Afghanistan War Continues, 16 Years And Counting - WBUR's "On Point"
America’s war in Afghanistan has been raging for 16 years, and a new spate of violence could deal a blow to peace prospects there. Is there any way to win or get out?
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America’s war in Afghanistan has been raging for 16 years, and a new spate of violence could deal a blow to peace prospects there. Is there any way to win or get out?
Relations between Pakistan and the United States are just like a terrible marriage where divorce is not possible because the cost is too high. The marriage will remain strained but the two countries should avoid levelling allegations against each other in the media.
The Islamic State group and the Taliban are competing to take credit for a horrific spike in violence in Afghanistan over the last month, and analysts say both insurgent groups are growing in strength as security forces wither under their relentless attacks and a feuding government struggles to win over citizens.
A U.S Diplomat in South Sudan is advising the youth to learn from the horrors of the 1994 Rwandan genocide and work to build a united South Sudan; the U.N Secretary General's Special Adviser for the Prevention of Genocide says South Sudanese leaders have no other option but to end the violence in the country.
Three deadly attacks in Afghanistan's capital have killed more than 130 people in just over a week, a nearly unprecedented urban terrorism blitz that seemed likely to prompt a sobering international reassessment of Afghan defense capabilities as the Trump administration begins building a new, ramped-up military presence and intensified combat-training role.
The Pakistan-US relationship is a terrible marriage where divorce should not be considered because the costs of breaking up are too high. This was stated by United States Institute of Peace Asia Centre Associate Vice President Dr Moeed Yusuf while speaking at a public talk on the Pakistan-US relationship in jeopardy-way forward, which was organised by the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) on Monday.
"The Pakistan-US relationship is a terrible marriage where divorce should not be considered because the costs of breaking up are too high”. This was stated by Associate Vice President of the Asia Centre at the United States Institute of Peace, Dr Moeed Yusuf.
Afghanistan has endured a month of relentless attacks claimed by the Taliban and a rival Islamic State affiliate, capped by Saturday's assault, in which a Taliban suicide bomber driving an ambulance filled with explosives struck in the heart of Kabul, killing more than 100 people.
Russian and Iranian military aid to the Taliban is granting the jihadist group the option to delay or move ahead with any peace negotiations and ultimately gain more influence under a potential power-sharing arrangement with Kabul, indicated an analyst on Thursday. During a panel discussion hosted by the U.S. Institute of Peace, Javid Ahmad...
On January 25, 2018, Dr. Mathew Burrows, director of the Foresight, Strategy, and Risks Initiative in the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, welcomed the International Center for Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC) for the launch of their latest monograph “People Power...