No, not actually. But it was with some amusement this morning that I read about President Karzai's "Saul of Tarsus" moment, when he discovered his opposition to corruption: "President Hamid Karzai, after being re-elected for another five years, has dedicated his five years to fighting corruption," Interior Minister Hanif Atmar told a news conference....
In a dark and twisted revelation straight out of Joseph Heller's Catch-22, we now learn that the U.S military is currently paying millions of dollars a year to the Taliban and local warlords so that they don't shoot at the convoys we are using to supply our soldiers so we can shoot at them.
While we hear a lot about Obama needing to heed to General McChrystal's wishes, since he is Obama's "hand-picked general", it turns out another important general has a different perspective. Retired four-star general Karl Eikenberry, currently serving as U.S Ambassador to Afghanistan, recently sent two private cables to the White House imploring them not...
This winter, Afghanis brace for another round of voting as President Hamid Karzai and his main opponent Abdullah Abdullah face off in the presidential election run-off. But the BBC notes that the run-off may not actually take place as both rivals may reach a deal before that. The run-off is scheduled for Nov 7,...