AfPak again
The Americans are at it again. Troop surge in Afghanistan, policy review on Pakistan, alternating between threatening and bribing us to ‘do more’. It’s like it’s 2009 again. The problem…
The Americans are at it again. Troop surge in Afghanistan, policy review on Pakistan, alternating between threatening and bribing us to ‘do more’. It’s like it’s 2009 again. The problem…
When President Barack Obama took office he commissioned an inter-agency review of US policy towards Afghanistan and Pakistan. The recommendations emerging from this review were issued in a white paper.…
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The United States suspended the publication of a key employment report Friday as a partial government shutdown entered its third day, casting a fog over the health of the world’s…
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Misinformation plagued the first rollout of a vaccine to protect girls against cervical cancer, with parents slamming their doors on healthcare workers and some schools shutting for days over false…