Syed Saleem Shahzad

U.S Foreign Relations August 25, 2014

The stakes in the presidential election dispute — whether Hamid Karzai will continue to call the shots in Afghanistan

Developing An old adage is, “Don’t change horses when you are crossing a stream.” There is an important gloss on that adage, however. The fuller…

Afghanistan, Barack Obama, CIA, debate over the efficacy of torture, human rights, International Law, Justice Department, Middle East, NATO, Nobel Lecture, Nobel Peace Prize, Oslo, Pakistan, Pakistan military, self-defense, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, targeted assassinations, targeted killings, Torture, U.N. Convention Against Torture, U.N. Torture Convention, U.S. Military, United States, use of force, vision of peace January 5, 2012

Obama’s New Year’s Resolutions for Foreign Policy in 2012

The Observer has been trying to get inside President Obama’s head for over two years. Recently, he may have succeeded, or had a very strange…

Afghanistan, Barack Obama, CIA, elections, Hamid Karzai, International Law, NATO, Pakistan, Pakistan military, Taliban, U.S Foreign Relations, U.S. Military, United States July 9, 2011

Assassination of Syed Saleem Shahzad: Pakistan is the problem

Syed Saleem Shahzad, the Pakistan Bureau Chief for Asia Times Online, was assassinated in Pakistan at the time of or shortly after his disappearance on…

Pakistan, Pakistan military, Saudi Arabia, Taliban, united arab emirates September 18, 2010

NEWS TO NOTE: Pakistani sources report progress in back-channel talks with Taliban

Syed Saleem Shahzad, the Pakistan Bureau Chief for Asia Times Online, reports that back-channel conversations with the Taliban during Ramadan, orchestrated by the Pakistani military,…

Afghanistan, CIA, Dictatorship, elections, human rights, Pakistan, Pakistan military, United States February 10, 2010

Pakistan Desire to “Mediate” with Taliban Consistent with Earlier Reports of Deal to Support Karzai in Election Settlement

The New York Times reported on February 10 the following: ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan has told the United States it wants a central role in…

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