Torturing the facts
Eleven years after George W Bush sent the first detainees to Guantanamo, the Oscar-nominated film Zero Dark Thirty made its national debut. Zero Dark Thirty is disturbing for two reasons.…
A negotiated settlement in Afghanistan
President Obama has scaled down the objectives of the war in Afghanistan as spelled out by the Bush administration. Washington now wants a political solution of the Afghan issue rather…
The Afghan policy shift
After 9/11 Pakistan-US ties have experienced many ups and downs. However, a marked policy shift was seen with the election of President Obama. The new administration attached Afghanistan’s affairs with…
Dostum, Shebergan and Swat
President Obama on Monday ordered US security officials to look into allegations that the Bush administration resisted efforts to investigate a CIA-backed Afghan warlord over the killings of hundreds of…
