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Afghanistan – See You Again In 2014
Published: 28/07/2010
U.S. and Western troops will stay in Afghanistan until 2014 when Afghan forces will take full control over security in the country: this is the final decision of the international conference held in Kabul on Tuesday, July 20th.
The…
Afghanistan – Arrivederci al 2014
Published: 28/07/2010
Le truppe americane ed occidentali resteranno in Afghanistan fino al 2014, data in cui le forze afghane assumeranno il pieno controllo della sicurezza nel paese: è questo il verdetto della conferenza internazionale tenutasi a Kabul lo scorso martedì 20…
La conferenza di Kabul, un teatro surreale i cui protagonisti sono gli alleati occidentali sconfitti
Published: 28/07/201021/07/2010
Original Version: Kabul conference is surreal theatre featuring the defeated Western allies in competitive denial
La storia si sta scrivendo sotto i nostri occhi in Afghanistan; ma è un tipo particolare di storia: la proiezione al rallentatore…
Tira una brutta aria per un Afghanistan neutrale
Published: 28/07/201024/07/2010
Original Version: Ill-wind blows for a ‘neutral’ Afghanistan
Forse vi è un’aria, sulle pensose montagne dell’Hindu Kush, che conferisce imperscrutabilità alla politica e alla storia. Quest’aria ha avvolto la conferenza internazionale di Kabul sull’Afghanistan tenutasi martedì scorso,…
Nove anni, nove conferenze
Published: 28/07/201019/07/2010
Original Version: Nine years, nine conferences
Il governo afgano ha una lunga lista di richieste da rivolgere ai donatori internazionali che si riuniranno a Kabul per la nona conferenza di questo tipo (tenutasi martedì 20 luglio (N.d.T.)…
Now Afghanistan too shows the limits of American power
Published: 28/07/2010The catastrophic illusions and acts of official betrayal at the heart of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are being progressively exposed, one after another. In London, the former head of MI5 Eliza Manningham-Buller confirmed to the Iraq inquiry this…
President Obama: Why Are We in Afghanistan?
Published: 28/07/2010Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele recently said the unthinkable: Afghanistan is “a war of Obama’s choosing.” Steele’s remarks triggered a verbal slugfest between neocon proponents of endless war, such as William Kristol, and Iraq hawks turned Afghanistan doves, such…
How to fix Afghanistan
Published: 28/07/2010America’s war effort in Afghanistan remains adrift, a fact accentuated recently following the firing of General Stanley McCrystal.
Yet the problems that America faces are in many ways intrinsic to the nation it is trying to change, and part and…
Mullen: U.S.-Afghan Relationship Will Endure (video)
Published: 26/07/201026/07/2010 – In Afghanistan, Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff says the U.S. is working with Afghanistan to provide a seamless transition when American forces leave the country (AP)
The Crisis In Obama’s Strategy In Afghanistan
Published: 07/07/2010
Almost two weeks after Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s resignation due to his offensive statements against the U.S. Administration published in the press, it is now clear that it was just a symptom of a much deeper crisis that is being…
La crisi della strategia di Obama in Afghanistan
Published: 07/07/2010
A circa due settimane dalle dimissioni del generale Stanley McChrystal, causate dalla pubblicazione di alcune sue dichiarazioni offensive nei confronti dell’amministrazione americana, è ormai evidente che quell’episodio era solo un sintomo di una crisi ben più profonda che ha…
Afghanistan: non è una partita della NATO, ma la guerra per procura del Pakistan con il suo fratello indiano
Published: 07/07/201001/07/2010
Original Version: This is no Nato game but Pakistan’s proxy war with its brother in the south
Il mese scorso, a Kabul, ho avuto un incontro privato con Amrullah Saleh che, a quel tempo, era il capo…
L’Afghanistan, l’Iran, e le reali sfide di Petraeus
Published: 07/07/201028/06/2010
Original Version: Afghanistan, Iran, and Petraeus’ Real Challenge
La determinazione dell’amministrazione Obama a colpire simultaneamente i Talebani e l’Iran per spingere entrambe le parti ad un negoziato in base alle condizioni americane, gli si…
Le dannose scadenze del presidente Obama
Published: 07/07/201029/06/2010
Original Version: President Obama’s detrimental deadlines
Che succede con il presidente Obama e le sue scadenze artificiali? In un primo momento egli ha stabilito una scadenza per la chiusura di Guantanamo entro il gennaio 2010, ma il…
U.S. indirectly paying Afghan warlords as part of security contract
Published: 07/07/2010The U.S. military is funding a massive protection racket in Afghanistan, indirectly paying tens of millions of dollars to warlords, corrupt public officials and the Taliban to ensure safe passage of its supply convoys throughout the country, according to congressional…
The US in Afghanistan – Rifts or policy drift?
Published: 07/07/2010The storm in Washington over General Stanley McChrystal’s egregious conduct culminated in his swift dismissal and replacement. But the reverberations from this expose of the Obama administration’s dysfunctional national security team will haunt its Afghan mission for months to come.…
È tempo che l’Occidente riveda la sua strategia afghana
Published: 30/06/201030/06/2010
Original Version: It is time to rethink the west’s Afghan strategy
Dietro il caso delle dimissioni del generale McChrystal si nasconde l’assenza di strategia da parte americana e una serie di aspri contrasti all’interno dei vertici di…
L’apertura nei confronti dei Talebani aggrava le tensioni etniche in Afghanistan
Published: 29/06/201029/06/2010
Original Version: Afghan Overture to Taliban Aggravates Ethnic Tensions
Irritate dalla volontà di Karzai di raggiungere un accordo con i Talebani e con il Pakistan, le comunità minoritarie dell’Afghanistan, tagiki, uzbeki e hazara, si dicono pronte a…
U.S. General in Afghan War Risks Losing Job (video)
Published: 23/06/201023/06/2010 – The White House summoned Gen. Stanley McChrystal to Washington to explain disparaging comments in a forthcoming Rolling Stone magazine article about his commander in chief and President Barack Obama’s top aides. (AP)
Chi sono i Talebani?
Published: 18/06/201018/06/2010
Original Version: Who are the Taliban?
Ultimamente si parla molto del possibile dialogo tra il governo afghano e le varie fazioni che compongono i Talebani; ma quali sono queste fazioni, e quali rapporti le uniscono? Il giornalista…
Il valore stimato delle scoperte minerarie in Afghanistan deve essere preso con cautela
Published: 16/06/201016/06/2010
Original Version: Value of Afghanistan’s mineral discovery needs to be dealt with cautiously
La tanto sbandierata notizia secondo cui in Afghanistan vi sarebbero giacimenti per un valore di 1.000 miliardi di dollari appare poco convincente agli esperti,…
‘Real Danger’ in Discovering Afghan Minerals (video)
Published: 15/06/201015/06/2010 – U.S. geologists discovered untapped mineral resources in Afghanistan, amounting to $1 trillion. But despite the opportunity, international security expert Stephanie Sanok says the country lacks the infrastructure and laws to exploit them (AP)
NATO Bloodshed in Afghanistan Spikes Ahead of Surge (video)
Published: 09/06/201009/06/2010 – Violence raged in Afghanistan this week, just ahead of the launch of a major NATO offensive in the country’s Taliban-held south (PBS News)
Gli Stati Uniti possono imparare a convivere con Karzai?
Published: 19/05/201019/05/2010
Original Version: Can the U.S. Learn to Live with Karzai?
Dietro lo scambio di cerimoniose gentilezze avvenuto alla Casa Bianca tra Obama e Karzai si cela la consapevolezza americana che la cooperazione di Karzai è essenziale, se…
Obama’s Visit with Karzai: No Pat on the Back
Published: 31/03/2010The details of President Barack Obama’s weekend conversation with Afghan President Hamid Karzai remain shrouded in secrecy, but it’s unlikely that Obama would spend 26 hours aboard Air Force One flying to and from Kabul just to pat Karzai on…
War and peace: A Taliban view
Published: 29/03/2010After an often stormy relationship with the United States over the past 63 years since its independence, Pakistan is in the process of forging an all-embracing strategic relationship with Washington.
A delegation led by Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi is…
Una strategia di “disimpegno” in Iraq e in Afghanistan
Published: 25/03/201025/03/2010
Original Version: Now for an Extrication Strategy
Americani e inglesi sembrano volersi “svincolare dai propri oneri” in Iraq e in Afghanistan; nemici e alleati avvertono questo desiderio e predisporranno i loro piani di conseguenza – scrive il…
Perché gli Stati Uniti devono parlare con i Talebani
Published: 22/03/201022/03/2010
Original version: Why the U.S. must talk to the Taliban
L’indecisione degli Stati Uniti sui tempi e i modi con cui dialogare con i Talebani, e la convinzione sempre più diffusa che gli americani e la NATO…
AfPak – The mystery of Baradar and Gadahn: a new ‘End Game’?
Published: 20/03/2010On February 16, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, who headed the so-called Balochistan Shura (the council of religious elders), was captured in a joint effort by US and Pakistani intelligence agencies. It appeared to herald a fresh era of enhanced co-operation…
Iran wants help from a friend
Published: 12/03/2010An unusual alliance has been unveiled after Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad revealed that the recent arrest of Abdulmalik Rigi, leader of the Sunni terrorist group Jundallah, was made possible with intelligence cooperation from Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Using his one-day trip…
Iran against U.S. in peaceful Afghanistan face-off (video)
Published: 11/03/201011/03/2010 – The U.S. is playing a double game in Afghanistan – fighting terrorists that it itself created. That’s according to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who’s visiting Kabul. Ahmadinejad’s comments came after the US defence secretary Robert Gates accused Iran of supporting Taliban insurgents (Russia Today)
Nato forces move on to Kandahar (video)
Published: 28/02/201028/02/2010 – After two weeks battling the Taliban in Afghanistan’s Marja town in Helmand province, Nato and Afghan forces are setting their sights on their next objective – securing Afghanistan’s second largest city, Kandahar (al-Jazeera English)
I “numeri 2″ dei talebani: forse sono troppi
Published: 27/02/2010La recente cattura del leader talebano, Abdul Ghani Baradar, offre lo spunto per delineare una mappatura dei mujaheddin “most wanted” catturati o uccisi dalle forze Nato e Isaf in Afghanistan, oppure dall’esercito pakistano oltrefrontiera. Baradar è stato preso grazie a…
I legami sauditi con i Talebani possono aiutare a stabilizzare l’Afghanistan?
Published: 26/02/201026/02/2010
Original Version: Can Saudi ties with the Taliban help stabilize Afghanistan?
La mediazione saudita che dovrebbe facilitare il dialogo con i Talebani in Afghanistan e riconciliarli con il governo Karzai va probabilmente incontro a numerose difficoltà, a…
Civilian casualties continue to mar Afghanistan war effort (video)
Published: 23/02/201023/02/2010 – In Afghanistan, officials said that 27 people were killed last night in Uruzgan province, when NATO aircraft fired on what was believed to be a convoy of insurgents. It turned out that the people were all civilians, including women and children (World Focus Online)
Pakistan’s push for new role in Afghanistan
Published: 19/02/2010Afghanistan’s punishing war is entering a new phase and Pakistan has made it clear it can and must play a leading role.
The sudden significant capture of Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, second in charge in the Taliban hierarchy, comes at…
Malalai Joya definisce “ridicola” la strategia militare in Afghanistan
Published: 16/02/201016/02/2010
Original Version: Joya condemns ‘ridiculous’ military strategy
Malalai Joya è una parlamentare afghana sospesa dal suo incarico nel 2007, quando accusò alcuni parlamentari di essere criminali di guerra. “La donna più coraggiosa dell’Afghanistan”, come spesso viene chiamata,…
Can Saudi Mediation Really Help in Afghanistan?
Published: 15/02/2010Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be heading to Saudi Arabia this week. The meeting in Riyadh is likely to focus on Iran, Iraq and the Arab-Israeli conflict, but it cannot be ruled out that some of the discussion will…
Operazione Moshtarak in Afghanistan: la più grande offensiva dal 2001 è in corso
Published: 15/02/201015/02/2010
Original Version: Operation Moshtarak: Biggest offensive since 2001 under way
Prosegue l’offensiva delle forze alleate ed afghane per prendere il controllo della città di Marjah, fino a pochi giorni fa roccaforte talebana; ma l’operazione militare sembra avere…
Vuota diplomazia in Afghanistan
Published: 15/02/201015/02/2010
Original Version: Empty diplomacy in Afghanistan
Negoziare con i Talebani è troppo poco, ed è troppo tardi; gli alleati occidentali devono rendersi conto che la catastrofe socioeconomica dell’Afghanistan è iniziata ben prima dell’11 settembre 2001 – scrive…
NATO’s planned offensive in Afghanistan – Get out of the way
Published: 12/02/2010FOR months now United States Marines in Helmand, Afghanistan’s bloodiest province, have been sporting T-shirts proclaiming their intention: “Just do Marja”. This refers to a cluster of Taliban-controlled villages close to Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital. Marja’s lawlessness and the…
A cosa servirà comprare i Talebani?
Published: 31/01/201031/01/2010
Original Version: Why buy the Taliban?
Parlare di “buon governo” e “società civile” da un lato, e dall’altro distribuire soldi ai Talebani per comprare la loro adesione al processo politico, non è né una nuova strategia né…
The Afghanistan problem
Published: 31/01/2010Nothing could be clearer than the fact that there is an ever-widening divide in the perception, interests and understanding of the situation amongst the various stakeholders in Afghanistan. The regional states have their eyes on maximising benefits as the US…
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