Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Rebecca Murray NANGARHAR, Afghanistan , Dec 4, 2011 (IPS) – A small plot of urban land has pitted Assadullah, 55, against an unwelcome neighbour in a bitter personal property dispute that has stretched on for almost a decade. Assadullah’s story is a common one. A working-class barber [...]
Afghan Women’s Rights ‘Under Threat’
October 4, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Correspondents* DOHA, Qatar, Oct 3, 2011 (IPS/Al Jazeera) – Women’s rights in Afghanistan are once again under threat after 10 years of progress, two leading British aid agencies have said. Oxfam and Action Aid said on Monday many Afghan women were worried that the impending international troop [...]
Ex-PM Says Taliban Offer Talks For Pullout Date
July 28, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Gareth Porter* KABUL, Jul 28, 2011 (IPS) – The Taliban leadership is ready to negotiate peace with the United States right now if Washington indicates its willingness to provide a timetable for complete withdrawal, according to a former Afghan prime minister who set up a secret meeting [...]
225,000 Killed – But Democracy Eludes Afghanistan and Iraq
July 5, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By S. Chandler IDN-InDepth NewsReport TORONTO (IDN) – At least 225,000 civilians and men and women in uniform have been killed in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, which also involved Pakistan, and will cost the U.S. up to $4 trillion, albeit without any significant gains for [...]
AFGHANISTAN: Obama Takes the Centrist Option on Withdrawal
June 23, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Jim Lobe WASHINGTON, Jun 23, 2011 (IPS) – In a much-anticipated decision, U.S. President Barack Obama announced here Wednesday evening that he will withdraw 10,000 of the 100,000 U.S. troops currently deployed in Afghanistan by the end of this year and a total of 33,000 by some [...]
AFGHANISTAN: Debate Rages over U.S. Withdrawal
June 9, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Jim Lobe* WASHINGTON, Jun 8, 2011 (IPS) – With only three weeks left before U.S. military forces are scheduled to begin withdrawing from Afghanistan, the debate over the size and pace of that withdrawal has become increasingly intense. On one hand, the Pentagon, backed by prominent neo-conservatives [...]
Obama Troop Surge Decision Ignored Pak-Taliban Ties
May 23, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Analysis by Gareth Porter* WASHINGTON, May 22, 2011 (IPS) – The unilateral U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden created a spike in mutual recriminations between U.S. and Pakistani politicians, but their fundamental conflict of interest over Afghanistan was already driving the two countries toward serious confrontation. The [...]
OP-ED: Iran’s Greatest Spiritual Leader
May 23, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Melody Moezzi* ATLANTA, Georgia, May 23, 2011 (IPS) – Iran’s officially recognised "spiritual leader" today may be Ayatollah Khamenei, but for hundreds of years before the current establishment of mullahs and ayatollahs, Iranians of all creeds have looked to another spiritual leader: Jalal ad- Din Rumi. While [...]
Obama Says Bin Laden Killed by US Forces
May 2, 2011 By
The Real News Network May 2, 2011 Rahimullah Yusufzai: Death of bin Laden a blow to Al Qaeda, but he will become a martyr that will inspire them More at The Real News
AFGHANISTAN: A New Therapy Battles Soaring Drug Addiction
April 5, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Pavol Stracansky BEIRUT, Apr 5, 2011 (IPS) – A pioneering drug substitution programme in conflict-wracked Afghanistan has been hailed a resounding success as local doctors and international health organisations battle soaring heroin addiction rates and an HIV/AIDS epidemic. Doctors on the programme, which gives patients controlled doses [...]
