Dec 3, 2010
Overcoming the Obstacles to Peace in Afghanistan Foreign Affairs, by Greg Mills and David Richards, November 24, 2010 Following the 9/11 attacks, Washington opted for a troop-lite approach to removing the Taliban in Afghanistan. Over the next four years, the civilian...
Oct 24, 2010
NYT OP-ED COLUMNIST, By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, Published: October 23, 2010 KABUL, Afghanistan Pari Gol, an illiterate woman from Helmand Province, prayed for the fall of the Taliban back in 2001. But since then fighting has cost the lives of her husband and daughter,...
Oct 21, 2010
NYT, OP-ED COLUMNIST, By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF, October 20, 2010 KABUL, Afghanistan A visitor to Afghanistan who ventures outside the American security bubble sees pretty quickly that President Obama’s decision to triple the number of troops in Afghanistan has resulted,...
Oct 14, 2010
OP-ED COLUMN, By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF NYT, Published: October 13, 2010 MUSCAT, Oman As the United States relies on firepower to try to crush extremism in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen, it might instead consider the lesson of the remarkable Arab country of Oman. Just...
Oct 12, 2010
October 3rd, 2010 by Jake Chapnick One of the reasons the West fails to comprehensively understand Afghanistan and its people is because there has been limited access to its rural areas. According to the United Nations, there are over 10,000 settlements in that...
