Moving forward in Afghanistan
Obama’s drawdown announcement overshadowed an important report from Kabul
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Grant Kippen
Richard Holbrooke’s death: can we make do without outsized diplomats?
Do today’s politics allow for it?
Karzai relents—but only a little—on election watchdog
Two foreign members will assist ECC after fall 2010 election
UPDATED: Karzai takes control of Afghan elections watchdog
[UPDATED BELOW] A few days ago I posted a report here on the disturbing prospect that Afghan President Hamid Karzai was about to...
Canada should protest Karzai’s latest slippery move fast
UPDATED BELOW A well-informed source tells me that Afghanistan’s Hamid Karzai apparently plans to use a presidential decree today...
Next steps after Afghanistan’s run-off vote is scrapped
How will Karzai’s win become acceptable—and what will be the steps to make sure the same farce doesn’t happen again.
We need a new guy in Afghanistan
It’s impossible to know what will happen next in Afghanistan, but it’s obvious new leadership is needed to turn the situation...
That other election, the one people die over
News from Paris today suggests that Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai’s reelection will be accepted by the world...