Posts Tagged ‘Pakistan’
Pakistani spy agency denounces US intel docs
China Daily | 26 July 2010 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's most powerful spy agency on Monday lashed out against a trove of leaked US intelligence reports that alleged close connections between it and Taliban militants fighting NATO troops in Afghanistan, calling the accusations malicious and unsubstantiated. The reports, which were released [...]
U.S. Special Operations Forces Operating in Civilian Garb in Pakistan
Wall Street Journal | By Julian E. Barnes | 20 July 2010 U.S. Forces Step Up Pakistan Presence WASHINGTON—U.S. Special Operations Forces have begun venturing out with Pakistani forces on aid projects, deepening the American role in the effort to defeat Islamist militants in Pakistani territory that has been off limits to U.S. ground [...]
Afghans may not mind a return of the Taleban
Kabul Press | By Matthew Nasuti | 21 July 2010 America’s war plan founded on a fading premise It may be a myth that most Afghans remember the harshness of Taliban rule The Taliban of today is not a reclusive monolith of rural mullahs and students. It is a broad-based grouping of religious, tribal and nationalistic forces (provincial [...]
Burying the India-Pakistan dialogue for now
Afghan Journal | By Sanjeev Miglani | 23 July 2010 The foreign ministers of India and Pakistan have returned home, licking their wounds from their latest failed engagement. Both sides are blaming each other for not only failing to make any progress, but also souring ties further, with Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and his [...]
C. Christine Fair: The Taliban are good at providing justice
You Tube | 10 December 2009 At a hearing, held on 9 December 2009, of the U.S. Congress OGR Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, Professor C. Christine Fair, of the Center for Peace and Security Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. paid an important if unusual [...]
Islamabad Station Chief until 2009 to Run CIA’s National Clandestine Service
Times of India | 21 July 2010 Retired US spy hired to run CIA covert service WASHINGTON: The CIA brought one of its most experienced spies out of retirement to run the far-flung US intelligence network, the agency said Wednesday. John D Bennett witnessed the emergence of al-Qaida in Africa in the 1990s and was on the front lines of [...]
America’s Resentful, Reluctant Partnership with Pakistan
Al Jazeera | By Robert Grenier (Ex-CIA) | 20 July 2010 US seeks Pakistan PR triumph A preacher I once knew said something which has resonated with me ever since. "There is no end to the good you can do," he said, "provided you are willing to give someone else the credit." No doubt, a substantial amount of good will come from the $500mn in [...]
Haass: We’re losing this unnecessary war
Newsweek | By Richard Haass | 18 July 2010 We’re Not Winning. It’s Not Worth It. Here’s how to draw down in Afghanistan. GOP chairman Michael Steele was blasted by fellow Republicans recently for describing Afghanistan as “a war of Obama’s choosing,” and suggesting that the United States would fail there as had many [...]
Pakistani JF-17 Thunder fighters to be on sale at Farnborough
RIA Novosti | 19 July 2010 Pakistan to offer JF-17 Thunder fighters at Farnborough Air Show NEW DELHI -- Islamabad will put its JF-17 Thunder fighter aircraft on sale at the Farnborough Air Show near London, a Pakistani TV channel said on Monday. According to a senior source, Turkey and a range of Middle East and African states are [...]
Bush’s Envoy to Iraq Calls for Partition of Afghanistan
Politico | By Robert D. Blackwill | 7 July 2010 A de facto partition for Afghanistan “This means accepting a de facto partition, enforced by U.S. and NATO air power and special forces, the Afghan army and international partners. After years of faulty U.S. policy toward Afghanistan, there are no quick, easy and cost-free ways to escape the [...]
