 percent of Afghans see the Western Alliance (ISAF / NATO) as occupying forces… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • NATO • Taliban • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sat, September 24, 2011 at 14:43 pm CEST
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FM Zalmai Rassoul Addresses the General Debate of the 66th Session of the General Assembly

We Afghans are proud to have partnered, over the past ten years, with the world’s struggle against terrorism… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • Taliban • United Nations • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Sat, September 10, 2011 at 22:43 pm CEST
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Ten Years After September 11: Who’s Really Winning the War On Terrorism

Ten years after September 11, 2001, when the very phrase “war on terrorism” is barred from U.S. government usage by the president… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Counter-terrorism • Hamas • Hezbollah • Islamic Terrorism • Muslim Brotherhood • Taliban • U.S. Middle East Policy • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Sun, July 24, 2011 at 02:32 am CEST
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Profile of Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden’s Heir as Leader of Al-Qaeda

On June 16 Al-Qaeda announced that after a period of consultations, Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri had been appointed as Osama bin Laden’s heir… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • Al-Qaeda • Anti-Americanism • Anti-Christianism • Anti-Israelism • Anti-Westernism • Global Jihad • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Islamic Terrorism • Jihadism • Taliban • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Fri, July 15, 2011 at 21:24 pm CEST
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The Obama Administration’s “Mission Accomplished” Fallacy in the War on Terrorism

Leon Panetta, leaving the CIA directorship post to become secretary of defense, and General David Petraeus, leaving the job of commander… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • Taliban • U.S. Middle East Policy • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Thu, June 30, 2011 at 23:35 pm CEST
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Afghanistan: Deal With the Taliban The Basis for U.S. Withdrawal?

Ahmad Rashid is widely considered to be the best journalist on Afghan and related Pakistani issues… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • Taliban • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Mon, June 27, 2011 at 22:00 pm CEST
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Seinfeld’s Advice for Obama Administration Policy: Do the Opposite

Just your normal Middle East policy day in which every instinct the Obama administration has is wrong… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Islamism • Libya War • Taliban • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Fri, June 24, 2011 at 00:30 am CEST
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What Obama Didn’t-And What We Should-Learn From The War In Afghanistan

I am in favor of a U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, but I was fascinated with how President Barack Obama handled the issue… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • Al-Qaeda • Taliban • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Fri, May 13, 2011 at 22:49 pm CEST
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President Obama’s “Reset” of Relations with Muslims and a Massacre in Pakistan

There’s something particularly poignant about news that at least 80 people were killed in Charsadda, Pakistan, by a Taliban attack on a… Continue reading

Topics: Islamism • Leftist-Islamic Alliance • Pakistan • Religious Terrorism • Taliban • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sat, May 7, 2011 at 21:49 pm CEST
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U.S. Pushes Pakistani Intelligence to the Wall

The Obama administration is presenting the successful Osama bin Laden hit as an epic American solo operation, unparalleled in… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Counter-terrorism • Pakistan • Taliban • U.S. Middle East Policy • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Sat, April 30, 2011 at 21:06 pm CEST
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WikiLeaks: Cables Portray Hamid Karzai as Weak and Corrupt

Diplomats describe Afghan president as weak, indecisive, paranoid and beholden to criminals to maintain power… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • Britain • Taliban • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Tue, April 5, 2011 at 22:36 pm CEST
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WikiLeaks: Iran Undermining U.S. Efforts in Afghanistan and Training Taliban Militants

Iran is financing a range of Afghan religious and political leaders, grooming Afghan religious scholars, training Taliban militants and… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • Iran • Taliban • U.S. Middle East Policy • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Mon, April 4, 2011 at 22:39 pm CEST
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WikiLeaks: Afghan and U.S. Contempt for British Military

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Helmand governor and US commander criticise UK failure to impose security and engage with Afghans… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • Britain • Counter-terrorism • Taliban • U.S. Middle East Policy • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Thu, March 31, 2011 at 22:44 pm CEST
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WikiLeaks: Peace Negotiations Only Option for Afghanistan?

The remarkably moderate private views of a group of former Taliban regime officials are revealed in detail by the US embassy cables… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • Taliban • U.S. Middle East Policy • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Thu, March 31, 2011 at 00:06 am CEST
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WikiLeaks: Afghanistan’s Insurgents will Readily Fill any Vacuums of Governance

There are sobering lessons to be drawn from the Alasay Valley in Southern Kapisa, where the strategic dynamics have shifted back in favor of the insurgency… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • Islamic Terrorism • Taliban • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Mon, March 28, 2011 at 16:38 pm CEST
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WikiLeaks: No Power-Sharing with the Taliban, Holbrooke pledges

In a January 18 meeting with Richard Holbrooke, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao described the Indian effort in Afghanistan as focused on… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • India • Pakistan • Taliban • U.S. Middle East Policy • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Mon, March 21, 2011 at 00:17 am CET
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WikiLeaks: Deradicalisation Programme Would ‘Undercut the Taliban’

President Karzai told Holbrooke January 16 [2010] that he wants to announce a reintegration policy before… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • Taliban • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Sun, March 20, 2011 at 11:17 am CET
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WikiLeaks: Allies Find Briefing on Afghanistan “Gloomy”

U.S. National Intelligence Officer (NiO) for South Asia, Dr. Peter Lavoy, briefed NATO Permanent Representatives on the National Intelligence Estimate… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • Al-Qaeda • NATO • Pakistan • Taliban • United States of America • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Fri, March 11, 2011 at 18:35 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: Afghan Tribal Elders Threaten to ‘Fight NATO like the Soviets’

US diplomats in Afghanistan continually warned that night raids against insurgents by special forces had dramatically eroded public support for the Nato mission… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • Al-Qaeda • Britain • NATO • Taliban • U.S. Middle East Policy • War on Terrorism • WikiLeaks