The New York Times January 6, 2010 UNITED NATIONS — Kai Eide, the departing United Nations envoy to Afghanistan, warned the Security Council on Wednesday that an emphasis on security matters over social issues would doom international efforts to stabilize the country. more
TimesOnline January 5, 2010 Faced with political impasse in 1992, the Prime Minister of Afghanistan resorted to bombarding the presidential palace with rockets. This act pushed the country into another phase of the bloody civil war which has, in one form or another, gripped it since 1979. more
The Wall Street Journal January 3, 2010 HONOLULU—The U.S. has put the Arab state of Yemen at the center of renewed counter-terrorism efforts in the aftermath of the attempted bombing of a U.S.-bound jet, dispatching a top U.S. general to the region and embarking on cooperative efforts with Britain. more
Financial Times January 1, 2010 As Iran’s government becomes ever more hardline, the US is facing a conundrum: how to deal with a regime that has proved impervious to sanctions and to diplomacy, while not imposing further hardship on its embattled people. more
Financial Times January 1, 2010 Western governments have convened a top-level meeting for this month to discuss strategies to counter Yemen’s growing role as a recruitment base for terrorists, in the wake of last’s week failed attack on a US-bound airliner. more