Articles tagged with: Afghanistan
By Teresita C. Schaffer
Publisher: Centre for Strategic and International Studies
The attack on the authority of the Pakistani state that is …
By John Mueller
Publisher: Foreign Affairs
The Taliban and Al Qaeda may not pose enough of a threat to the United States to make a …
By Hassan Abbas
ISPU Fellow
It is a globally recognized fact that a state’s police and law enforcement agencies play a critical role as the first line of defense against the threats of terrorism and insurgencies. …
Colin Perkel
THE CANADIAN PRESS
The judge presiding over Omar Khadr’s military commission proceedings issued an order today that the hearings, abruptly halted by U.S. President Barack Obama in January, are to go ahead on June …
By Greg Bruno
Publisher: Council on Foreign Relations
The author discusses that the challenges that could be created by US troop withdrawals from Iraq.
As the United States turns its military focus to Afghanistan, …
By Aurohita Mojumdar
Publisher: Eurasianet.org
The need to strike a new balance in Afghanistan’s still nascent democratic system seems to be one of the emerging themes of the presidential campaign.
The writer asserts …
From CBC News
Last Updated: Thursday, April 23, 2009 | 4:30 PM ET
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is required to press the United States for the return of Omar Khadr to Canada from Guantanamo Bay to “comply …
By Henri Barkey
If Turkish officials are to be believed, even Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was surprised by the news that President Obama would visit Turkey at the end of his European tour this week. …
US Strategy for Afghanistan: Achieving Peace and Stability in the Graveyard of Empires (2009-04-02)
By Anthony H. Cordesman
Publisher: Centre for Strategic and International Studies
In a statement …
By JESSICA LEEDER
KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN — Parading through a chapel with a five-metre wooden cross hoisted overhead is an unusual way to get ready for Muslim prayers.
But you do what you have to do when you’re …
By Michelle Shephard
National Security Reporter,
The Toronto Star
ANALYSIS
Omar Khadr’s military lawyer was fired last Friday. Five days later, he was re-instated by a Guantanamo judge.
Navy Lt.-Cmdr. William Kuebler had appealed his dismissal, arguing that his superior …
My phone has been ringing too many times these past few days – mostly journalists and producers calling to book an interview. I am an Afghan. The topic: “Sharia law in Afghanistan allows men to …
The start of the Iraq war in 2003 marked a crucial break between the US and almost all the states of the region. “None of Iraq’s neighbours, absolutely none, were pleased by the American occupation …
By Linda McQuaig
Anyone who has ever seen George Galloway in action knows why he had to be stopped at the border. He definitely poses a threat – although not the security one alleged by the …
