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Foreign Policy Thin-Sliced (12/26)
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Drone strikes in Pakistan: Reapers of Their Own Destruction
The 10-year drone-war killing spree has unleashed the seeds of its own destruction: a nonviolent resistance movement.
Drone Victims Come Out of the Shadows
New films, reports, and media coverage are finally giving the American public a taste of the personal tragedies involved in the U.S. drone war.
Emphasis Added: the Week in Pieces (7/5)
From Edward Snowden to Taliban drug dealing to Stratfor’s ruined credibility.
Afghanistan: Is It Really the End Game?
With the exception of the current U.S. commander in Afghanistan, virtually everyone has concluded that the war has been a disaster for all involved.
Afghanistan’s Forgotten Refugees
In 2008, Seyed Hasan, a father of 6, fled his home in the Wardak province of eastern Afghanistan. Hasan’s family applied for refugee status in Turkey, but their initial claim was rejected. Over four years later, the family was finally granted refugee status. But their situation did not improve.
A Focal Points Roundtable: Is the Taliban Losing?
A panel of experts looks at the U.S. and NATO end game in Afghanistan.
Pakistanis Pay Price for CIA Use of Doctor as Asset in bin Laden Raid
Islamist extremists have been targeting Pakistani women who work for the UN administering polio vaccines.
Taliban Compounds Crime of Shooting Malala With Its Legal Justifications
Now, the Taliban’s legal eagles have swooped down on Malala Yousufzai.
Accountability and Insurgency in Afghanistan
Although the war in Afghanistan—with its tally of U.S. combat deaths now exceeding 2,000—has largely faded from the news, it is useful to consider why the conflict is so intractable. Why has a campaign that initially seemed so hopeful resulted in a country that is politically fractured and increasingly deadly for Afghans and foreign militaries alike?