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Showing posts with label Afghanistan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Afghanistan. Show all posts
Thursday, 22 December 2016
Friday, 4 November 2016
Monday, 31 October 2016
Friday, 28 October 2016
Tuesday, 25 October 2016
Wednesday, 19 October 2016
Hard choice for peace in Afghanistan (Barnett Rubin, South Asia Monitor)
On September 29th, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the leader of the Hezb-e-Islami (Islamic Party) of Afghanistan, signed a peace agreement with the Afghan government, by prerecorded video, from an undisclosed location. In the nineteen-eighties, Hezb-e-Islami was the most extreme of the seven mujahideen parties recognized by Pakistan, and Hekmatyar’s unblinking black eyes were framed by a black turban and full black beard. Three decades later, Hekmatyar, now sixty-nine, has a different look. On the video, he wore the same black turban, but his beard has turned white and his heavy-lidded eyes peered out from behind bookish wire-rimmed glasses.
Monday, 17 October 2016
Afghans must support peace deal with Hekmatyar (Aimal Faizi, Al Jazeera)
As an aide and one-time spokesperson to the former president of Afghanistan, many journalists and observers of Afghanistan ask me why the recent peace deal between the Afghan government and a hardline Afghan militant group, Hizb-e-Islami (HIG), wasn't brokered under Hamid Karzai?
Monday, 10 October 2016
Suicide car bomb attack kills 14 in Afghanistan (Al Jazeera)
Deadly attack comes as Taliban says it has launched offensive to capture capital of southern Helmand province.
News by South Asia Monitor
On their own, Afghan Forces strain to combat Taliban offensives (Mujib Mashal and Fahim Abed)
Social immobility in Pakistan (Umair Javed)
Nepal. Heart health promotion: From community level (Abhinav Vaidya)
Bangladesh. A democratic right (Nur E Emroz Alam Tonoy)
Cookbook Tells The Story Of Sri Lanka's Civil War Through Food (Vidya Balachander)
India. Address the 'new normal' in Kashmir (M.K. Narayanan)
Cookbook Tells The Story Of Sri Lanka's Civil War Through Food (Vidya Balachander)
Friday, 7 October 2016
Afghanistan's sweet poison (Bernd Riegert, South Asia Monitor)
When United States armed forces were deployed against al Qaeda terrorists and the Taliban regime exactly 15 years ago, no one could have imagined how this operation would turn out. After the attacks of September 11, the goal at the time was to hunt down the terrorists and take away their base of operations. Today, 15 years later, this goal has been only partially achieved. Parts of Afghanistan are still controlled by the Taliban. A new terrorist group called the "Islamic State" has established itself in the Hindu Kush, and terrorists based in the neighboring country of Pakistan still operate in Afghanistan.
The international community realized that the threat of terrorism could only be averted when, as well as against fighting militias, the state of Afghanistan could be organized in such a way that people there had a future. What followed was a massive military operation and an unprecedentedly expensive development program. More than $113 billion (100 million euros) were invested in state infrastructure, security and humanitarian aid.
The international community realized that the threat of terrorism could only be averted when, as well as against fighting militias, the state of Afghanistan could be organized in such a way that people there had a future. What followed was a massive military operation and an unprecedentedly expensive development program. More than $113 billion (100 million euros) were invested in state infrastructure, security and humanitarian aid.
Thursday, 6 October 2016
Ashraf Ghani's gamble with 'butcher of Kabul' (Najib Sharifi, Al Jazeera)
For the Afghan president, a deal with Gulbuddin Hekmatyar is a political win, but it may not bring political stability.
Afghanistan: Taliban fire forces doctors to flee Kunduz (Al Jazeera)
Hospital staff forced to flee as fighters enter city where thousands of residents face water and electricity shortages.
Tuesday, 4 October 2016
Afghanistan: Beyond reactive tactics and quick fixes (Waliullah Rahmani, David Kilcullen, Al Jazeera)
How Afghan leaders deal with the security crisis, amid their own internal disputes, will determine Afghanistan's future.
Fighting rages in Afghanistan's Kunduz for second day (Al Jazeera)
Afghan forces say Taliban pushed from city centre but fighting continues for city that briefly fell to group last year.
No consensus in Afghanistan on how to deal with Taliban (Massoumeh Torfeh, Al Jazeera)
Afghans still divided over whether the Taliban is the enemy or a band of "dissatisfied brothers".
Monday, 3 October 2016
Taliban launches attack on Afghanistan's Kunduz (Al Jazeera)
Fighters engaged in battles with government forces in city that was briefly taken by the armed group a year ago.
Thursday, 29 September 2016
Afghanistan: Ghani, Hekmatyar sign peace deal (Al Jazeera)
President Ghani inks deal with Gulbuddin Hekmatyar in first peace treaty since the war with the Taliban began in 2001.
Monday, 12 September 2016
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