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Tete a tete with Hillary Clinton

December 16, 2009 in Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Barack Obama, Belfer Center, China, Defense, Democracy, Development, E.U., Economic Crisis, Economic Meltdown, Economy, Education, Election, Elections, EU, European Union, Foreign Fighters, Foreign Policy, Hassan Abbas, Hillary Clinton, India, Instability, Insurgency, ISI, Islam, Islamabad, Militants, Miltary, Obama, Pakistan, Palestine, Palestinians, Peace, Police, Poverty, Secretary of State, Security, South Asia, Taliban, Terrorism, U.S., War | Tags: Af-Pak, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, China, Democracy, E.U., Hassan Abbas, Hillary Clinton, military, Obama, Pakistan, Palestine, Police, Taliban, Terrorism | by network2020 | Leave a comment

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with Hassan Abbas

Hassan Abbas interviews Hillary Clinton on her recent trip to Pakistan. Read the exchange here

Bob Baer on Afghanistan

November 18, 2009 in Afghanistan, Bob Baer, CIA, Hamid Karzai, Islam, military, Pakistan, Robert Baer, Taliban, Terrorism, U.S. | Tags: Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Bob Baer, CIA, Hamid Karzai, Pakistan, Robert Baer, Taliban, Terrorism, War, Warlords | by network2020 | Leave a comment

Check out former CIA officer Bob Baer’s video on Afghanistan here

Tuning Out the Taliban

November 12, 2009 in Music, Pakistan, Taliban, U.S. | Tags: Music, Pakistan, Taliban, U.S. | by network2020 | Leave a comment

Musician

Pakistani pop musicians are propelling anti-American messages. The lyrics reflect widespread views among their young educated fans who say Pakistan’s problem is the West, not the Taliban.

See the video here

Kristof on Afghanistan

November 2, 2009 in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Diplomacy, Education, Greg Mortenson, Instability, New York Times, Nicholas D. Kristof, Pakistan, Peace, Pulitzer Prize, Schools, Taliban, Three Cups of Tea, U.S. | Tags: Afghan Institute of Learning, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, CARE, Education, Greg Mortenson, Matthew P. Hoh, military, Nicholas D. Kristof, Pakistan, Schools, Taliban, Three Cups of Tea | by network2020 | Leave a comment

Nicholas D. Kristof

Tonight, Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof is addressing Network 20/20. Read his recent column on education instead of arms in Afghanistan here.

Network 20/20’s Pakistan Report

August 2, 2009 in Democracy, Nawaz Sharif, Nuclear Proliferation, Pakistan, Security | Tags: Democracy, Nawaz Sharif, Nuclear Proliferation, Pakistan, Security | by network2020 | Leave a comment

Watch the first in our video series on Pakistan.

Network 20/20 member Imtiaz Ali’s testimony on Pakistan to the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee

July 31, 2009 in IDPs, Imtiaz Ali, Pakistan, Refugees, Richard Holbrooke, Security, Swat | Tags: IDPs, Refugees, Richard Holbrooke, Security, Swat | by nhsu2020 | Leave a comment

You may be interested in this outstanding testimony from Network 20/20 member Imtiaz Ali before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on July 29, 2009. Imtiaz played a key role in our Pakistan project last year.

Imtiaz Ali's Testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee

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Pakistan Roundtable

April 30, 2009 in Afghanistan, Asif Ali Zadari, Barack Obama, Charlie Rose, China, General Kayani, Hussain Haqqani, Imtiaz Ali, India, Joe Klein, Kashmir, Lawyers Movement, Nawaz Sharif, NWFP, Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, Steve Coll, U.S. Institute for Peace, Yusef Raza Gilani | Tags: Afghanistan, Aid, Al Qaeda, Asif Ali Zadari, Barack Obama, Charlie Rose, China, Democracy, Economy, General Kayani, Hussain Haqqani, IMF, Imtiaz Ali, India, Joe Klein, Kashmir, Kerry-Lugar Bill, Lawyers Movement, Nawaz Sharif, NWFP, Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, Steve Coll, Taliban, U.S. Institute for Peace, Yusef Raza Gilani | by network2020 | Leave a comment

Imtiaz Ali currently works at the U.S. Institute for Peace

Network 20/20 member Imtiaz Ali appears on a Charlie Rose roundtable with Hussain Haqqani, Joe Klein, and Steve Coll.

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Pakistan – Chaos Theory

April 29, 2009 in David Kilcullen, Dr. Awab Alvi, General David Petraeus, LUMS, Madiha Tahir, Manan Ahmed, Media, Network 2020, New York Times, Osama Siddique, Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, The Atlantic Council, U.S., Yusef Raza Gilani | Tags: David Kilcullen, Dr. Awab Alvi, General David Petraeus, LUMS, Madiha Tahir, Manan Ahmed, Media, Network 2020, New York Times, Osama Siddique, Pakistan, Pervez Musharraf, The Atlantic Council, U.S., Yusef Raza Gilani | by network2020 | Leave a comment

Madiha Tahir in Lahore, Pakistan

Network 20/20 member Madiha Tahir opines about Pakistan’s image in the media. Read her Columbia Journalism Review piece here.

Children of the Taliban

April 15, 2009 in Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Frontline World, military, Pakistan, Peshawar, Poverty, Sharia, Suicide Bombing, Swat, Taliban, Terrorism, Women's Education | Tags: Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Frontline World, military, Pakistan, Peshawar, Poverty, Sharia, Suicide Bombing, Swat, Taliban, Terrorism, Women's Education | by network2020 | Leave a comment

This heartbreaking video from Frontline World chronicles the spread of the Taliban in Pakistan. Watch it here.

Is She Selling the Wrong Plan?

March 31, 2009 in Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Barack Obama, Hamid Karzai, Hillary Clinton, Kabul, Pakistan, Reza Aslan, Secretary of State, Taliban | Tags: Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Barack Obama, Hamid Karzai, Hillary Clinton, Kabul, Pakistan, Reza Aslan, Secretary of State, Taliban | by network2020 | Leave a comment

Secretary Clinton just committed $40 million to support elections in Afghanistan. But her boss appears to be dangerously abandoning the commitment President Bush showed to building democracy there.

Read Network 20/20 member Reza Aslan’s analysis from The Daily Beast here