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2011:- Gates Afghan deadlines---2 years for withdrawal of US troops
The withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan, scheduled to begin in July 2011, will "probably" take two or three years, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Thursday, although he added that "there are no deadlines in terms of when ...
PM Yusuf Gilani snubs UKs Brown on whereabouts of Osama Bin Laden
Rupee News two days asked the poignant question--Why tepid response to Gordon Brown’s claptrap. Today the Prime Minster of Pakistan asked the right questions and snubbed a surprised Mr. Brown. Mr. Gilani challenged the British Premier abou...
Misreading Afghanistan with tinted glasses
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shirley-cloyes-dioguardi/misreading-afghanistan_b_375200.html Public opposition to the mounting death toll in Afghanistan, the unsupportable cost of the war, and the corrupt government of Afghan President Hamid ...
Its time Mr. President
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's main opposition party Sunday demanded the president give up the sweeping powers he inherited from his predecessor, setting the stage for political turmoil just as the Obama administration wants the country to focus on fightin...
Obama’s new Grand bargain: More aid & intelligence cooperation & a few threats
Details are leaking out about the President Obama’s new strategy on Afghanistan and new plans for Pakistan. Gone is the Bruce Riedel’s AfPak linkage, at least the acronym is dead semantically. Foreign Policy—a Pro-Republican think tank (formerl...
Obama pulls a “Bush” on Afghanistan—More war
President Obama is expected to announce plans to send more troops to Afghanistan. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Obama expected to lay out strategy for Afghanistan on Tuesday Anti-war Democrats skeptical of sending more troops to the region ...

