Members of Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah provide security for the arrival of official visitors for a key leader engagement on Forward Operating Base Farah in Afghanistan's Farah province, Sept. 10, 2012. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Benjamin Addison
Afghanistan After 9/11: A Mission Unaccomplished -- Ishaan Tharoor, Time
The legacy of the war in Afghanistan will be about much more than the attacks of 9/11 and the defeat of Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda
Long gone is that smoke-‘em-out-of-their-caves bravado. 11 years after the horrors of 9/11, the U.S. war to punish al-Qaeda has turned into a global headache. With no decisive military victory in sight in Afghanistan, the Americans and their allies are rushing, albeit as discreetly as possible, for the exit. The official date of withdrawal—by the end of 2014—hangs like an oversized albatross around the neck of policymakers in Washington, Brussels and Kabul. Yes, Osama bin Laden is dead and his jihadist enterprise in retreat. But the legacy of the longest conflict in American history and the future of war-ravaged Afghanistan are both shrouded with dark uncertainties.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
A Yemen-style transition of power would not work in Syria -- Khaled Fattah, The Guardian
An Iranian bomb would be a licence to destabilise -- Andrew O'Neil, The Australian
Slick Iranian move puts U.S. in precarious place -- Walter Pincus, Washington Post
A Dose of Real-World Intel on Iran -- Herbert E. Meyer, American Thinker
Questions grow over Iran's influence in Iraq -- Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor
New Egypt leader has big plans for revival -- Sarah Lynch, Washington Times
New Somalian president a symbol of hope -- Gulf News
The election of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud could end an era of hopelessness in Somalia -- David Blair, David Blair
The Dividing of a Continent: Africa's Separatist Problem -- Max Fisher, The Atlantic
What's at Stake in the Euro Rescue Fund Ruling? -- David Böcking, Spiegel Online
Super Mario to the Rescue in Europe -- Roger Cohen, New York Times
European Luminaries Reflect on Euro 'Seventeen Countries Were Far Too Many' -- Spiegel Online
The Netherlands gets ready to turn left -- Chris Aalberts, The Guardian
Questions grow over Iran's influence in Iraq -- Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor
New Egypt leader has big plans for revival -- Sarah Lynch, Washington Times
New Somalian president a symbol of hope -- Gulf News
The election of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud could end an era of hopelessness in Somalia -- David Blair, David Blair
The Dividing of a Continent: Africa's Separatist Problem -- Max Fisher, The Atlantic
What's at Stake in the Euro Rescue Fund Ruling? -- David Böcking, Spiegel Online
Super Mario to the Rescue in Europe -- Roger Cohen, New York Times
European Luminaries Reflect on Euro 'Seventeen Countries Were Far Too Many' -- Spiegel Online
The Netherlands gets ready to turn left -- Chris Aalberts, The Guardian
Forget 9/11: Victory is off Obama’s radar -- Washington Times editorial
Is America safer? Presidential candidates disagree -- Nedra Pickler and Philip Elliott, AP
The Legacy of the 9/11 Terrorists -- Richard Haass, Real Clear World
9/11 And ‘Blowback’ -- Matt Duss, Think Progress
The next 9/11: Weak Obama presidency tempts enemies to strike America -- Brett M. Decker, Washington Times
New Egypt leader has big plans for revival -- Sarah Lynch, Washington Times
New Somalian president a symbol of hope -- Gulf News
The election of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud could end an era of hopelessness in Somalia -- David Blair, David Blair
The Dividing of a Continent: Africa's Separatist Problem -- Max Fisher, The Atlantic
What's at Stake in the Euro Rescue Fund Ruling? -- David Böcking, Spiegel Online
Super Mario to the Rescue in Europe -- Roger Cohen, New York Times
European Luminaries Reflect on Euro 'Seventeen Countries Were Far Too Many' -- Spiegel Online
The Netherlands gets ready to turn left -- Chris Aalberts, The Guardian
Forget 9/11: Victory is off Obama’s radar -- Washington Times editorial
Is America safer? Presidential candidates disagree -- Nedra Pickler and Philip Elliott, AP
The Legacy of the 9/11 Terrorists -- Richard Haass, Real Clear World
9/11 And ‘Blowback’ -- Matt Duss, Think Progress
The next 9/11: Weak Obama presidency tempts enemies to strike America -- Brett M. Decker, Washington Times