Tuesday, May 1

AIR FORCE ONE LANDS AT BAGRAM, OBAMA AND KARZAI SIGN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT

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The agreement was signed just moments ago in the atrium of the presidential palace in Kabul.  President Obama will now return to Bagram Airf...
Monday, April 30

Note

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The next Pundita post will be on May 16. Best regards to all, Pundita
Thursday, April 19

"There is no freedom of press in Afghanistan"

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Afghanistan has a stubbornly high illiteracy rate of 72 percent, so TV and radio are the most effective ways of spreading news around the co...
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Wednesday, April 11

Bingo: "Infiltration of Pakistan, Iran in Afghan Media: NDS"

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"[A] number of the programs broadcasted by these TV channels and News Agency are displayed with a motive to disrupt the thinking of the...
Sunday, April 8

Notes from the real Afghan War: Up to 30 percent of Afghanistan’s water is used by Pakistan and Iran

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Bottom line: poppy is a less water-intensive crop than other exportable agricultural commodities, and industrial mining is hugely water int...

Water scarcity: Saving Jordan and the Dead Sea

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Ah, but desalination is expensive.... Jordan’s critical water situation highlighted March 19, 2012 The Jordan Times [...] Highlighting Jord...
Tuesday, April 3

Are Muslim Syrian rebels driving Christian Syrians out of their homes and murdering them?

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Generally I wouldn't pass along this story, which comes from an organization called Special Guests, because it's unsourced; it doesn...
Monday, April 2

Bravo, Burma -- er, Myanmar!

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I meant to put this post up yesterday but I discovered it's really hard to type and dance around my desk at the same time. So I finally ...
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Sunday, April 1

Washington stretches meaning of "humanitarian assistance" to give aid to Syrian rebels

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Here we go again. It's 'just' a pledge at the moment to provide communications equipment but this would happen on April Fool...
Monday, March 26

Afghan War got you down? Worried after watching Charlie Rose that the chief military advisor to the White House is as barking mad as the last one?

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Take one reading of advice from the inimitable "(Ret.) Maj. Butt" to young aspiring Pakistani strategic analysts and call me in th...
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Wednesday, March 21

If Gen. Allen and Amb. Crocker lose their jobs they can always find work as bouncers

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"Yo Mama" event at highest level of Karzai's regime between pro- and anti-American staff; Allen and Crocker leap in to prevent...
Friday, March 16

BREAKING NEWS: Pundita finds the bunny

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March 15, The New York Times : KABUL, Afghanistan — Prospects for an orderly withdrawal of NATO forces from Afghanistan suffered two blows o...
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Wednesday, March 7

Barack Obama throws an entire nation under the bus, and Lindsey Graham ignores Hamid Karzai's major point about the strategic pact

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President Barack Obama chose the first White House press conference of 2012 to throw Afghanistan under the bus. He did this by saying that ...
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Tuesday, March 6

Berlin Mandate: With Obama out to lunch, some members of Congress come up with their own plan for Afghanistan

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Jumpin' Jehosaphat, gentlemen, couldn't you have come up with an easier plan? Like trying to impeach Obama or raising Patton from th...
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Saturday, March 3

Afghan Koran Burning incident: Here ye! Here ye! Kangaroo courts now in session!

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Afghan-US military inquiry may lead to review of at least five personnel despite concluding burning of texts unintentional ... But a differe...
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Friday, March 2

What's the biggest reason for the spike in fratricidal Afghan attacks on ISAF troops?

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Take special note of the dates of the following two reports. (The Wall Street Journal one was probably filed just hours before the Koran bur...
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Thursday, March 1

David Ignatius auditions for the role of Baghdad Bob

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February 27, 2012 : Negotiations with the Taliban find some momentum By David Ignatius The Washington Post U.S. diplomats have noted with in...

Mystery of the Burned Bagram Korans, Part 2: The riots

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Hekmatyar is responsible for deliberately slaughtering roughly 50,000 Kabuli civilians during his bombardments of the city during the exterm...