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World Leaders Mourn 'Bulldozer' Richard Holbrooke

(Dec. 14) -- World leaders are paying tribute today to the man they nicknamed the "Bulldozer" -- Richard Holbrooke, the longtime U.S. diplomat who served in Vietnam and wrote a chapter of the Pentagon Papers, negotiated an end to the Bosnian war and most recently served as White House envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan. He...

Steve Coll: Stop Blaming Afghans for the Mess in Afghanistan

(Aug. 2) -- Though Steve Coll's Pulitzer Prize-winning "Ghost Wars" ends its narrative on Sept. 10, 2001, there's still no better book for understanding the American war in Afghanistan today. The book chronicles U.S. involvement in the country beginning with the Soviet invasion until 9/11, reporting in much detail the...

Karzai Rival Abdullah Gets No Love in Washington

WASHINGTON (May 24) -- In the weeks after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, most Americans came to know him as the Afghan guy with two first names. As one of the few English-speaking members of the Northern Alliance fighting the Taliban, Abdullah Abdullah was a cable TV rock star and an A-list diplomat welcomed in the Oval...

Karzai's Default Win Saps Afghan Democracy

KABUL -- Hamid Karzai was declared the winner of Afghanistan's presidential election after opponent Abdullah Abdullah's tearful decision to pull out under protest. Karzai's victory by default douses U.S. hopes that voting would convey legitimacy on Afghanistan's inefficient and corrupt government, and some Afghan observers...

Background on Abdullah Abdullah

Abdullah Abdullah (, born 1960) is an Afghan politician and a doctor of medicine. He was an adviser and friend to Ahmad Shah Massoud, legendary anti-Taliban leader and commander known as the "Lion of Panjshir".

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