afghanistan issues

Will China step in to develop its Belt and Road initiative, and to mine precious metals? What influence will Russia have? How will the Taliban behave to the people of Afghanistan? What is happening there now?

Maybe we should stop demanding that the people of Afghanistan choose OUR way of doing things. Maybe they want the Taliban. Or maybe they just don't give a ****. And if THEY don't give a ****, why should we? Why should we fight for freedom for a people who don't want it, and surely not...

This article states that The Taliban is taking territory in the wake of NATO's withdrawal. This isn't just a U.S. issue. Many of us on this board belong to NATO countries. I'm assuming we followed, just because the U.S. is the big gun, but why are they out? Another article said that Biden...

I (mostly) quote the BBC: The number of people who were killed in a militant attack on a maternity ward in Kabul, a few days ago, has risen to 24. Mothers, newborn babies and nurses were among the victims. At least 16 people were injured, the health ministry said. In a second incident on the...

The Washington Post recently won a three-year court battle to make public secret government documents about the war. This is being compared to the Pentagon Papers regarding the Vietnam war. At war with the truth The Afghanistan Papers A secret history of the war You can think of at this...

Ever since the Soviets faced some difficulties in their Afghan adventure a mythical image has been created by certain Afghans and their useful idiots in the West: The view of the Afghans as a proud and noble people who has never bowed to any foreign power. Yet this view is completely false...

“If you shoot a gun and the bullet travels at X speed towards a soldier standing 500 metres away, how long does it take to kill him?” But things are improving. http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/06/education-in-afghanistan-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/

From the New York Times KABUL, Afghanistan — Eight soldiers with the American-led military coalition were killed Saturday, making it the bloodiest day this year for Western troops fighting here. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/05/world/asia/blast-kills-7-soldiers-in-afghanistan.html?_r=0 I am...

I just got through with the 03-13-2012 episode of the Adam Carolla Podcast and the guest was Capt. Sean Parnell who served 4 or 5 tours in Afghanistan. He had some amazing stories and one of them had to do with afghan men celebrating something called "Man Love Thursdays" which i couldnt believe...

When will we see this headline leveled against Karzai? Kghquadhafi, Assad, Hussein, Ahmedinejad... they all "killed their own people" when they responded with force to put down violent protests. So far I haven't seen this phrase used against Karzai. Surely just a matter of time, amirite?

I really hope this is a hoax. http://edition.cnn.com/2012/01/11/us/video-marines-urinating/?hpt=hp_t1 Just stupid...

i remember a time when i thought we were the 'good guys'. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/world-south-asia-13589193 Afghan President Hamid Karzai has forcefully condemned the killing of 14 civilians in the south-west of the country in a suspected Nato air strike. Mr Karzai said his government...

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/24/world/asia/24afghan.html No wonder their government is so corrupt.

MP Stands for Multipurpose What happens when you ask soldiers in Afghanistan to be diplomats? Oops. That'll get him in trouble. Fortunately it looks like they have finally realized the futility of this project and are making preparations to end it.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_ts2565 Earlier an article talked about these minerals, and the problems with getting them. This article talks about the timing of the announcement since the survey was done in 2007, and the unlikelihood that the US will get any action on the wealth. But the...

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/28/afghan-men-struggle-sexual-identity-study-finds/ I'm not sure what to make of this. Has something been lost in translation or is this an accurate description of what is happening?

Forgive me for thinking out loud, but is there any room for skeptics to entertain the following CT, which occurred to me. First, the news story: President Hamid Karzai takes 100% of votes in opposition stronghold Now the CT, which begins by asking cui bono. If Hamid Karzai really thinks he is...

After some eight years of involvement, we seem to have accomplished little in our adventuring in Afghanistan, and you will be hard pressed to find a pundit of any stripe with much positive to say about the situation there. In fact, all the various authorities I've listened to lately seem to have...

First, Richard Holbrooke says military victory in Afghanistan is not achievable... Now Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper says on CNN... Along the same lines, Obama said last month (in the same link)... They're coming to their senses re: military outcome, and are now stressing...

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Who says pushing Democracy doesn't work? Afghanistan may eventually become an economic power in the middle east. Afghan opium production soars to new high POSTED: 7:24 p.m. EDT, September 2, 2006 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghanistan's world-leading opium cultivation rose a "staggering"...

Fresh from the front lines... a glimmer of hope among all the negative news about progress in Afghanistan. In the past three years not only have we re-implemented income taxes, withholding taxes on wages, a baby VAT, and airport departure fees but... today (actually 3 days ago) we have...

Rikzilla brought this up in a recent thread, but I thought I'd give it a thread of its own. From killing women who were not "properly" dressed to appointing women to cabinet positions is a huge leap in just a few short years...

Blogger Todd Bass notes some good news from Afghanistan. "The new national currency, the afghani, is widely accepted and stable," reports The Economist. "The economy grew by 28% last year, according to preliminary IMF estimates." You wouldn't know it, though, from reading Newsweek. An article...