Afghanistan on the edge
Tags: AFGHANISTAN -- Social conditions; TALIBAN; AFGHAN War, 2001-; SUICIDE bombings; NORTH Atlantic Treaty Organization
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- Rescuing Afghanistan from Terror: Recommendations for Recovery. Santoli, Al // Peace & Conflict Monitor;Jan2007, p4
This article describes the state of Afghanistan as NATO forces continue to battle the Taliban and undergo social and economic reconstruction. NATO has claimed Taliban militants are adopting the suicide attacks used by insurgents in Iraq, launching 78 suicide bombings through September 2006,...
- A Propaganda War. Motlagh, Jason // U.S. News & World Report;11/17/2008, Vol. 145 Issue 11, p42
The article focuses on the Afghan War. The resurgence of the Taliban in 2008 is attributed in part to a sophisticated public relations and propaganda campaign conducted by the movement. The Taliban use video tapes and sound recordings to publicize their attacks on North Atlantic Treaty...
- Being in Afghanistan is dangerous, not being in Afghanistan is more dangerous. Ki-Moon, Ban // Peace & Conflict Monitor;Jan2008, p2
This article presents the author's viewpoint on the NATO military mission in Afghanistan. He warns that allowing the country to sink into anarchy or Taliban control again would jeopardize international peace and cause it to become a haven for terrorists. However, he also notes the progress made...
- Afghanistan: is it too late? Sands, Chris // New Statesman;3/31/2008, Vol. 137 Issue 4890, p32
In this article the author examines aspects of the war in Afghanistan as it was being conducted in the first quarter of 2008. He notes an increase in violence in all parts of the country and suggests that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) campaign against the Islamic fundamentalist...
- Losing Afghans. Khabaryal // New Internationalist;Nov2008, Issue 417, p6
In this article the author, an Afghan journalist, comments on the conduct of the Afghan war by the United States and its allies. It is noted that the forces of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization have scored military successes against the Taliban guerrillas, but have failed to gain the...
- Suicide Offensive. Yousafzai, Sami; Moreau, Ron // Newsweek (Pacific Edition);5/14/2007, Vol. 149 Issue 20, p38
The article discusses suicide bombing in Afghanistan. The residual Taliban in Afghanistan are turning to suicide bombing in an attempt to drive U.S. forces out of the country. Taliban leader Mullah Dadullah Akhund claims to have 1800 suicide bombers willing to die. Suicide bombing was previously...
- Suicide Offensive. Yousafzai, Sami; Moreau, Ron // Newsweek (Atlantic Edition);5/14/2007, Vol. 149 Issue 20, p48
The article discusses suicide bombing in Afghanistan. The residual Taliban in Afghanistan are turning to suicide bombing in an attempt to drive U.S. forces out of the country. Taliban leader Mullah Dadullah Akhund claims to have 1800 suicide bombers willing to die. Suicide bombing was previously...
- More Evidence of a Self-Imposed Military Quandary. Sinnreich, Richard Hart // Army Magazine;Sep2009, Vol. 59 Issue 9, p20
The article offers the author's views on two main issue regarding the U.S. and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces' counterinsurgency campaign strategies in the war against terrorism in 2009 in Afghanistan. He states that Allied soldiers are allowing Taliban insurgents, who are...
- Dinosaurs Can't Dance: The Impending Extinction of the Nation-State. Goekler, John // Foreign Policy in Focus;7/27/2010, p3
The author comments on the decline of the nation state. According to the author, he learns from a Marxist view that the nation state exists as a product of the perfect world of laborers and excellence of humanity. He considers the Afghan war as an example of the decline of nation state, wherein...
