My latest column for The Guardian is on the quandaries of supplying NATO forces in Afghanistan:
NATO’s soft underbelly
Nato operations in Afghanistan depend on a precarious international supply system – and the Taliban have realised it
NATO’s soft underbelly
March 30th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: Afghanistan · Balochistan · Chaman · ISAF · Khyber Pass · NATO · Pakistan · Torkhum · war on terror
Colonial relationship
January 12th, 2009 · No Comments
Afghan and Pakistani officers at the center were barred from talking to a reporter during a recent visit. But a glance around the room showed several of them primarily engaged in watching a wrestling match on one of the big TV screens and playing computer solitaire. Their U.S. counterparts, meanwhile, sorted through e-mails from the [...]
Tags: Afghanistan · colonialism · Pakistan · Torkhum · United States · war on terrorism