TURNING THE TALIBAN
Tags: AFGHAN War, 2001-; TALIBAN; RELIGIOUS fanatics
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- TURNING THE TALIBAN. Moreau, Ron; Yousafzai, Sami // Newsweek (Atlantic Edition);2/22/2010, Vol. 155 Issue 8, p28
The article casts doubt on a U.S. strategy in the Afghan war that depends in significant measure on being able to reconcile Taliban militants by offering jobs and other economic inducements. The authors' interviews with Taliban figures, however, indicate they are motivated largely by ideology...
- TURNING THE TALIBAN. Moreau, Ron; Yousafzai, Sami // Newsweek;2/22/2010, Vol. 155 Issue 8, p34
The article casts doubt on a U.S. strategy in the Afghan war that depends in significant measure on being able to reconcile Taliban militants by offering jobs and other economic inducements. The authors' interviews with Taliban figures, however, indicate they are motivated largely by ideology...
- A SURGE OF THEIR OWN. Moreau, Ron; Yousafzai, Sami // Newsweek;5/3/2010, Vol. 155 Issue 18, p9
This article reports that Pakistani insurgents are joining the military forces of the Taliban Sunni Islamist organization in Afghanistan, angered by the U.S. occupation of the region, and notes that Pakistani troops stationed along the Afghan border have been ineffectual in derailing the insurgents.
- THE TALIBAN CALL A TIME-OUT. Moreau, Ron // Newsweek;12/6/2010, Vol. 156 Issue 23, p13
The article discusses Taliban forces in Afghanistan and evidence that a group of them informed Taliban commander Abdul Qayum Zakir of their intended respite from the war, interpreted as a sign of the success of increased U.S. military action in southern Afghanistan.
- Eleventh-Hour Counterinsurgency. WEST, BING // National Review;8/30/2010, Vol. 62 Issue 16, p35
The article discusses the U.S. military effort in Afghanistan. In the author's view the U.S. needs to develop in the Afghans a greater sense of self-reliance. He believes it is particularly important that more responsibility for fighting the Taliban militants be shifted to the Afghan military....
- A Turnaround Strategy. Zakaria, Fareed // Newsweek (Pacific Edition);2/9/2009, Vol. 153 Issue 6, p22
The author provides four ideas for strategies in the Afghan war. He emphasizes the need for making local populations feel secure and getting the Afghan National Army and local police to do as much as possible. He also mentions the importance of strengthening the legitimacy of the Afghan...
- The great gamble. Robinson, Geoffrey // New Statesman;10/26/2009, Vol. 138 Issue 4972, p28
In this essay the author discusses British military involvement in the war in Afghanistan. The central focus of the article is the author's contention that elections in Afghanistan are futile and that foreign troops should be withdrawn from the country even if it requires negotiation with the...
- INSIDE TALIBANISTAN. BERGEN, PETER; FISHMAN, BRIAN; TIEDEMANN, KATHERINE // Foreign Policy;Nov2010, Issue 182, p68
The article presents a discussion regarding the organizational evolution of the Islamist militia group known as the Taliban. It argues that the Afghan War has altered the definition of the Taliban and provides a description of several militant organizations in Afghanistan and Pakistan that can...
- Military Periscope: Defusing Efforts In Afghanistan. Oppenheimer, Andy // Military Periscope Special Reports;5/10/2012, p1
The article presents information on the turbulence in Afghanistan. The Taliban has made it clear it wants a reiteration while the U.S. government has indicated that a new chapter is starting in the war in Afghanistan. Several governments have indicated that their commitments will not end when...
