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Victory in Afghanistan
August 2011
Ross Eventon

Debate over the 10-year-plus war in Afghanistan tends to focus on how and when it "can be won," obscuring the fundamental question of whether it was morally acceptable in the first place. Now as the US gets closer to consolidating its imperial presence in the region for decades to come, the...

Video: The Zone of Turbulence: Afghanistan
January 2011
Praful Bidwai
 Michael Warschawski, Director of the Alternative Information Centre, Jerusalem

Afghanistan is a classic instance of the political and military mess that empires leave behind.

It's no secret what Pakistan's been doing with the Taliban
August 2010
Tariq Ali

British politicians "shock" over wiki-leaks shouldn't be taken seriously: Pakistan's ties to the Taliban have never been a secret.

In Afghan Negotiations, Who's at the Table?
May 2010
Phyllis Bennis

Real negotiations mean everyone who has a legitimate stake in the outcome of Afghanistan must be at the table.

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