The bedrock principle in the debate on the war in Afghanistan rests on the idea that whatever military action the US undertakes in the country will only serve as ‘a prelude to, rather than a substitute for, Afghanistan taking over the security job.’
That is saying that the ‘White House wants to make sure surge will [...]

It’s the classic tight spot between the devil and the deep blue sea. Afghans are caught between having a corrupt and election-cheating Karzai as president and a historical scenario dominated by the likes of Mullah Omar, languishing in a civil war, or the Soviet regime. By Afghan standards, these are better times in Afghanistan. In [...]

NATO Secretary-General Anders Rasmussen admits that the countries within the Mediterranean Dialogue and the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative share the northern alliance’s interests in stabilizing the situation in Afghanistan. This is for the reason that instability in Afghanistan will cause the spread of instability in the region. Pakistan, specifically, is of grave concern in terms of [...]

Whether the US wants Hamid Karzai for Afghanistan leadership or not is now moot. Karzai’s opponent backed out of the runoff and the country is left with no choice but to accept Karzai’s ‘reelection,’ amidst prevailing speculation of massive electoral fraud. ‘Nearly a third of the votes cast in Mr. Karzai’s favor in presidential elections [...]

On his landmark visit to the Peoples Republic of China, the U.S President, Barack Obama stated that, the international terrorist outfit, Al-Qaeda is still very much the greatest threat that the United States faces as of now. The statement comes at a time when the Obama administration is stepping up its pressure on Pakistani authorities [...]

The debate over whether to close down the US detention facilities in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba involves two basic questions. What happens to terrorist suspects after they leave the detention center at Guantanamo Bay? Can Gitmo’s terrorists be rehabilitated?
There have been reports that answer the first question. Many of the former so-called terror suspects detained [...]

A massive truck bomb devastated a police station in the city of Peshawar in Pakistan and claimed the lives of four people and injured 30 more, in a region that been marred by a serious of terror attacks in retaliation of  the military offensive against the militant outfits in the region. The intensity of the [...]

The alleged masterminds and perpetrators of 9/11, headed by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, are finally facing a civilian court in New York City. In a stroke of agit-propaganda genius, the 9/11 suspects will be tried in a court that is ‘just blocks from where the World Trade Center once stood.’ The decision by US Attorney General [...]

The massacre at Fort Hood occurred at a time when US President Barack Obama is at the final stage of decision-making about what to do with the US war in Afghanistan. The Afghan war has been proving to be a failure in the US antiterrorism mobilization, as well as its counterinsurgency campaign. US troops in [...]

It is said that there are ‘two poles in Washington: the counterinsurgency experts, or COIN-istas, who believe Afghanistan’s deteriorating security can only be reversed by adding tens of thousands of troops – perhaps as many as 80,000; and those who believe US interests in Afghanistan are few, and the best way to keep it on [...]