Afghanistan:—Indigenous Participation is Essential in Af-Pak Study Group
By Khalil Nouri Staff Writer / Editor There has recently been a call for the establishment of an Afghanistan-Pakistan Study Group (APSG) that will be modeled off the Iraq Study Group (ISG) of the...
View ArticleU.S. Diplomat Wants Afghanistan Dismantled
By Khalil Nouri STAFF WRITER / EDITOR Afghanistan: The destroyer of communism, defender of Western interests against the Soviets, a crossfire victim of the cold war; did serve for over a century as a...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Last Tango in Lisbon
NATO’s meeting to build political consensus across the alliance for the post-2011 phase of “gradually” handing over security responsibilities to the Afghan forces will be on the table in Lisbon this...
View ArticleThe Frailty of the Afghan War
By Khalil Nouri Staff Writter / Editor As C.S. Lewis says, “We all want progress, but if you’re on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case,...
View ArticleKHALIL NOURI: Afghanistan-The Karzai-Medvedev Russian Roulette
AFGHANISTAN: RUSSIAN ROULETTE RETURNS By Khalil Nouri STAFF WRITER / EDITOR Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s recent trip to Moscow marks an unprecedented state level rendezvous by an Afghanistan Head...
View ArticleKhalil Nouri: Kabul Palace-A Theatrically-Corrupt Fortress
The Palace hosted many glittering assemblies, including the coronation of the Kings of Afghanistan
View ArticleA Viable Solution for the Afghan Problem
The success of scientific methodology is due primarily to its objectivity. In politics, unfortunately, there is little objectivity and a lot of emotion that makes visibility of reality on-the-ground...
View ArticleAfghanistan: The “Great Game” of Deceit
The Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon, at the beginning of the 20th century aptly described Afghanistan as “a piece on the chessboard on which is being played out the game for domination of the world.”
View ArticleDavid Miliband’s Afghan Endgame Slightly off Mark
It is typical to scoff at David Miliband’s position for his post-political career. But in a recent New York Times article the former U.K Foreign Secretary showed that his intellect and judgment on a...
View ArticleParadigm Shift on Chessboard of Afghan “Great-Game”
It seems, by all appearances, that this quartet is attempting to make strides towards an effort to introduce a model initiative initially engineered by Pakistan’s craving for a prime leadership status...
View ArticleAfghanistan: Who Can Lead Kandahar?
Kandahar, a conservative and sacred Pashtun heartland, the epicenter of complex Afghan tribal politics where Prophet Muhammad's cloak has resided for over half a millennium.
View ArticleAfghanistan: A Non-Kosher U.S. Taliban Deal
Taliban and "peace mission" -- these words do not fit together in the minds of Afghans who know the Taliban's history.
View ArticleAfghanistan: Taliban vs. Zal Khalilzad
"Khalilzad: A Satan whispering in the Hearts of Men”, was titled in an email sent to many recipients by two Piled higher and Deeper (PhDs) expressing their views about Mr. Zal Khalilzad.
View ArticleAfghanistan: De-Pashtunization of Pashtuns by Taliban and Pakistan
For more than a thousand years the Afghan nation, and Pashtun tribes in particular, have resisted all foreign efforts of domination.
View ArticleAfghanistan: Is Karzai Peace Plan a No-Go?
- The world knows that the Taliban have no intention of relinquishing its Islamo-fascist mentality.
View ArticleAfghanistan: U.S. Departing Without Foreseeable Success
The momentous encroachment in Afghanistan yesterday was not President Obama’s speech but the accord for ongoing co-operation between the United States and the Karzai government.
View ArticlePashtun Awakening: Defeat the Taliban by Changing the Narrative
The policy brief outlines a solution for resolving the situation in Afghanistan by exposing how Pakistan has systemically weakened Afghanistan's sacred tribal structure via its Taliban proxy.
View ArticleAfghanistan – Filling the Leadership Void
As 2014 approaches and NATO prepares to leave Afghanistan while the Afghan presidential election begins to activate, there are a set of indigenous conditions that must set the standard for the...
View ArticleIslamic Centre: Saudi Arabia’s Strategic Move On The Afghan Chessboard
- Afghanistan is an ideal springboard and battleground for the spread of Saudi Sunni Wahhabism and Iranian Shiite fundamentalism throughout Central Asia
View ArticleThe BSA, a Cannon Fodder in the Afghan Election
The much brouhaha about Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA) by Hamid Karzai with the White House and the fully acceptance by a 2,500—Loya Jirga, Grand Assembly of elders after four days of deliberation...
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