Afghanistan
Pakistan’s role in current scenario
Mushahid Hussaind Syed and Gen. (r) Hameed Gul (former DG ISI) analyse Pakistan’s role in current changing scenario in the wake of US forces’ withdrawal from Afghanistan. Watch here [Urdu].
SufiLore #3 – Database
In an attempt to shorten my delicious list – some databases I have recently stumbled over:
Quest for the European Perspective – III
The earlier quests here and here.
Thomas Ruttig has translated an Interview with Bernt Glatzer who was an ethnologist with focus on Afghanistan. The interview is on the role ethnologists may be able to play in COIN.
SufiLore #2 – The Regional Perspective
I was reading today’s DieZeit articles on Afghanistan, in particular the current discussions in Germany going on over the air strike on petrol trucks in Kunduz and wondering how here in Central Europe the war in Afghanistan is primarily a war over our morale. As McChrystal has suggested we are leading a completely people-centred COIN [...]
Exit Strategy III – An Austrian Solution for Afghanistan
Peter Tomsen (former chargé d’affaires of the US to the Northern Alliance) has proclaimed a possible exit strategy from Afghanistan based on an Austrian State Treaty Model from 1955. in: Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, Vol. 25, Winter 2001
The same guy had a shot at the predictioner’s game concerning the Taliban way back in 2000, [...]
History of Durand Line
An insight into areas around Durand Line – the borderline dividing Pakistan and Afghanistan – their history and problems over many centuries and solutions applied. Read full article.
Dog in the well
In Punjabi folklore there is story of a dog that fell into the village well and died. People asked a wise-man what they should do so that the water doesn’t get infected and people suffer from the diseases because of the dead dog. The wise-man asked them to take out 100 bucket loads of water from well so the [...]
Afghanistan: Transition to What?
Unfortunately they have Audio problems half way through. But what you can hear is well worth it. Especially the first part.
Michael Semple (is he really wearing Peshawari chappels there?) and Najam Sethi (one of European media’s darlings-trias when it comes to local commenters – Ahmed Rashid, Tariq Ali, Najam Sethi) are bringing in great points [...]
the missing sense of war
Matthew Hoh, high ranking diplomat in Afghanistan, quits his job and sums up what more and more politicians and people around the world think: Afghanistan is not to win for anybody (not even the Afghans).
read the letter … (in english)
read the letter … (in german)
Flawed Questions, Missed Alternatives, Rethinking Causes – lecture by Nazif Shahrani
Christian Bleuer on Ghosts of Alexander has provided some excellent material on AfPak – a lecture at ANU by Nazif Shahrani, which can be accessed here as an mp3.
He is talking about alternatives to the current war that were never considered, a Bonn agreement that was leading into the wrong direction looking for the wrong [...]
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