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Departing French Envoy Has Frank Words on Afghanistan By ALISSA J. RUBIN, New York Times, April 27, 2013 KABUL, Afghanistan — It is always hard to gauge what diplomats really think unless one of their cables ends up on WikiLeaks, but every once in a while, the barriers fall and a bit of truth slips into public view.        That is especially true in Afghanistan, where diplomats painstakingly

The Seven Pillars of the Arab Future The United States cannot make a success of the Arab Spring. Only the region’s nations can. Here are the ways they need to mature.Michael Wahid HannaDemocracy: A Journal of Ideas, Issue # 28, Spring 2013The early days of the Arab uprisings were uncomplicated and inspiring, as they reaffirmed many Westerners’ long-held beliefs regarding universal values, human

Living Through Terror, in Rawalpindi and BostonBy HAIDER JAVED WARRAICH, New York Times, April 17, 2013 BOSTON I WAS in the middle of having Chinese food with my wife and friends yesterday afternoon when we heard the dull and deathly reverb. The water in our plastic cups rippled. We looked at one another, and someone made a joke about that famous scene in “Jurassic Park.” We tried to

In Pakistan underworld, a cop is said to be a king By By SEBASTIAN ABBOT and ADIL JAWAD, Associated Press, March 30, 2013 KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A corrupt, low-level cop with a healthy dose of street smarts rises to control hundreds of illegal gambling dens in Pakistan's largest city. By doling out millions of dollars in illicit proceeds, he protects his empire and becomes one of the most

Education, Police Reform, and Personal Responsibility Necessary to Stop Sectarian Violence in Pakistan Hassan Abbas, professor of international security studies at National Defense University; and Knox Thames, director of policy and research at the US Commission on International Religious Freedom visited the South Asia Center on March 13 to discuss ethnic and sectarian violence in Pakistan.

Af-Pak Debate: Across the Border Thursday, 14 March 2013 14:40 Written by TOLOnews.com In the first show of a series of Afghanistan-Pakistan debates, On Soy-e Marz, or, Across the Border, TOLOnews and Pakistan's Express TV jointly discuss how the two countries can move forward in fight against terrorism, with panelists in Kabul and Islamabad studios. Former Afghan spy chief Amrullah Saleh