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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.

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

Militants in Pakistan Destroy NATO Trucks

December 8, 2008 in Afghanistan, Baitullah Mehsud, Kabul, Karachi, Militants, military, NATO, Pakistan, Peshawar, Taliban, Terrorism, War | Tags: Afghanistan, Baitullah Mehsud, Kabul, Karachi, Militants, military, NATO, Pakistan, Peshawar, Taliban, Terrorism, War | by network2020 | Leave a comment

The destruction of over 100 NATO vehicles in Pakistan is an ominous development. Read about it here.

A Refugee Crisis in Afghanistan

December 5, 2008 in Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Pakistan, Poverty, Refugees, Taliban, War | Tags: Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Pakistan, Poverty, Refugees, Taliban, War | by network2020 | Leave a comment

Nearly 300,000 Afghans returned home from Pakistan in 2008. With winter approaching, many are on the brink of desperation in the eastern desert. Watch the video here

Afghanistan – “Still Winnable, But Only Just”

November 15, 2008 in Afghanistan, Counter Insurgency, David Kilcullen, George Packer, Insurgency, Pakistan, Taliban, U.S., War | Tags: Afghanistan, Counter Insurgency, David Kilcullen, George Packer, Insurgency, Pakistan, Taliban, U.S., War | by network2020 | Leave a comment

Read David Kilcullen’s blunt assessment of the situation in Afghanistan here.

A New President vs. a Rising Taliban

November 2, 2008 in Al Qaeda, Election, FATA, Foreign Fighters, Imtiaz Ali, NATO, North-West Frontier Province, Pakista, PPP, Taliban | Tags: Al Qaeda, Election, FATA, Foreign Fighters, Imtiaz Ali, NATO, North-West Frontier Province, Pakista, PPP, Taliban | by network2020 | Leave a comment

Yale World Fellow, Network 20/20 member and Pakistan Delegate Imtiaz Ali writes about the challenges facing the next President of the Unites States. Read about Pakistan’s Taliban activity here.