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		<title>The Kabul Bank Scandal and the Crisis that Followed (Updated)</title>
		<link>http://www.uspolicyinabigworld.com/2011/12/03/the-kabul-bank-scandal-and-the-crisis-that-followed-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 22:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This paper tells the story of the Kabul Bank scandal and the crisis that followed it. The Karzai administration’s response to the crisis is described, particularly its efforts to protect the main individuals behind the scandal, or the Kabul Bank shareholders, from criminal prosecution.]]></description>
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		<title>Karzai Broadsides U.S. with Call to Scale Back Operations</title>
		<link>http://www.uspolicyinabigworld.com/2010/11/18/karzai-broadsides-u-s-with-call-to-scale-back-operations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.uspolicyinabigworld.com/2010/11/18/karzai-broadsides-u-s-with-call-to-scale-back-operations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the US to significantly scale back its military operations in the south and east of Afghanistan –during a fierce insurgency- would be to cede those troubled territories to the Taliban. Is this really what President Karzai wants –to give half of the country or more to the Taliban?]]></description>
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		<title>Musharraf&#8217;s Kashmir Admission Points to Taliban Sponsorship</title>
		<link>http://www.uspolicyinabigworld.com/2010/10/11/musharrafs-kashmir-admission-points-to-taliban-sponsorship/</link>
		<comments>http://www.uspolicyinabigworld.com/2010/10/11/musharrafs-kashmir-admission-points-to-taliban-sponsorship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 14:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the recent interview of former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, it will be difficult to doubt that the Pakistani government is sponsoring militants to achieve its national security goals in Afghanistan.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s Escalation of the Afghan War Comes Under Fire</title>
		<link>http://www.uspolicyinabigworld.com/2010/08/09/obamas-escalation-of-the-afghan-war-comes-under-fire/</link>
		<comments>http://www.uspolicyinabigworld.com/2010/08/09/obamas-escalation-of-the-afghan-war-comes-under-fire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 17:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is more continuity between the Bush and Obama strategies in Afghanistan than most acknowledge. The biggest difference between the two is probably that Obama has adopted Afghanistan as his foreign policy centerpiece.]]></description>
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		<title>Five Policy Options for the U.S. in Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://www.uspolicyinabigworld.com/2010/08/07/five-policy-options-for-the-us-in-afghanistan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.uspolicyinabigworld.com/2010/08/07/five-policy-options-for-the-us-in-afghanistan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 17:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Richard Haass, the president of the Council on Foreign Relations, recently called for a US pullout from Afghanistan. While Haass’ analysis is incomplete, the US may be forced into tough decisions if Afghanistan does not turnaround.]]></description>
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		<title>ISI-Taliban Collusion</title>
		<link>http://www.uspolicyinabigworld.com/2010/06/20/isi-taliban-collusion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.uspolicyinabigworld.com/2010/06/20/isi-taliban-collusion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 20:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.uspolicyinabigworld.com/?p=980</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The recent Taliban arrests and subsequent releases by the Pakistani government point not to chance or incompetence but to a well thought out foreign policy strategy that navigates through a raging storm of competing foreign policy interests.]]></description>
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		<title>Iran Cuts Unexpected Nuke Deal with Brazil and Turkey</title>
		<link>http://www.uspolicyinabigworld.com/2010/05/19/iran-cuts-unexpected-nuke-deal-with-brazil-and-turkey/</link>
		<comments>http://www.uspolicyinabigworld.com/2010/05/19/iran-cuts-unexpected-nuke-deal-with-brazil-and-turkey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 15:44:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The May 17 nuclear declaration between Iran, Brazil, and Turkey is a positive step but it does not resolve the Iranian nuclear crisis since Iran will continue enriching uranium on its own. The declaration might stall UN sanctions against Iran particularly if China or Russia supports it.]]></description>
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		<title>Whiplash Strategy Backfires on Karzai and Imperils the Surge</title>
		<link>http://www.uspolicyinabigworld.com/2010/05/11/whiplash-strategy-backfires-on-karzai-and-imperils-the-surge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.uspolicyinabigworld.com/2010/05/11/whiplash-strategy-backfires-on-karzai-and-imperils-the-surge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 14:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.uspolicyinabigworld.com/?p=676</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The whiplash strategy that was intended to strengthen the Afghan government by pressuring Karzai to go after corruption has had the opposite effect. It has erased what remaining credibility Karzai possessed after last year’s election. Afghan consensus building may provide a better solution.]]></description>
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		<title>The Taliban Moderates on Politics, Hardens on Intolerance</title>
		<link>http://www.uspolicyinabigworld.com/2010/04/23/the-taliban-moderates-on-politics-hardens-on-intolerance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.uspolicyinabigworld.com/2010/04/23/the-taliban-moderates-on-politics-hardens-on-intolerance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taliban Supreme Leader Mullah Omar has indicated that neither he nor the Taliban aim to be involved in politics in the future. Before this can happen, however, the Taliban wants foreign troops out and the Afghan constitution “repaired”.]]></description>
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		<title>The U.S. Looks to Contain Iran but Avoid Airstrikes</title>
		<link>http://www.uspolicyinabigworld.com/2010/04/16/the-us-looks-to-contain-iran-but-avoid-airstrikes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.uspolicyinabigworld.com/2010/04/16/the-us-looks-to-contain-iran-but-avoid-airstrikes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Competing political and economic interests towards Iran in the international community have weakened US resolve to contain Iran. Today, the focus on containing Iran is to stall Iran’s development of the bomb for as long as possible and then to limit Iran’s ability to make a lot of nuclear weapons later.]]></description>
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