Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Gareth Porter* WASHINGTON, May 13 (IPS) – U.S. President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai sought to portray a united front on the issue of a political settlement with the Taliban in their joint press conference Wednesday. But their comments underlined the deep rift that divides Karzai [...]
Q&A: ”Karzai Assigned a Rabbit to Take Care of the Carrot”
November 20, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Chris Arsenault interviews MALALAI JOYA, author and Afghan parliamentarian VANCOUVER, Canada, Nov 20 (IPS) – In the aftermath of national elections widely condemned as fraudulent, the United States and its allies are wondering what to do about Afghanistan. Malalai Joya, an Afghan parliamentarian deemed ”the bravest women in Afghanistan” [...]
