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The U.S. plays a dangerous sanctuary game
Maulana Fazlullah The Washington Post reported yesterday that not only does the U.S. know Maulana Fazlullah (“Radio Mullah”), the Pakistani Taliban allied TNSM leader accused of killing Pakistani...
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Book Reviews: William Dalrymple’s Return of a King and Rajiv Chandrasekaran’s...
This is a review of two books, one early (Return of a King doesn’t come out in the U.S. until April) and one woefully late (Little America was released in June of 2012). I’ve put them together given...
View ArticlePakistani Terrorists in Mongolia?
Last week it was announced in the Mongolian press that three Pakistani terror suspects had been arrested at Chinggis Khaan International in Ulaan Baatar by the police and intelligence agency of...
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Mongolia Votes
Polls in Mongolia will close in a few hours, in all likelihood reelecting President Ts. Elbegdorj of the Democratic Party (DP). His opponents, the former-wrestler-turned-MP B. Bat-Erdene of Hentii from...
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Readjusting in Afghanistan
Three big Afghan-related news items came out of not Afghanistan today: Pakistan’s official view of the U.S. raid that killed Bin Laden, the U.S.’s reconsideration of its withdrawal timelines and...
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From the Desk of the Taliban Leadership…
Rashid and Yousefzai The Pakistani Express Tribune published an open letter today from Adnan Rashid (Tehrek-i Taliban Pakistan) to Malala Yousufzai. He wrote, in English, to convey three points:...
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Taliban Eid Message 2013
As they’ve done every year since before the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan, the Taliban released an Eid message yesterday (see here for reports on 2000, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011,...
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Karzai Points to Sayyaf for President in 2014
It was reported last week that Karzai held a meeting with the Warlord Abdul Rasul Sayyaf, Minister Ismail Khan, Vice President Fahim, and Governor Mohammad Atta (who has presidential ambitions of his...
View ArticleAfghan Candidates for President in 2014
The registration of candidates in Afghanistan finished yesterday, and this morning Tolo News announced the complete list. Abdul Rasul Sayyaf, Qayum Karzai, Ashraf Ghani, Abdullah Abdullah, Sayed Ishaq...
View ArticleRobber Barons of Ghazni
Even with a drastically reduced international presence after this year, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan will continue to exist. As long as enough aid money comes in, with arguably...
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