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Afghanistan 2012: better tactics, but still no strategy
As one year ends, and another opens, two pieces of news from Afghanistan catch my eye. The first is a story in the New York Times of 2 January: … Read the rest
View ArticleObama, Europe and Counter-terrorism
By Wyn Rees Conventional wisdom tells us that a re-elected American President has a two-year window of opportunity in which to carry through his agenda before becoming a ‘lame duck’. … Read the rest
View ArticleOut of the Hornet’s Nest: Legacies of the War in Afghanistan
By Andrew Mumford On Sunday 26th October British combat operations in Afghanistan officially ended, as Camp Bastion, the last British military base in the country was handed over … Read the rest
View ArticleThe two Talibans and how they operate
Written by Michael Semple. The attack on students of the Bacha Khan university in Charsadda, northern Pakistan, played out according to what has become a disturbingly familiar pattern in the … Read the...
View ArticleWhy stopping Islamic State’s Afghan operation means tackling the Taliban
Written by Michael Semple. The Afghan capital, Kabul, recently saw its deadliest terror attack in some time, as a suicide bomber detonated a device in the middle of a peaceful … Read the rest
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