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Posted in Afghan Life, Articles on Mar 1st, 2009
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Moving the presidential vote up to spring from August could undercut opponents, who still have to plan their campaigns |
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Posted in Blog on Jan 23rd, 2009
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“The Taliban want to expel foreign troops, not win power.” So says Mullah Salaam Zaif, the movement’s former ambassador to Pakistani, who is now on good terms with the Karzai government. |
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Western forces target the Taliban, but for many Afghans the biggest threat comes from criminals and complicitous police |
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Posted in Articles on Oct 9th, 2008
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By Tom Engelhardt |
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Posted in Afghan Life, Articles on Sep 30th, 2008
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From the GSI-IPS Subsidies Series. Part 1, by Ashfaq Yusufzai, is here KABUL, Sep 30 (IPS) - In a teeming petrol market on the outskirts of Kabul, black market traders sell fuel to everyone from individual customers to large business groups. Although much of this petrol comes from Iran or the Central Asian countries, a good [...] |
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Afghan civilian deaths rise by 39 percent. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates pledges to do more to solve the problem. |
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KABUL, Aug 20 (IPS) - The ambush that killed 10 NATO soldiers outside of Kabul on Tuesday, the worst battlefield loss for western forces since the war began, was the capstone in a week of high-profile insurgent activities in Afghanistan. |
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Posted in Afghan Life, Articles on Aug 19th, 2008
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Government agencies are intimidating and arresting journalists. The crackdown marks the decline of a hard-won, post-Taliban achievement: press freedom |
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Posted in Afghan Life, Articles on Aug 14th, 2008
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KABUL, Aug 14 (IPS) - It used to take Esmazari 15 minutes to cross town in his faded mustard Corolla. But the police shutdown of nearly half of Kabul’s major arteries, in response to a spate of suicide bombings that ripped across the capital city in recent months, means that today Esmazari’s taxi spends a [...] |
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KABUL, Jul 24 (IPS) - Dozens of civilians were killed over the weekend in Afghanistan, the latest in the trend of spiraling violence that has engulfed the embattled nation. The civilian casualties, Taliban attacks and troop casualty numbers are putting increasing strain on the Western-led coalition, leading some to speculate that the war is unwinnable. |
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