The view from Pakistan

by UmairJ

I had the ‘honour’ of waiting in traffic while Hamid Karzai was taken to Islamabad airport yesterday after his trip in which he met both Gilani and Zardari. The meetings were an attempt to create a better relationship between the two nations and it may have also included discussions concerning the place of the Taliban [...]

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Surprise!

by Matthew Kuhl

So, Ahmed Wali Karzai, brother of Hamid Karzai and suspected drug lord, may also be a good friend of the CIA. I was shocked, shocked, I tell you, to learn this. I can’t really say why, but perhaps it’s the Agency’s history of backing the thug who gets our stuff done (Guatemala, Iran, Cuba, Indochina, [...]

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Here We Go Again

by Matthew Kuhl

Hello, folks. I’m Matthew, and I don’t really have time to introduce myself, so go ahead (if you feel the need) and check out my personal blog for all my personal stuff: http://wheelfirebird.blogspot.com. Anyway, we’ve had a lot of comments about the news that there will be a runoff in Afghanistan in about a week. [...]

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Afghan Election Runoff, Redux

by TK

Please extend a warm welcome to T.K., the first of our contributors who answered the call to join the super-awesome fun of writing for Registan.net. As soon as Nathan is connected to a computer again, I promise, he’ll have his own author’s account. It’s official, there will be a runoff election in Afghanistan. I see [...]

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