Posts Tagged ‘King Lear’

Why Dr. Ashraf Ghani Was Best Person to Organize Kabul Conference

In Afghanistan, History, News, Opinion, Politics, War on 20 July 2010 tagged Afghanistan, Barack Hussein Obama, Dr. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, Fixing Failed States: A Framework for Rebuilding a Fractured World, Global Post, Hamid Karzai, Johns Hopkins University, Kabul Conference, King Lear, Richard Holbrooke, Securing Afghanistan's Future, Tweetpaste, Twitter, UN, United Nations, World Bank with no comments

Ashraf Ghani, one of the main organizers of the conference, told the media he wants Kabul to have more control over aid dollars Kabul conference: Can Karzai take the reins? [Global Post] As U.S. President Barack Hussein Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai are said to have been at odds for some time now, and [...]

The Case for Karzai as Most Fascinating Person of 2009

In Afghanistan, fame, History, MJ, Music, News, Opinion, Politics, TV, War on 9 December 2009 tagged #Afghanelection, 2009, ABC, Adam Lambert, Afghan election, Afghanistan, Alahazrat Amanullah Khan Ghazi, Article 132, Barack Hussein Obama, Barbara Walters, between Scylla and Charybdis, Charybdis, Dr. Ashraf Ghani, George W. Bush, Ghazi Amanullah Khan Medal for service to Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, Kate Gosselin, King Lear, King of Pop, Lady GaGa, Michael Jackson, MJ, MJJ, Sarah Palin, Scylla, Shakespeare, taliban, Troop Surge with no comments

Barbara Walters’ most fascinating people of 2009 list this year is made up of the likes of Lady GaGa, Adam Lambert, Sarah Palin, and the children of the late great Michael Jackson. Walters will apparently reveal the most fascinating person of the year when the special airs on December 09 on ABC. Though interesting and [...]

Video : Dr. Ashraf Ghani ’80% of What’s Happening in Afghanistan is Due to Bad Governance’

In Afghanistan, Blog, citizenship, Crime, Internet, News, Opinion, Politics, TV, War on 12 August 2009 tagged Afghan election, Afghan Elections, Afghanistan, Barack Hussein Obama, Barack Obama, Brookings, CNN, Dr. Ashraf Ghani, Dr. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, Election, Fareed Zakaria, Finance Minister, General James Jones, GPS, Hamid Karzai, Hillary Clinton, Insurgency, Kabul, King Lear, New Yorker, Richard Holbrooke, Secretary of State, Shakespeare, taliban, Video, Youtube with 3 comments

While speaking to CNN’s Fareed Zakaria, Afghan Presidential candidate, Dr. Ashraf Ghani has drawn an interesting allusion between the medieval kings of Shakespeare and current Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Dr. Ghani claims that Karzai has created a court of fools falling over each other to do whatever it takes to earn the ‘King’s’ trust and [...]