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Trump Takes New Tack in Afghanistan Fight
U.S. president Trump, Gen. Mattis, and the international force in Afghanistan in 2017-2018
08/21/2017
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Trump Settles on Afghan Strategy Expected to Raise Troop Levels
The New York Times 08/20/2017
Analysis | Trump’s Afghanistan strategy isn’t really a flip-flop. But his entire foreign policy is.
Washington Post 08/21/2017
India already gives Afghanistan billions in aid. Now Trump says India must ‘help us more.’
Washington Post 08/22/2017
Angry Trump Grilled His Generals About Troop Increase, Then Gave In
The New York Times 08/22/2017
Trump Takes New Tack in Afghanistan Fight
WSJ 08/22/2017
Pakistan’s Fear of India Fuels Afghan War
WSJ 08/24/2017
Pakistan's view on the debate in Washington about sending more troops and expansion of war in Afghanistan.
10/01/2009
Foreign Minister Qureshi at the Journal's offices in New York says it would mean the Pakistani Taliban would threaten Islamabad, there would be more misery, suicide bombings, and hurt the economy badly. But Qureshi speaks for an increasingly unpopular Zardari administration. The army, opposition parties, and the Intelligence agencies, and increasingly the public sentiment is against an expanded American presence in Afghanistan, or a bigger American footprint in Afghinstan and Pakistan. See Rosenberg in WSJ.
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How the Pakistani Taliban Became a Deadly Force
New York Times 12/16/2014
Wall Street Journal 10/01/2009
Several Afghan Strategies, None a Clear Choice
New York Times 10/01/2009
Reconciliation Efforts in Afghanistan Flounder
Washington Post 10/14/2009
Pakistan Attacks Show Tightening of Militant Links
New York Times 10/16/2009
U.S. deeply split on troop increase for Afghan war
Washington Post 10/21/2009
The facts about the Afghan Army the U.S. hands over to with the withdrawal in 2012- high risk of failure
10/15/2012
High desertion rate, high turnover, and other problems with the Afghan Army that the U.S. is handing over to with the withdrawal in 2012-2013. The increasing probability that the Afghan Army will fail to maintain control after the U.S. withdraws. The Karzai government has never tackled corruption and the issues arising from a flawed election leaving it without the kind of popular support it would need after the U.S. withdraws. The negotiations with the Taliban and the opposition have failed to produce any agreement on a post U.S withdrawal Afghanistan, putting the entire U.S. sacrifices in Afghanistan in lives lost, wounded veterans, and in the cost of the war at risk
Grouped Articles
Pakistan to Release Senior Taliban Leader
Wall Street Journal 09/11/2013
Leader of Pakistani Taliban Killed in Drone Strike
Wall Street Journal 11/02/2013
Gates Faults Obama Over Afghanistan
Wall Street Journal 01/08/2014
U.S. Military Eyes Afghan Force of 10,000, or a Pullout
New York Times 01/21/2014
U.S. Will Complete Afghan Pullout by End of 2016, Obama Says
New York Times 05/27/2014
Obama Details Plan for Forces in Afghanistan
Wall Street Journal 05/28/2014
The Obama law school type analytical processes that yielded the decision for a "surge" in Afghanistan.
01/18/2009
The question is whether the complexities in society, culture, language, politics and history, of a place like Afghnistan and Pakistan can be settled with charts and numbers, and Mr. Obama's law school manner analytical processes. Can this kind of logic based approach address Afghanistan and Pakistan?
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Gates Faults Obama Over Afghanistan
Wall Street Journal 01/08/2014
As a Professor, a Pragmatist About the Supreme Court
New York Times 05/03/2009
Our Timeline, and the Taliban’s
New York Times 12/04/2009
How Obama Came to Plan for ‘Surge’ in Afghanistan
New York Times 12/06/2009
Obama’s Logic Is No Match for Afghanistan
New York Times 12/06/2009
New York Times 12/05/2009
The Taliban in Kunduz, in northern Afghanistan, September 2015
09/29/2015
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Afghan Crisis Grows as Push to Retake Kunduz From Taliban Fails
New York Times 09/29/2015
In Reversal, Obama Says U.S. Soldiers Will Stay in Afghanistan to 2017
New York Times 10/15/2015
Human Error Cited in U.S. Strike on Kunduz Hospital
New York Times 11/24/2015
U.S. General Says Kunduz Hospital Strike Was ‘Avoidable’
New York Times 11/25/2015
New Taliban Leader Moves to Repair Old Fractures
WSJ 08/04/2016
Obama leaves behind a mess in Afghanistan | Asia | DW.COM | 19.01.2017
DW.COM 01/19/2017
The U.S. and the Taliban in Afghanistan- the situation in 2016-2017
08/04/2016
Grouped Articles
New Taliban Leader Moves to Repair Old Fractures
WSJ 08/04/2016
Obama leaves behind a mess in Afghanistan | Asia | DW.COM | 19.01.2017
DW.COM 01/19/2017
Trump Settles on Afghan Strategy Expected to Raise Troop Levels
The New York Times 08/20/2017
Analysis | Trump’s Afghanistan strategy isn’t really a flip-flop. But his entire foreign policy is.
Washington Post 08/21/2017
India already gives Afghanistan billions in aid. Now Trump says India must ‘help us more.’
Washington Post 08/22/2017
Trump Takes New Tack in Afghanistan Fight
WSJ 08/22/2017
Could peace in the Valley (Kashmir) bring peace to South Asia?
12/06/2006
Is it better, safer and wiser for the US and the Western alliance to have soldiers on the ground in the mountains of Afghanistan or to find peace through diplomacy and negotiations. Diplomacy that knits together the South Asian region by connecting the dots, bring peace to Kashmir, demilitarization of the India-Pakistan border and redirecting the resources, in the trillions of dollars, to trade and investment inside and between South Asia, US and Europe.
Grouped Articles
U.S. Troop Pullout Affects India-Pakistan Rivalry
New York Times 08/16/2013
Pakistan to Release Senior Taliban Leader
Wall Street Journal 09/11/2013
Ex-Envoy Says Misunderstanding Runs on Both Sides of U.S.-Pakistan Ties
New York Times 10/22/2013
What They Said: The Army in Kashmir
Wall Street Journal 07/10/2010
Before Taking Office in India, Modi Sends an Invitation to Pakistan
New York Times 05/21/2014
Pakistan Leader's Predicament Shows Power of 'Deep State'
Wall Street Journal 09/10/2014
India and Pakistan and the tensions in Kashmir and Afghanistan.
12/06/2006
Kashmir tensions are rising. And Indian assistance in Afghanistan reconstruction is opposed by Taliban. This complicates further negotiations between India and Pakistan as Pakistan already is going through political transition and the army runs foreign affairs for Pakistan.
Grouped Articles
Pakistan's New Top Diplomat Heads to Kabul
Wall Street Journal 07/19/2013
U.S. Troop Pullout Affects India-Pakistan Rivalry
New York Times 08/16/2013
Ex-Envoy Says Misunderstanding Runs on Both Sides of U.S.-Pakistan Ties
New York Times 10/22/2013
Leader of Pakistani Taliban Killed in Drone Strike
Wall Street Journal 11/02/2013
Taliban Take Toll on Pakistan's Biggest City
Wall Street Journal 02/14/2014
Fractured State of Pakistani Taliban Calls Peace Deal Into Question
New York Times 04/20/2014
U.S. National Security Adviser Gen. McMaster
08/09/2017
Grouped Articles
WSJ 08/08/2017
Trump Says Bannon Is ‘Not a Racist,’ but His Job Status Remains in Doubt
The New York Times 08/15/2017
Trump Takes New Tack in Afghanistan Fight
WSJ 08/22/2017
The Obama administration's decision to delay withdrawal from Afghanistan in October 2015, in the light of lessons learned in the withdrawal from Iraq
10/15/2015
Grouped Articles
In Reversal, Obama Says U.S. Soldiers Will Stay in Afghanistan to 2017
New York Times 10/15/2015
Lessons of Iraq Loom Over Obama’s Decision to Keep Troops in Afghanistan
New York Times 10/15/2015
Obama leaves behind a mess in Afghanistan | Asia | DW.COM | 19.01.2017
DW.COM 01/19/2017
Trump Takes New Tack in Afghanistan Fight
WSJ 08/22/2017
The Afghanistan Army and the Taliban in 2015- efforts to bring in militias to hold off the Taliban in the north
05/24/2015
Grouped Articles
Afghans Form Militias and Call on Warlords to Battle Taliban
New York Times 05/24/2015
Afghan Crisis Grows as Push to Retake Kunduz From Taliban Fails
New York Times 09/29/2015
In Reversal, Obama Says U.S. Soldiers Will Stay in Afghanistan to 2017
New York Times 10/15/2015
Taliban’s New Leader, More Scholar Than Fighter, Is Slow to Impose Himself
The New York Times 07/11/2016
New Taliban Leader Moves to Repair Old Fractures
WSJ 08/04/2016
Obama leaves behind a mess in Afghanistan | Asia | DW.COM | 19.01.2017
DW.COM 01/19/2017
Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani in Afghanistan's 2014 elections
04/21/2014
Grouped Articles
Former Minister's Lead Grows in Afghan Election
Wall Street Journal 04/21/2014
Afghan Crisis Risks Splitting Country
Wall Street Journal 07/09/2014
Wall Street Journal 07/19/2014
In Afghan Election, Signs of Systemic Fraud Cast Doubt on Many Votes
New York Times 08/23/2014
Afghanistan Presidential Rivals Sign Power-Sharing Deal
Wall Street Journal 09/21/2014
Afghan Presidential Rivals Finally Agree on Power-Sharing Deal
New York Times 09/20/2014
The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan 2013-2015
01/16/2014
Grouped Articles
Washington Post 01/16/2014
U.S. Military Eyes Afghan Force of 10,000, or a Pullout
New York Times 01/21/2014
U.S. Will Complete Afghan Pullout by End of 2016, Obama Says
New York Times 05/27/2014
Obama Details Plan for Forces in Afghanistan
Wall Street Journal 05/28/2014
Amid Drawdown, Fears of Taliban Resurgence and Economic Collapse
New York Times 05/28/2014
Taliban Making Military Gains in Afghanistan
New York Times 07/26/2014
The Haqqani network in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region
05/04/2009
The Taliban in the region include the Haqqani network which has ties to the Pakistan Intelligence Agency.
Grouped Articles
Leader of Pakistani Taliban Killed in Drone Strike
Wall Street Journal 11/02/2013
Taliban Take Toll on Pakistan's Biggest City
Wall Street Journal 02/14/2014
Fractured State of Pakistani Taliban Calls Peace Deal Into Question
New York Times 04/20/2014
U.S. Options in Pakistan Limited
Washington Post 05/04/2009
How the Pakistani Taliban Became a Deadly Force
New York Times 12/16/2014
U.S. sharpens warning to Pakistan - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/21/2011
The view form Pakistan which discourages a large American footprint there and in Afghanistan.
01/04/2008
The head of the ISI, Pakistan's intelligence agency, met with CIA officials and argued against America sending more troops to Afghanistan. Some opposition parties oppose the large American embassy construction in Islamabad and consulate in Peshawar as signs America is increasing its presence. And Army chief Kalyani who sees Taliban moving into Baluchistan opposes drone attacks on Mullah Omar residing there.
Grouped Articles
Pakistan Gives Sharif a Mandate
Wall Street Journal 05/12/2013
Pakistan to Release Senior Taliban Leader
Wall Street Journal 09/11/2013
Leader of Pakistani Taliban Killed in Drone Strike
Wall Street Journal 11/02/2013
Taliban Making Military Gains in Afghanistan
New York Times 07/26/2014
Around an Invisible Leader, Taliban Power Shifts
New York Times 12/28/2014
Taliban Leader Mullah Omar Is Dead, Afghan Spy Agency Says
Wall Street Journal 07/30/2015
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