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Afghan Election Runoff, Redux

Please extend a warm welcome to T.K., the first of our contributors who answered the call to join the super-awesome fun of writing for Registan.net. As soon as Nathan is connected to a computer again, I promise, he’ll have his own author’s ...

From JOSHUA FOUST, Registan.net :: Central Asia News,  20 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Taliban,  Abdullah Abdullah,  Steve Coll

Afghanistan: Conflicted Response

Captain Cat is conflicted over the dispute within UNAMA: she thinks they do good work, but their acceptance of the fraudulent election is ruining their credibility. All comments are moderated. Do not submit your comment more than once or it may be ...

From JOSHUA FOUST, Global Voices Online,  8 Oct 2009
Related Topics: World Trade Organization

Afghanistan: Reflecting on the Battle of Kamdesh

The large scale assault on a U.S. base in Nuristan over the weekend has caused many bloggers to reconsider how they feel about the conflict. K, a recently returned Marine Embedded Tactical Trainer (he worked with the Afghan National Army), noted that ...

From JOSHUA FOUST, Global Voices Online,  8 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  Taliban

Quick Hits on Afghanistan

Stuff probably not worth a full post, but defo worth highlighting. You can use these HTML tags and attributes:

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From JOSHUA FOUST, Registan.net :: Central Asia News,  7 Oct 2009

Our Pundits Fail Us

There is a dark irony to the faintly racist idea that Afghans are unprincipled mercenaries available to the highest bidders, especially given the rampant panic in Washington at the inescapable conclusion that Hamid Karzai stole his own reelection… The ...

From JOSHUA FOUST, Registan.net :: Central Asia News,  6 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Hamid Karzai

Bribe This

There is a dark irony to the faintly racist idea that Afghans are unprincipled mercenaries available to the highest bidders, especially given the rampant panic in Washington at the inescapable conclusion that Hamid Karzai stole his own reelection. And ...

From JOSHUA FOUST, Columbia Journalism Review,  6 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Fareed Zakaria,  Hamid Karzai,  David Petraeus,  Taliban

Nuristan Violence Part of a Years-Long Campaign?

In 2007, according to ethnolinguist Richard Strand, al Qaeda began a “major strategic thrust toward Afghanistan’s capital” by increasing its presence in Nuristan. Prior to 2007, Nuristan was mostly the domain of Hezb-i Islami Gulbuddin, and the two ...

From JOSHUA FOUST, Registan.net :: Central Asia News,  5 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  Taliban

Photos of Kamdesh

A friend sent me photos he took in 2007 of the Kamdesh area and one of the outposts that was attacked this weekend. First is an aerial shot of the village of Kamdesh. The OP that was attacked after the COP in the valley is near the top. Then, a shot of ...

From JOSHUA FOUST, Registan.net :: Central Asia News,  5 Oct 2009

HIGs are Pigs

Fighting began around dawn Saturday and lasted several hours, said Jamaludin Badar, governor of Nuristan province. Badar said the two outposts were on a hill — one near the top and one at the foot of the slope — flanked by the village on one side and ...

From JOSHUA FOUST, Registan.net :: Central Asia News,  4 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  Taliban

The Pentagon’s Coming Epic Fail

Let’s think about the Pentagon-funded propaganda channel Al-Hurra. Originally conceived in 2004, it was meant to be an Arabic-language counterpart to the supposed anti-Americanism of other Middle Eastern-focused news channels, notably al-Jazeera. Ever ...

From JOSHUA FOUST, Registan.net :: Central Asia News,  3 Oct 2009
Related Topics: The Pentagon,  U.S. Congress,  US State Department

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