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Monday February 6th 2012

From the Regional Powers

Dutch troops to withdraw from Afghanistan in August Dutch troops to withdraw from »

China Daily | 30 July 2010 THE HAGUE - The Dutch troops deployed in Afghanistan will leave as [...]


Exhibition to commemorate the U.S. bombing of Japan Exhibition to commemorate the »

Times of India |29 July 2010 Atom-bomb exhibition to be held in London HIROSHIMA: The annihilation [...]


Remembering the only use of nuclear weapons, killing 215,000 innocent civilians Remembering the only use of »

RIA Novosti | 29 July 2010 UN chief to pay tribute to victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings UNITED [...]


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From Client-States

Open Letter from Prominent Afghans »

Open Letter from Prominent Afghans to Obama: Discrimination Against Pashtuns

Dawat Independent Media Centre | 1 July 2010 To: Mr. Obama, President, United States ofAmerica From: Dr. Misdaq, Dr. Zirakyar, Dr. Miraki and Dr. [Read More]


From Imperial Allies

Drone War in Pakistan: Photos from the Ground Show Civilian Casualties Drone War in »

Der Spiegel | 18 July 2011 By Hasnain Kazim Noor Behram remembers why he [...]


ISI: Wikileaks logs reflect soldiers’ fears, suspicions, and anxieties ISI: Wikileaks logs »

Der Spiegel | 28 July 2010 By Matthias Gebauer, John Goetz, Hans Hoyng, Susanne Koelbl, [...]


Americans funding expanding Israeli occupation (“settlements”) Americans funding »

Der Spiegel | By Gregor Peter Schmitz and Christoph Schult | 23 July 2010 US Cash for [...]


Analysis & Opinions

“Can we fight America?”

“Can we fight America?”

Afpakwar | Arshad Zaman | 25 June 2011 Although denied by an Army spokesman, according to the New York Times (June 15, 2011), General Kayani is said to have observed in a recent talk to his officers that “We are helpless,” and to have asked rhetorically, “Can we fight America?” Whether true or false, as explained in a recent article [...]

The Solution

The Solution

Afpakwar | Arshad Zaman | 25 June 2011 Enough talk. Everyone is asking, “What is the solution?” Without learned evasions, let me provide a direct answer, by outlining one set of practical responses to the challenges we undeniably face. The immediate objective, clearly, must be to redeem the liberty and protect the lives of the people of [...]

Remove American Forces from Pakistan

Remove American Forces from Pakistan

Afpakwar | Arshad Zaman | 30 July 2010 It’s official: although careful not to leave any footprints, the U.S. has boots on the ground in Pakistan. U.S. troops in Pakistan ensure compliance by the government, under threat of overt occupation. This was revealed on Thursday 22 July 2010, when U.S. lawmakers Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) and Ron Paul [...]

The West’s War Crimes are Much Greater than Israel’s

The West’s War Crimes are Much Greater than Israel’s

YNet | By Shaul Rosenfeld | 30 July 2010 Hypocrisy’s finest hour Revelations of West’s crimes in Afghanistan highlight anti-Israel hypocrisy In an interview with PBS earlier this year, Richard Goldstone was quite amazed by a question regarding the suspicion that he and others may, heaven forbid, adopt a double standard in respect to [...]

Wikileaks: Osama bin Laden died in a Peshawar hospital, and other howlers

Wikileaks: Osama bin Laden died in a Peshawar hospital, and other howlers

The News | By Rahimullah Yusufzai | 30 July 2010 WikiLeaks falsehood PESHAWAR: Revelations by Wikileaks based on classified US military files on the Afghan war contain a trove of interesting and sometimes true information, but an element of falsehood is also there, such as one intelligence report in June 2007 that al-Qaeda founder Osama bin [...]

On WikiLeaks, Pakistan and Afghanistan

On WikiLeaks, Pakistan and Afghanistan

Reuters | By Myra MacDonald | 28 July 2010 On WikiLeaks, Pakistan and Afghanistan; the tip of an old iceberg I’ve been resisting diving into the WikiLeaks controversy, in part because the information contained in the documents – including allegations of Pakistani complicity with the Taliban - is not new. Yet at the same time you can’t [...]

Memoirs of Mulla Abdul Salam Zaeef

Memoirs of Mulla Abdul Salam Zaeef

Reuters | By Myra MacDonald | 10 Feb 2010 “My Life with the Taliban” – on study and Islamic values In  “My Life with the Taliban”,  Abdul Salam Zaeef — who fought with the mujahideen against the Soviets in Afghanistan and later served in the Taliban government before it was ousted in 2001 — writes of how he longed [...]

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