crisis in iraq

He imitated Bush’s surge in Iraq with one of his own in Afghanistan, which has been even less successful, neither defeating the Taliban nor reconstructing the country. ..

political islam: a marxist analysis

With the backing of Benazir Bhutto’s government in Pakistan, the Taliban began to take control of Afghanistan in 1994, and finally captured Kabul in 1996. ... While the various mujahideen groups in power in Afghanistan had already started to Islamize Afghan society, the..

issue #100

No Good Men Among the Living . does that rare thing: both supporters of the war and occupation of Afghanistan... . . . ... America, the Taliban and War Through Afghan Eyes . . . . We Cannot Escape History . brings together a collection of essays by Neil Davidson that cover a dizzying..

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