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Obama's Afghan plan

Van Ferrier — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:30:06 +0000

Roy Gutman, Foreign Editor of McClatchy Newspapers says Obama's announcement last week of his strategy in Afghanistan is unprecedented and is a "very good start." He says the problem has been that, "the United States has not had an integrated strategy for stabilizing Afghanistan and Pakistan."

The rights of women in Afghanistan

Van Ferrier — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:28:31 +0000

Mavis Leno of Feminist Majority on the need for Obama to focus on the rights of Afghan women. Mavis has been the chair of the Feminist Majority Foundation's Campaign to Stop Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan since 1997.

The secrets of Obama's surge

Van Ferrier — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:27:17 +0000

President Obama's highly anticipated new strategy for what the Pentagon now calls AfPak - Afghanistan and Pakistan - is full of grey areas. Most extra troops will be deployed to poppy-growing areas, not to fight al-Qaeda, the President's stated number one objective. The President talks about building trust - but as the US cannot trust the Pakistani ISI, the Pakistani people don't trust the US or even their own government.

Why are we in Afghanistan?

Van Ferrier — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:26:32 +0000

The Real News Cafe: Recorded live at the Gladstone in Toronto, a Real News panel takes on the Afghan war This is the first segment of a multi-part series on the Afghan war. Other segments will follow throughout the week.

Dangerous decisions in Afghanistan Pt. 1

Van Ferrier — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:22:13 +0000

Sharmini Peries speaks with Senior Analyst Aijaz Ahmad about the dangers of the long-term US involvement in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Ahmad says the only way for Obama to proceed in the region is to withdraw US military presence there and strengthen regional powers for a stable Afghanistan.