Hamid Karzai
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Aurobinda MAHAPATRA (India): Talibjan Vs Taliban
A new terminology has been recently added to conflict and peace discourse in trouble torn Afghanistan. The term Talibjan (a combination of Talib and Jan) is coined to impart a new meaning to the Taliban in Afghanistan to bring them to the orbit of the «reintegration» process. Taliban (the singular is Talib, which literally means… Continue reading
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The London Conference on Afghanistan: Rebranding an Unpopular War Derrick O’Keefe
The “deny Al-Qaeda a safe heaven” justification opens up nearly infinite new potential fronts in the global “war on terror,” a term that has been dropped from White House press releases while its aggressive and counter-productive mentality remains in place. Continue reading
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PAUL MCGEOUGH IN KABUL: US fed up with troops dying to prop up Karzai
When Hamid Karzai breasted the microphone at the presidential palace on October 20, to make an oblique admission that he attempted to steal the election and would go along with the second poll which he had resisted for weeks, he was flanked by a high-powered international posse – lest he depart from the agreed script Continue reading
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Afghanistan: Elections Leading to Quagmire By Victor KORGUN
Afghanistan’s way to the elections was long and marked with heightened expectations. The population hoped for a breakthrough as it was getting increasingly obvious that Karzai’s administration was unable to rise to the challenges facing the country plagued by the lack of security, rampant crime, poor governance, widespread corruption, unemployment, miserable living standards, drug business,… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 