Afghanistan

Rick Perry against criminal charges for Marines

In Afghanistan, News, Politics, Racism, Twitter, War on 16 January 2012 tagged @DLoesch, CNN, Dana Loesch, General George Patton, Germany, Hamid Karzai, Helmand, Hillary Clinton, Leon Panetta, Marja, Marjah, Rhine River, Rick Perry, State of the Union with no comments

Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry called any potential criminal charges against four US Marines videotaped urinating on dead Afghan fighters “over the top”. Perry’s statements to CNN’s State of the Union programme on Sunday come in opposition to Afghan President, Hamid Karzai, who called the act “inhuman” in a statement released shortly after the video [...]

Radio host Loesch ‘I don’t’ have problem w Marine video

In Afghanistan, News, Opinion, Politics, Racism, radio, Twitter, War on 12 January 2012 with no comments

Radio host and CNN contributor, Dana Loesch has caused an internet stir with her comments on a recently-surfaced video depicting US Marines urinating on dead Afghan bodies in Helmand province last year. Referring to the dead bodies as Taliban (the bodies have yet to be identified as civilians or Taliban), Loesch said “Do I have [...]

Back to the Future? US-Taliban Negotiations

In Afghanistan, History, News, Opinion, Politics, TV, Twitter, War on 11 January 2012 tagged @AmiriEhsan, @FaribaNawa, Abdul Rashid Dostum, Afghanistan, Ahmad Shah Massood, Ashoura Day, Burhanuddin Rabbani, Doha, Hamid Karzai, Ismail Khan, Marshal Fahim, Mohammad Najibullah Ahmadzai, Mullah Muhammad Omar, Mullah Omar, Qatar, Shia, taliban, The Stream, United States with no comments

Tonight’s episode of The Stream on Al Jazeera asked if the US is coming to terms with the Taliban? One of my comments made it on to air tonight, but the 140-character limitations of Twitter may have rendered it an incomplete statement. @AJStream Because they think it’s 1987 again. They want a quick exit, out [...]

CAP and Dr. Ashraf Ghani on Pakistan’s post-attack strategy

In Afghanistan, News, Opinion, pakistan, Politics, War on 5 December 2011 tagged Afghanistan, Bonn, Bonn 2, Dr. Ashraf Ghani, Dr. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, France, Germany, Hamid Karzai, loya jirga, Mohmand, NATO, pakistan with no comments

Days after Pakistan blocked NATO access to supply routes into Afghanistan, Chairman of the Afghan Transition Commission, Dr. Ashraf Ghani addressed the Pakistani reaction to a cross-border NATO attack that left 24 Pakistani soldiers dead. Speaking at a November 29 press conference in Kabul, Dr. Ghani called all involved to allow a proper investigation into [...]

At Brother’s Funeral, Hamid Karzai Calls Taliban ‘Dears’

In Afghanistan, News, Politics, War on 13 July 2011 tagged Afghanistan, Ahmad Wali Karzai, Ahmed Wali Karzai, Guardian, Hamid Karzai, Kandahar, Peace Jirga, taliban with no comments

“Once again I call on the Taliban, my dears, my brothers and friends, come and join me in building the country. Stop destroying the country,” At the funeral of his younger brother, Ahmed Wali Karzai, Afghan President Hamid Karzai called the Taliban – who are claiming responsibility for the death of Ahmed Wali – his [...]