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Afghanistan Ten Years Later

Middle East In Focus, October 12, 2011

The tenth anniversary of the beginning of US military action in Afghanistan has provided an opportunity for looking ...

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Reaction to Announcement of U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan

Timely Articles, June 27, 2011

President Barack Obama announced last week the withdrawal of 10,000 troops from Afghanistan by the end of the year ...

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Pakistan in Disarray: Introspection and Finger-Pointing

Timely Articles, May 27, 2011

Last Sunday, Islamic terrorists in Pakistan made good on their threats following Osama Bin Laden’s death by launching ...

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Will the Taliban Rise Again?

Mark N. Katz, April 1, 2011

Soviet forces withdrew from Afghanistan in 1989; the Marxist regime Moscow had been supporting fell in 1992.  The ...

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Rifts among the Radicals

Mark N. Katz, December 7, 2010

If serious disputes arose between Islamic revolutionary actors, America and others might be able to exploit them. But will ...

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Radical Repression

Mark N. Katz, November 30, 2010

Whatever popular support they may have enjoyed before coming to power or just afterward, radical Islamic revolutionaries have quickly proven ...

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