Category Archives: Afghanistan
Thought of the day
I have an Afhgan friend here in Cairo. He’s a brilliant guy, who is both endlessly proud of and frustrated with his country and he loves to give me history lessons. Recently, he brought two fascinating facts to my attention. … Continue reading
Filed under Afghanistan, History
AfPak always reminded me of Aflac
Remember those commercials with the duck? Anyway, point is, the Obama Administration is dropping the term AfPak. Josh Rogin writes on his blog at Foreign Policy. They’re getting rid of it because–surprise!–it “does not please people in Pakistan.” Personally, I … Continue reading
Filed under Afghanistan, American Politics, Diplomacy, Pakistan
Early talk on the Helmand assault
When the new Obama Pentagon launches its first major operation in its new counterinsurgency plan in Afghanistan, as it did today with a massive assault in southern Afghanistan, there are a few bloggers I turn to immediately. Ghosts of Alexander, … Continue reading
Filed under Afghanistan, Media
American liberals talking about women and Islam
There is an great, wide-ranging discussion about The Weight of a Mustard Seed on the New Yorker’s website. (The Way of the Mustard Seed sounds like a great book; I look forward to reading it. Here is George Packer’s review … Continue reading
Filed under Afghanistan, Iraq, Media, Postmodernism
America’s refugees
Via Spencer Ackerman I found this post by Asawin Suebsaeng at TAPPED. Suebsaeng brings our attention to a recent UN report about refugees: According to an annual U.N. report, Global Trends, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq produced nearly half … Continue reading
Filed under Afghanistan, Iraq
Taliban’s PR
Is the Taliban on a PR offensive? Based on interviews given to CNN and the New York Times, it seems as though they might be. CNN’s intrepid Nic Robertson, a quintessential war correspondent, sat down with Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid … Continue reading
Filed under Afghanistan, Pakistan, War
Not the Audubon Zoo
According to Reuters, there is only one pig in Afghanistan. He is in the Kabul Zoo. Due to fears of H1N1/swine flu, said pig has been placed in quarantine. Obviously this is ridiculous, though not as tragic as the misguided … Continue reading
Filed under Afghanistan, Humor
Jordanians in Afghanistan?
The intepid crusaders at Wikileaks have uncovered a document called “NATO in Afghanistan: Master Narrative”. Unfortunately you can no longer access it. (I’m not entirely sure if I think that is unfortunate or not.) But one of the biggest revelations … Continue reading
Filed under Afghanistan, Terrorism, War
