NewsRack: newstrust/Afghanistan

Taliban launch fear campaign in Marjah - MSNBC

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

After losing control of their southern base in Marjah, the Taliban are fighting back, launching a campaign of assassination, threats to frighten people from supporting the U.S. and its allies. ...

Court OKs ex-Guatemalan Leader's Extradition to US - International Herald Tribune: Americas

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) -- A Guatemalan court has approved former President Alfonso Portillo's extradition to the U.S. to face money laundering charges.

Rise of 'homegrown' threat changes face of terrorism - Hindustan Times: World

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The face of terrorism is changing in the United States as the country comes to terms with the rising threat of "homegrown" terrorists who look and sound nothing like Hollywood typecasts.

US dilemma: to catch Osama alive or to kill him - CNN-IBN Top Stories

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

US Defense Secretary says there no intelligence on Osama's whereabouts.

Russia Afghan Drug Criticism Baseless - All Quqnoos Articles

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

An Afghan official said Russia’s criticism of anti-drug efforts in Afghanistan was “baseless”

A Major Offensive in Kandahar Underway - All Quqnoos Articles

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

A top US commander in Afghanistan says an operation has been launched to drive the Taliban out of Kandahar city

Taliban begins fight back in Marjah - The Frontier Post --- Top Stories

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

MARJAH (AP): A month after losing control of their southern base in Marjah, the Taliban have begun to fight back, launching a campaign of assassination ...

Life sentence upheld for former Chinese supreme court judge convicted of corruption - Star Tribune: World

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Taliban fight back in Afghan town with campaign of fear, intimidation - Star Tribune: World

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Soaring IED attacks in Afghanistan stymie U.S. counteroffensive - Washington Post: Nation

Craig Whitlock — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Soaring IED attacks in Afghanistan stymie U.S. counteroffensive

Strategies of cooperation - Telegraph: Opinion

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The visit of the Russian prime minister, Vladimir Putin, to India on March 12 provides the occasion to look at some of the geo-strategic issues facing India and Russia.

US Ops Have Already Started in Kandahar: Commander - Afghanistan Conflict Monitor

Human Security Report Project — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

US Operations Have Already Started in Kandahar: Commander, AFP, 17 March 2010 EXCERPT: "US operations to push back Taliban forces around Kandahar have 'already begun' and will steadily build in coming months, the commander of US and NATO troops in...

U.S. commander says bringing bin Laden to justice remains goal - Washington Post: Nation

Craig Whitlock — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, said Wednesday that the military would "certainly" try to capture Osama bin Laden alive and "bring him to justice" -- contradicting remarks by a top Obama administration official.

Roadblocks To Peace - TOI: Editorial

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Islamabad continues to back terror groups as part of India policy

Top US commander says goal still to take bin Laden alive, despite attorney general's testimony - Star Tribune: Nation

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Three FSC judges appointed - Nation : Last Twenty Four Hours News

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Three FSC judges appointed

Commandos Crack Down On Afghan Drug Trade - NPR News

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

The opium trade in Afghanistan is a key source of income for the Taliban. The group uses the money to carry out suicide bombings and other attacks. But a team of Afghan police commandos is working around the clock to cut off this dangerous funding source.

Retaken Afghan Town Reports Taliban Threats - new york times afghanistan

By ROD NORDLAND — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Though fighters have left town, agitators have remained in Marja waging a campaign of intimidation at night, local leaders said.

Taliban fight in Afghan town with fear campaign - Boston Globe: Latest

Heidi Vogt, Associated Press Writer — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Taliban fight in Afghan town with fear campaign

A trip through the borderlands - The Economist

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Glimpses of life backstage AS I walk through the bazaars of Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan’s North-West Frontier Province, it is easy to think there is nothing wrong. I struggle through the crowds and pass mounds of spices in great brown sacks, birds trilling in pink cages and tiny old men struggling to restrain honking donkeys and whooping boys. Trade is brisk, and many of the shopkeepers, spotting a foreigner, grin and call out “How are you, Mister?” But round the next corner is a different scene: a large building has had its front blown out, littering the street with bricks and slabs of concrete. “Suicide bomb yesterday,” explains Kausar, a local. “Many died. The people are scared—every week there ...

Handling Marjeh’s Poppy & Other Concerns - Registan

Joshua Foust — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Two weeks ago, I wrote in the New York Times: Good government will matter little, though, if the local economy is in a shambles. Marja’s agricultural base relies primarily on opium, and any new counternarcotics policies will wreak havoc; arresting or killing the drug traffickers will ultimately be the same as attacking local farmers. The timing [...]

Afghan police shoot 2 bombers; blast kills British soldiers - Summary - Earth Times

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Kabul - Afghan police killed two would-be suicide bombers Wednesday after they attacked an aid organization while two NATO soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan, officials said. One of the bombers, who were we...

State-Building, à la Louis XIV - The Atlantic - Matthew Ygblesias

myglesias — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

Sheri Berman (author of an excellent and totally unrelated book) has an interesting piece in Foreign Affairs positing that it’s useful to take a look at state-building in early-modern Europe in order to get a clearer view of the challenges and possibilities of state-building in contemporary Afghanistan without an orientalist lens. Consider, in other words, [...]

Bus crashes in Afghanistan; 35 dead - A Pakistan News

Umar — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

KABUL Afghanistan : At least 35 people were killed Wednesday when a bus crashed into a truck and then burst into flames on a treacherous pass in northern Afghanistan, the interior ministry said. The bus was travelling north from Kabul along the narrow Salang pass when it “had an accident with a truck, as a result [...]

Afghan police shoot 2 bombers; blast kills British soldiers - Update - Earth Times

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:30:00 GMT

NewsRack: newstrust/Afghanistan

Taliban launch fear campaign in Marjah - MSNBC

Court OKs ex-Guatemalan Leader's Extradition to US - International Herald Tribune: Americas

Rise of 'homegrown' threat changes face of terrorism - Hindustan Times: World

US dilemma: to catch Osama alive or to kill him - CNN-IBN Top Stories

Russia Afghan Drug Criticism Baseless - All Quqnoos Articles

A Major Offensive in Kandahar Underway - All Quqnoos Articles

Taliban begins fight back in Marjah - The Frontier Post --- Top Stories

Life sentence upheld for former Chinese supreme court judge convicted of corruption - Star Tribune: World

Taliban fight back in Afghan town with campaign of fear, intimidation - Star Tribune: World

Soaring IED attacks in Afghanistan stymie U.S. counteroffensive - Washington Post: Nation

Strategies of cooperation - Telegraph: Opinion

US Ops Have Already Started in Kandahar: Commander - Afghanistan Conflict Monitor

U.S. commander says bringing bin Laden to justice remains goal - Washington Post: Nation

Roadblocks To Peace - TOI: Editorial

Top US commander says goal still to take bin Laden alive, despite attorney general's testimony - Star Tribune: Nation

Three FSC judges appointed - Nation : Last Twenty Four Hours News

Commandos Crack Down On Afghan Drug Trade - NPR News

Retaken Afghan Town Reports Taliban Threats - new york times afghanistan

Taliban fight in Afghan town with fear campaign - Boston Globe: Latest

A trip through the borderlands - The Economist

Handling Marjeh’s Poppy & Other Concerns - Registan

Afghan police shoot 2 bombers; blast kills British soldiers - Summary - Earth Times

State-Building, à la Louis XIV - The Atlantic - Matthew Ygblesias

Bus crashes in Afghanistan; 35 dead - A Pakistan News

Afghan police shoot 2 bombers; blast kills British soldiers - Update - Earth Times

Russia Afghan Drug Criticism Baseless - All Quqnoos Articles