Posts Tagged ‘Af-Pak’
American Paid Waziri Spies Guiding CIA Drone Strikes
Danger Room reports: Spy Chips Guiding CIA Drone Strikes, Locals Say By Noah Shachtman | June 1, 2009 (more...)
Notes on the US Budget for FY 2010 as it Affects Afghanistan and Pakistan
See Also Notes on the US Budget for FY2011 as it Affects Afghanistan and Pakistan An earlier post, based on numbers provided by Budget Insight, a Stimson Center Blog on National Security Spending, had taken a preliminary look at the FY2010 US defense budget request, and its implications for Pakistan and Afghanistan. This post adds to, [...]
Top Secret US Senate Hearing on Security of Pakistan’s Nuclear Program on 3 June 2009
According to the calendar of the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, at 11:00 am on Wednesday 3 June 2009, there will be a "CLOSED / TOP SECRET / CODEWORD" Hearing on the "Security of Pakistan's Nuclear Program" under the chairmanship of Senator John Kerry (D-Massachusetts). The Washington Post clarifies that "Top Secret /Codeword" refers [...]
Pakistan to US: You secure your weapons, We’ll secure ours!
According to Dan Rivers of CNN, Maj. Gen. Athar Abbasof the Pakistan Army has said that: "many of the Taliban's arms are coming across the border from Afghanistan." When Rivers asked him "if that includes NATO weapons, as suggested in recent reports," he agreed. According to Rivers, "He says Washington is too focused on the safety of Pakistan's [...]
More on the US Army Counterinsurgency Field Manual
Robert Haddick of Small Wars Journal, a former U.S. Marine Corps officer, who writes at Westhawk and The American, has posted a long article (reproduced in full below), that provides important information on the US Army Field Manual on Counterinsurgency (see earlier post with a summary of the Manual, and another post with critical remarks on its [...]
US “Trainers” and Funds for the War in Pakistan
In executing the Obama administration's plan to expand the war in Afghanistan across international borders to Pakistan (hence "Af/Pak" war), two major bureaucratic shifts are being worked out: In pursuit of a comprehensive ("all government") approach to the war, much of the traditional responsibility for diplomacy, and military and economic [...]
Transcript of Rare Interview with Taliban Leader Mulla Umar’s Representative
Reproduced below, in full, from CNN's site, is the transcript of a remarkable interview reportedly obtained by CNN's Nic Robertson with Zabiullah Mujahid, said to be a spokesmen for Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar . Transcript: Afghan Taliban spokesman discusses war May 5, 2009 -- Updated 2116 GMT (0516 HKT) (CNN) -- Zabiullah [...]
Gen. McChrystal’s Old Command has Plans to “Secure” Pakistan’s Nukes
American intelligence sources say the US has special units operating in Afghanistan on Pakistan's western border with the secondary mission to secure Pakistan's nuclear arsenals if necessary . These units are from the Joint Special Operations Command, whose controversial Commander, Gen. McChrystal was recently transferred to Afghanistan. [...]
Pakistan is India’s Primary Enemy — Pravda
Writing in Pravda on 12 May 2009, Vladimir Anokhin maintains that "while China can also be a threat" to India, "Pakistan is India’s primary potential enemy". This contrasts sharply with the aggressive insistence by the United States that Pakistan must demonstrate by voice and deed that one set of militant criminals -- not all, for as we [...]
Transcript of Ron Paul – Holbrooke Interchange
Pak Alert Press reports on a US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing on US Strategy toward Pakistan, held on 12 May 2009, where there was a candid interchange between Congressman Ron Paul and Ambassador Richard Holbrooke . A transcript of the interchange, available on You Tube, is provided below. (more...)
