Alex Thurston

Afghanistan/Pakistan: Al Jazeera on the Taliban, US Death, India and Pakistan Peace (?)
by Alex Thurston  ::  Filed Under Middle East / South Asia  ::  August 6th, 2008 @ 6:00 pm EST

Al Jazeera English has produced this video on NATO’s “Taliban problem” which features a good interview:

A US soldier has died in western Afghanistan from a roadside bombing.

Reuters asks: “Would Peace between India and Pakistan Help Stabilise Afghanistan?”

 

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