France has extended the Executive’s emergency powers under a “state of exception” or “état d’urgence”, which gives the police unchecked powers not–subject to judicial review–including…
It is sometimes stunning to observe how journalists at leading U.S. newspapers can write about some recent action Hamid Karzai has taken against U.S. interests…
When someone like Karzai persistently directs lies and insults against you, while you are funding the very security that enables him to stay in power, you must either stand up and burst the bonds of a dependent and abusive relationship, or suffer the consequencdes of being a wimp.
In this case, the consequnces of being a wimp are likely to be the continued loss of American and Allied lives and treasure, to no avail, and eventually the collapse of the Afghan government.
To the Observer, the idea of trying to make Karzai a more central player in efforts to root out corruption in his own government sounds like giving Al Capone a more central role in cleaning up Chicago.
DEVELOPING STORY Hamid Karzai has ousted the two top intelligence officials in his government, on the stated ground that they failed to prevent the Taliban…
The government of Hamid Karzai has proposed a ban on live television coverage of militant attacks and active security operations in response. In the meantime,…