International Affairs Forum

Wed. December 07, 2022

Social Media: Asia/Pacific: Central/North Asia: Afghanistan

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for the Asia/Pacific/Central/North Asia/Afghanistan Region

Stuck in a Struggle

Author writes that the lack of economic and social progress is bound to undermine government authority in Afghanistan. By Haroun Mir. (6/22/2006) Read More...

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The Taliban comeback: Losing Afghanistan

The author examines the role of Pakistan in aiding the rising influence of the Taliban in Afghanistan. The author also provides several policy recommendations for both the Afghan government and the i... Read More...

The Crescent and the Gavel

Thier says the Abdul Rahman death penalty case is an illustration of the uneasy balance between Afghanistan's constitutional democratic norms and conservative Islamic values of the post-Taliban judici... Read More...

Afghanistan: The Other War

As our attention turns toward Iraq, Afghanistan has largely been neglected by American policy makers. (The Nation, 3/9/06) Read More...

IA-Forum Interview: Ambassador Haron Amin

IA-Forum talks with the Afghan Ambassador to Japan, HE Haron Amin. By Jason Miks. (1/25/2006) Read More...

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Keeping The Progress Going

After a short trip to Afghanistan and Iraq, Congressman Ford gives his appraisal of the situation. By Harold Ford Jr. (Washington Post, 1/21/2006) Read More...

Let a Thousand Licensed Poppies Bloom

How Afghan opium can help the country and ease global pain. By Maia Szalavitz (International Herald Tribune, 7/14/2005) Read More...

Uzbeks Threaten to Evict U.S. From an Air Base Near Afghanistan

The Uzbek government has threatened to evict the U.S. military from an airbase which supports operations in Afghanistan. This threat comes just days after a meeting of the Russia/China led Shanghai C... Read More...

Coalition forces fear rise in Afghan suicide attacks

Coalition forces are on greater alert in Afghanistan as Taliban remnants and al-Qaeda fighters are using Iraq-style attacks with increasing frequency. By Levon Sevunts (Washington Times, 23/06/2005.) Read More...

Meeting: Women in the new Afghanistan

The John F. Kennedy School of Government's Women and Public Policy Program sponsored a policy framework meeting the weekend of Dec. 7-9. Some of the world's foremost experts on Afghanistan, Islam, gov... Read More...

IA-Forum Interview: MG Abul Faisel and MG Habibi

IA-Forum speaks with MG Abul Faisel, Minister of Inspector General and MG Habibi, Inspector General of the General Staff of Afghanistan about current issues there. Interpreter: Mr. Badi Badiozamani.... Read More...

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Challenge to Election Results is Subsiding ing Afghanistan

Update on Afghan elections. By Daan van der Schriek. (EurasiaNet, 10/12/2004) Read More...

Afghanistan: Building a trade bridge from the ashes of war

Positive assessment of development in Afghanistan by Ashraf Ghani, Afghanistan's minister of finance. (International Herald Tribune, 5/10/2004) Read More...

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Afghan progress undermined by drugs

Unless checked, the drug trade has the potential to undermine Afghanistan's entire political and economic reconstruction process. By Dennis Kux and Harpinder Athwal. (Christian Science Monitor, 1/13/2... Read More...

The new tragedy in Afghanistan

A genuine chance to reconstruct the country is being squandered. By Conor Foley and Mark Lattimer. (Guardian, 12/10/2003) Read More...

Jihad has worked - the world is now split in two

Discusses Bin Laden's objectives and status; and states that the resolution of the Israel-Palestinian conflict is the only immediate way of reversing the dangerous polarisation of the world that Bin L... Read More...

Colombia in Kabul

Submits that unless adequate troops, arms and rules of engagement are made available to fight drug trafficking in Afghanistan, a corrupt narco-state, once again a base for terrorism, could emerge. By... Read More...

A New Model Afghan Army

The Afghans have been slow to create a national army, and the international community has not helped much. The United States must jump-start the process before war breaks out again. By Anja Manuel and... Read More...

Rescuing the Refugees

The world's focus in Afghanistan is shifting from waging war to picking up the pieces and helping the long-suffering Afghan people. But can action follow words? By Arthur C. Helton(Foreign Affairs, 3/... Read More...

BBC In Depth: U.S. Strikes on Sudan and Afghanistan

Following bomb blasts at the US embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam in August, President Clinton ordered missile strikes against targets in Afghanistan and Sudan: In-depth coverage from BBC News On... Read More...

BBC In Depth: The War in Afghanistan

News and analysis of Afghanistan conflict. (6/24/2003) Read More...

Rebuilding Afghanistan

"The United States and Afghanistan share the belief that a secure, stable Afghanistan, at peace with its neighbors, is critical to achieving our shared goals. We agree that a lasting, permanent soluti... Read More...

Narco-Terror: The International Connection Between Drugs and Terror

The entire soul of our society is weakened and our democracy is diminished by drug use. Not only does it weaken the United States, but it also supports attacks against the judicial system in Mexico. ... Read More...