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Comment on Who Will Be Afghanistan’s Next President? by Afghanistan’s New President? « Ghosts of Alexander

Afghanistan’s New President? « Ghosts of Alexander — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 07:29:34 +0000

[...] Who will be Afghanistan’s next president? (2007) [...]

Comment on The Pentagon’s “Pashtunwali” Payments by Socio-Economic and Legal-Political Processes in a Pashtun Village « Ghosts of Alexander

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:33:09 +0000

[...] and Neamat Nojumi (PDF), Wali Rahimi (PDF), Thomas Barfield (PDF), M. Jamil Hanifi, in a blog post by Afghanistanica and in an article by Jürgen Wasim Frembgen about facial mutilation in tribal societies. And in [...]

Comment on The Persistent Myth of Pre-Taliban Anarchy by Rant of the Week: 10/19/08-10/25/08 » The Ethereal Voice

Rant of the Week: 10/19/08-10/25/08 » The Ethereal Voice — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:17:41 +0000

[...] This week’s rant of the week is The Persistent Myth of Pre-Taliban Anarchy [...]

Comment on Faulty Intelligence and Civilian Casualties by Nadir plays the Americans « Ghosts of Alexander

Nadir plays the Americans « Ghosts of Alexander — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:25:54 +0000

[...] plays the Americans About a year and a half ago Afghanistanica wrote about deliberate misinformation leading to innocent civilian [...]

Comment on Pashtuns as Victims by The Vilification of Pashtuns « Ghosts of Alexander

The Vilification of Pashtuns « Ghosts of Alexander — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:42:57 +0000

[...] mobilization strategies. There are, of course, legitimate grievances from both the past and present (on both sides). However, the level of hyperbole and the resulting dangers of ethnicizing politics need to be taken [...]

Comment on Pashtuns Must Have Their Revenge! Sometimes! by The Vilification of Pashtuns « Ghosts of Alexander

The Vilification of Pashtuns « Ghosts of Alexander — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:54:11 +0000

[...] One of the favorite tools is usually a grossly ill-informed discussion of Pashtunwali. I’ll skip that since it was already analyzed at Afghanistanica. [...]

Comment on Al Jazeera “Embeds” With Americans by Tajik Taliban? « Ghosts of Alexander

Tajik Taliban? « Ghosts of Alexander — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 06:15:46 +0000

[...] Al Jazeera English has been generally objective in their coverage of Afghanistan. In fact, their report from Korengal last year was quite notable considering that they fairly portrayed American soldiers in a then [...]

Comment on Timberlords and the Deforestation of Afghanistan by Nuristan Backgrounder « Ghosts of Alexander

Nuristan Backgrounder « Ghosts of Alexander — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:24:30 +0000

[...] Timberlords and the deforestation of Afghanistan [...]

Comment on Tourism in Nuristan: Book Your Trip Now! by Nuristan Backgrounder « Ghosts of Alexander

Nuristan Backgrounder « Ghosts of Alexander — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:14:29 +0000

[...] Tourism in Nuristan: Book your trip now! [...]

Comment on Timberlords and the Deforestation of Afghanistan by Why Nuristan Matters « Ghosts of Alexander

Why Nuristan Matters « Ghosts of Alexander — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 08:51:28 +0000

[...] The environmental analysis can be found here. [...]