ASG in the News
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US and Afghan governments make contact with Haqqani insurgents
Published: October 7th, 2010
Author: Julian Borger and Declan WalshUS dealing with Haqqani clan – which has close ties to al-Qaida – through Western intermediary.
Tags: negotiation, peace
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Talking with the Taliban?
Published: October 6th, 2010
Author: Stephen M. WaltStephen Walt comments in Foreign Policy on reports of high level preliminary peace talks in Afghanistan.
Tags: negotiation, peace
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Taliban in high-level talks with Karzai government, sources say
Published: October 6th, 2010
Author: Karen DeYoung, Peter Finn and Craig WhitlockKaren DeYoung, Peter Finn and Craig Whitlock explore recent reports that Taliban representatives and the government of Afghan President Hamid Karzai have begun secret, high-level talks over a negotiated end to the war.
Tags: high peace council, negotiation
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Obama says no big shift now in Afghan war strategy
Published: October 5th, 2010
Author: Matt Spetalnick and Joanne AllenReuters reports on Obama’s letter to the congressional leaders, which said there would be no change in the U.S. in Afghanistan.
Tags: continuation, strategy
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Matt Hoh on Worldview
Published: October 5th, 2010
Author: Jerome McDonnellMatt Hoh discusses “A New Way Forward” a Report by the Afghanistan Study Group.
Matt Hoh talks about the Afghanistan Study Group Report
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Opposing view on defeating al-Qaeda: Stick to the timetable
Published: October 4th, 2010
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Obama’s Afghan war strategy: End it Bob Woodward’s new book sheds light on the president’s intentions. He clearly wants out.
Published: October 3rd, 2010
Author: Doyle McManusDoyle McManus investigates, “What are President Obama’s intentions in Afghanistan?”
Tags: Obama's Wars, Woodward
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Stephen Walt and Peter Bergen discuss Afghanistan and Pakistan Dilemmas
Published: October 1st, 2010
Watch Stephen Walt of Harvard University and Peter Bergen, CNN, NAF, The Osama bin Laden I Know, and Holy War, Inc, discuss important issues surrounding our involvement in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Tags: COIN, debate, negotiation, Video
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Pakistan closes critical supply line for U.S.
Published: September 30th, 2010
Author: Andrea MitchellSteve Clemon’s discusses whether Pakistan’s decision may be retaliation for NATO strikes designed to kill terrorists hiding in the tribal regions.
Tags: Pakistan, supply lines
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“It’s Not the Numbers, It’s the Strategy.” Vice President Biden, November 2009
Published: September 28th, 2010
Author: Matthew HohMatthew Hoh discusses the frustrated decision making process that went into last December’s order by President Obama to increase US forces in Afghanistan by an additional 30,000 troops.
Tags: Obama's Wars, Woodward
