There is new ho-e and confidence in Washington that the war in Afghanistan will end soon. Some think that the Taliban does not really want peace but I am inclined to see things just a little bit differently. They are just as sick of the war as the Americfan public is. They have been taking [...]
The deadly U.S. drone campaign in Pakistan’s tribal zone resumed with a missile strike that killed four militants, two months after a NATO raid that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. The Pakistanis got their panties in a bunch after this incident and banned all drone attacks on their territory. I still believe that the reason that [...]
A pause in the CIA’s secret drone war over Pakistan has emboldened local insurgent fighters, enabling them to take advantage of a lull designed to help ease tensions between the U.S. and Pakistan. The New York Times reported that American officials temporarily called off their secret drone campaign in Pakistan’s lawless tribal regions after the [...]
(AP) — Pakistan’s prime minister appealed for support Friday from parliament in a standoff between his beleaguered government and the military, saying lawmakers had to choose between “democracy and dictatorship.” Tensions between the armed forces and the civilian leadership have escalated in recent months, raising fears of a coup attempt or that the army [...]
The Afghan Taliban said Tuesday that they have reached a preliminary deal with the Gulf state of Qatar to open a liaison office there, in what could be a step toward formal, substantive peace talks to end more than a decade of war. This is certainly wonderful news and indicates that the US and the [...]
The United States has conceeded to Pakistani demands to close an air base in Pakistan. The demand came after NATO air strikes lit up a bunch of Pakistani troops and killed a number of them. The demand seemed to be in embarassment for the strikes because they were against positions where hostile fire emanated from. This [...]
The terrorist attacks of September 11th 2001 changed the face of history in many ways. They ushered in a whole new era and type of warfare. We had conducted guerilla warfare in Vietnam but this is a different animal. Fighting terrorists is certainly akin to guerilla warfare but there are major differences. Our military [...]
When he says this he is confirming what has to be. There s no way that al-Qaeda isn’t hurting in the wake of the US campaign to take out their leaders. The thing that I have been blogging about for a while is finally officially confirmed. He has also said that the attacks against [...]
I was beginning to wonder about President Karzai because of some of the statements that I had heard him make. He seemed slow to believe that the Pakistanis were assisting the Taliban in many cases with their efforts to fight the US and NATO. It’s not hard to see that they have a vested [...]
President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan has expressed his exasperation in attempting to negotiate peace with the Taliban. His latest disappointmnt is the envoy who came in the name of peace yet strapped to a bomb. President Karzai has always been gung ho about reaching some sort of peace agreement with the Taliban. He wants to [...]
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