Editor’s Note: Columbia News21 Fellow Don Duncan just returned from a two-week journey to Afghanistan, where he followed an Afghan refugee returning there to visit for the first time since being resettled in Phoenix, Ariz. Also see his earlier dispatch. Mazar e Sharif, Afghanistan – Since the U.S.-led invasion by the coalition forces [...]
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America’s Silver Lining in the Pakistan Elections
February 29, 2008 – 1:20 pm
With the results of Pakistan’s election showing clear wins for the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League, the New York Times writes that the elections were a clear loss for President Bush, who staunchly supported the former President Pervez Musharraf. Apparently, the new government might no longer allow NATO forces to [...]
