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    Ending the US War in Afghanistan
    Phyllis Bennis

    The recent civilian casualties demonstrate, for any who doubted it,  that this is a war against a vast population of Afghanistan, and the only way to stop killing civilians is to stop the killing. That means to stop all offensive actions and withdraw the troops.

    Imperative to resume India-Pakistan dialogue
    Praful Bidwai

    Due to its lack of a coherent policy towards Afghanistan and Pakistan, India is repeatedly losing opportunities to help stabilise this critical part of its neighbourhood.

    Afghanistan: this war won't work
    Phyllis Bennis

    Obama's announced troops escalation will not bring security to Afghans, it won't turn Afghanistan into a democracy, and it won't make the US safer.

    Das Friedensgutachten 2009
    Jochen Hippler
     Christiane Fröhlich, Margerte Johannsen, Bruno Schoch, Adreas Heinemann-Grüder

    Das Friedensgutachten ist das gemeinsame Jahrbuch der fünf Institute für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung  in  der  Bundesrepublik. Das Friedensgutachten 2009 stellt Möglichkeiten, Wege und Grenzen, Kriege und Gewaltkonflikte zu beenden,  in  seinen  Mittelpunkt.

    US no business in the middle of Afghan civil war
    Phyllis Bennis

    Obama said that there was no military solution, but that's all he's really offering.

    Redefining Targets
    Martin Jelsma
    Tom Kramer

    Afghanistan remains the world’s largest producer of opium and has an under-reported but growing heroin-use problem. Current drug control policies in Afghanistan are unrealistic, reflecting a need for immediate signs of hope rather than a serious analysis of the underlying causes and an effort to...

    President Obama's Afghanistan Escalation Speech: An Assessment
    Phyllis Bennis

    President Obama's speech reflected accountability not to his base, the extraordinary mobilization of people who swept this anti-war and anti-racist candidate into office, but rather to the exigencies of Washington's traditional military, political, and corporate power-brokers who define "...

    Poppies and poverty in Afghanistan
    Martin Jelsma
    Tom Kramer

    The opium ban in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province has forced some farmers to move to alternative crops, but many poor farmers have difficulties finding alternative sources of income.

    Corruption: a ‘friend’ you can’t do without in Afghanistan
    Martin Jelsma
    Tom Kramer

    Corruption is a part of life in Afghanistan

    Reprise? Obama and Afghanistan
    Phyllis Bennis

    Obama's caving in to the pressures of Pentagon to escalate the war in Afghanistan will inevitably mean weakening his programmes at home and losing the support of the broad progressive coalition that brought him to power.

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