Posts Tagged ‘Taliban’

Prince Abdul Ali Seraj: U.S. weakening of Karzai could spell disaster for Afghanistan

Prince Abdul Ali Seraj: U.S. weakening of Karzai could spell disaster for Afghanistan
Prince Abdul Ali Seraj is a direct descendant of nine generations of kings of Afghanistan. He is also the president of the National Coalition for Dialogue with Tribes of Afghanistan, a grassroots trans-tribal movement that has had much success in unifying all the tribes and an organization that works...
September 27th, 2010 | Featured, Middle East, South Central/South Asia | Read More

What’s worse: Steele’s Afghanistan comments or the reaction?

What’s worse: Steele’s Afghanistan comments or the reaction?
I am the Afghanistan Blogging Fellow for The Seminal and Brave New Foundation. You can read my work on The Seminal or at Rethink Afghanistan. The views expressed below are my own. It shouldn’t be breaking news to anyone that the Chairman of the Republican Party, Michael Steele, said something...
July 9th, 2010 | Middle East, Politics | Read More

All politics are local: Al-Qa’eda and the Afghanistan War

All politics are local: Al-Qa’eda and the Afghanistan War
I am the Afghanistan Blogging Fellow for The Seminal and Brave New Foundation. You can read my work on The Seminal or at Rethink Afghanistan. The views expressed below are my own. In our latest video from Rethink Afghanistan, we close it by asking a question. “Afghanistan got your attention now?”...
July 6th, 2010 | Featured, Middle East | Read More

Crazy COIN Strategy: US-Pakistani Nuclear Deal

Crazy COIN Strategy: US-Pakistani Nuclear Deal
I am the Afghanistan Blogging Fellow for The Seminal and Brave New Foundation. You can read my work on The Seminal or at Rethink Afghanistan. The views expressed below are my own. Our strategy in Afghanistan is pretty bad, but aside from the obvious broken logic of creating peace through war, I wouldn’t...
June 22nd, 2010 | Middle East | Read More

Afghanistan: Has Hamid Karzai already joined the Taliban?

Afghanistan: Has Hamid Karzai already joined the Taliban?
I am the Afghanistan Blogging Fellow for The Seminal and Brave New Foundation. You can read my work on The Seminal or at Rethink Afghanistan. The views expressed below are my own. The war in Afghanistan is disintegrating before our very eyes. Our counterinsurgency strategy is broken, and the Pentagon...
June 21st, 2010 | Middle East | Read More

Does an Afghanistan exit strategy hurt our allies?

Does an Afghanistan exit strategy hurt our allies?
I am the Afghanistan Blogging Fellow for The Seminal and Brave New Foundation. You can read my work on The Seminal or at Rethink Afghanistan. The views expressed below are my own. Uh oh, looks like you are starting to have an effect on the war. Congress is freaking out, calling hearings, holding up...
June 18th, 2010 | Politics, US | Read More

Afghanistan: What happens when our allies ‘do more’

Afghanistan: What happens when our allies ‘do more’
If you’ve been following the recent military operations in Helmand and Kandahar, you’ve likely noticed that it’s been something of an unmitigated disaster. And not just a disaster in the sense that most of our military efforts in Afghanistan and Pakistan have been disasters —...
June 14th, 2010 | Middle East | Read More

Afghan Prince says U.S. and Coalition Forces making big mistake

Afghan Prince says U.S. and Coalition Forces making big mistake
Prince Abdul Ali Seraj Prince Abdul Ali Seraj is a direct descendant of nine generations of kings of Afghanistan. He is also the president of the National Coalition for Dialogue with Tribes of Afghanistan, a grassroots trans-tribal movement that has had much success in unifying all the tribes and an...
March 15th, 2010 | South Central/South Asia | Read More

Congresswoman Barbara Lee wants an exit strategy out of Afghanistan

Congresswoman Barbara Lee wants an exit strategy out of Afghanistan
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA) gained international acclaim for being the only member in Congress who courageously and extraordinarily voted against the authorization of the use of force following the September 11, 2001 attacks. Her vote against the resolution expressed her belief that it amounted...
October 29th, 2009 | Politics, US | Read More