News Analysis: New U.S. president likely to focus more on Afghanistan

Xinhua News Agency;  July 16, 2008 ;     700+ words ......S. president likely to focus more on Afghanistan by Yang Qingchuan WASHINGTON, July 15...new leader will likely focus more on Afghanistan in his overall war strategy as the candidates...recent speeches indicate. CONVERGENCE ON AFGHANISTAN Although Obama and McCain clash sharply...

AFGHANISTAN AND THE WAR ON TERROR:ISHAQ SHAHRYAR

Congressional Testimony;  February 12, 2003 ;     700+ words ...00-00-0000 Statement of Afghanistan Ambassador Ishaq Shahryar Remarks...The Restoration and Rebuilding of Afghanistan It is a great honor and to be with...even vital, work in progress in Afghanistan. Given the heroic investment of...

Implications For Afghanistan's Neighbours.(Brief Article)

APS Diplomat Strategic Balance in the Middle East;  October 15, 2001 ;     641 words ...Among Afghanistan's immediate neighbours - Iran, Pakistan...strategic stake in what happens in Afghanistan. The biggest loser is Pakistan, which...eastern and western frontiers, India and Afghanistan respectively. Afghanistan, under Zahir...

Afghanistan at edge of slippery slope?

Oakland Tribune;  October 2, 2006 ;     700+ words ...FREMONT -- If Afghanistan is about to descend into chaos, it...back to his hometown in northern Afghanistan three times since 2001. He's traveled...in the number of people visiting Afghanistan during the Islamic holy month of...

Visitors report Afghanistan at grim juncture

Oakland Tribune;  October 2, 2006 ;     700+ words ...FREMONT -- If Afghanistan is about to descend into chaos, it...back to his hometown in northern Afghanistan three times since 2001. He's traveled...in the number of people visiting Afghanistan during the Islamic holy month of...

THREE R'S FOR A NEW AFGHANISTAN

The Boston Globe;  December 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...NEW CRISES ELSEWHERE HAVE REPLACED AFGHANISTAN IN THE HEADLINES, BUT THIS WEEK IS AN...the Bonn Agreement, a roadmap to take Afghanistan from the wreckage of years of conflict...So it is a good time to ask whether Afghanistan is still important to anyone but the...

News analysis: NATO credibility in Afghanistan at stake if fails to curb...

Xinhua News Agency;  February 28, 2008 ;     700+ words ...News analysis: NATO credibility in Afghanistan at stake if fails to curb militancy...hesitation to contribute moretroops to Afghanistan would benefit Taliban militants as their...states to boosttheir military presence in Afghanistan as U.S. defeat and called on the European...

Can liberals not celebrate democracy? take an honest look at Afghanistan

Charleston Daily Mail;  December 10, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Bush's results in Afghanistan are real achievements WASHINGTON - "Miracle begets...the inauguration of Hamid Karzai as president of Afghanistan. Before our astonishing success in Afghanistan goes completely down the memory hole, let's recall...

Buying time in Afghanistan.

World Policy Journal;  June 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Afghanistan is increasingly seen as Iraq in slow motion. It is not...each insurgency. As Iraq has descended into civil war, Afghanistan's center has held. The government remains weak, but...Pakistan, but has been unable to expand upon its toehold in Afghanistan or offer a compelling alternative to the ...

Afghanistan in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Beitrage zur Afghanistanforschung

The Middle East Journal;  January 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Afghanistan in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Beit6ige zur Afghanistanforschung...Almut WielandKarimi, Schriftenreihe der Mediothek ftir Afghanistan, vol. 1. Frankfurt am Main: Verlag ftir Interkulturelle...positive contributions to research on, and life in, Afghanistan. The relationship between Germany and ...

Rice, Gates stick up for Afghanistan

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  February 8, 2008 ;     476 words ...KABUL, Afghanistan -- The United States and Britain, the nations with the most troops fighting in Afghanistan, made a renewed push Thursday to portray...Rice emphasized the improvements that Afghanistan has seen since the U.S.-led invasion...

From Africa to Afghanistan - With Richards and NATO to Kabul

RUSI Journal;  June 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...From Africa to Afghanistan - With Richards and NATO to Kabul...Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. Under his command were troops from...the proposed group of experts on Afghanistan, for one reason or another, didn...

HAMID KARZAI PRESIDENT OF AFGHANISTAN HAMID KARZAI DELIVERS REMARKS ON...

Washington Transcript Service;  June 14, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Washington Transcript Service 06-14-2004 AFGHANISTAN PRESIDENT KARZAI DELIVERS REMARKS ON...SPEAKER: HAMID KARZAI, PRESIDENT OF AFGHANISTAN [*] KARZAI: Ladies and gentlemen, it...the story of commerce, of trade, for Afghanistan particularly, is of a vital importance...

Afghanistan's downward spiral

The Boston Globe;  November 5, 2008 ;     683 words ...KABUL, Afghanistan A SUICIDE BOMBER attacked the Ministry...building, decrepit though still in use after Afghanistan's many wars, was blown apart. It was just another security incident in Afghanistan's downward spiral, except that my grandfather...

Afghanistan's good news: seeds of economic progress.(OPINION)

The Christian Science Monitor;  September 29, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Karl F. Inderfurth WASHINGTON -- Afghanistan has experienced little good news of late. The...explosives and suicide bombings, have migrated to Afghanistan. Afghanistan's opium harvest has reached the highest levels...