Jun 25 2012
US Afghan troop withdrawal is Victory for Taliban 25 June 2011 To paraphrase George Orwell, the shortest route to ending a war is to lose it. US President Barack Obama's announcement that he will withdraw 33,000 US troops from Afghanistan in one year's timeis a frank admission of defeat and a desperate attempt to minimize […]
By su • Afghanistan •
Feb 3 2012
Afghan leader Hamid Karzai set off today on a visit to Saudi Arabia where he will meet King Abdallah Bin-Abd-al-Aziz. Karzai's aim is engage the Saudi ruler in a mediation process aimed at bringing the Taliban Movement to the negotiating table. The efforts by Afghanistan's leader come as a result of the London conference held […]
By su • Afghanistan, By Country, Saudi Arabia •
Feb 3 2010
3 February 2010 Afghan leader Hamid Karzai set off today on a visit to Saudi Arabia where he will meet King Abdallah Bin-Abd-al-Aziz. Karzai's aim is engage the Saudi ruler in a mediation process aimed at bringing the Taliban Movement to the negotiating table. The efforts by Afghanistan's leader come as a result of the […]
By su • Afghanistan •
Jan 24 2010
OpEd for Gulf News 24 January 2010 The co-ordinated suicide and firearms attacks in the heart of Kabul on Monday, January 18, attest to an alarming surge in the Taliban's capabilities and a very real threat to Hamid Karzai's hold on the capital. Up to 20 suicide bombers and as many gunmen were able to […]
By su • Afghanistan •
Dec 8 2009
Surge or no surge, the Taliban are battle-hardened, patient and have no plans to leave Afghanistan By Abdel Bari Atwan, Special to Gulf News Published: 00:00 December 7, 2009 US President Barack Obama has finally announced his decision to send an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan, but the reasoning behind it remains hazy. It […]
By su • Afghanistan •
Nov 4 2009
4 November 2009 Despite US President Barack Obama offering his congratulations to his Afghan counterpart, Hamid Karzai, on his 'victory' in Afghanistan's presidential election following the only other candidate's (Dr Abdullah Abdullah) withdrawal from the re-run, the Americans are deeply disappointed with the result. President Karzai promised the US President to combat corruption and form […]
By su • Afghanistan, By Country •
Aug 2 2009
Afghanistan is Britain's nightmare By Abdel Bari Atwan, Special to Gulf News Published: August 02, 2009, 22:44 While July has brought record numbers of UK military casualties in Afghanistan and an increasingly vociferous home-grown opposition to Britain's engagement there, Gordon Brown's government is apparently uncertain where to go next with the eight-year-old conflict which has […]
By su • Afghanistan •
Sep 20 2012
Two blows for the United States
The US administrations received two big blows in the last 10 days. The first was the storming of its consulate in Libya's Benghazi and killing its ambassador along with three other diplomats. The second blow was the NATO's decision of suspending all the joint operations against the Taliban, which were held in cooperation with the […]
By bij • Afghanistan, Libya, United States of America •