All posts in Afghanistan

Wednesday Night #1476
June 16, 2010, 1 Comment

China Two Wednesday Nighters who have recently returned from a trip to China sparked the discussion of the signs of seem ...

Afghanistan post 2009 elections
June 2, 2010, 1 Comment

Afghan elections 2009; Hamid Karzai More on Afghanistan Afghan “peace jirga” is marked by rockets, suicide a ...

The Ghosts of Gandamak
May 8, 2010, Comments Off on The Ghosts of Gandamak

By WILLIAM DALRYMPLE * (NYT Op-Ed) THE name Gandamak means little in the West today. Yet this small Afghan village was o ...

Wednesday Night #1466
April 7, 2010, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1466

Given  that this  evening’s special guest was Nigel Penney, much of the discussion centered on science and educa ...

Canada & the world II
December 31, 2009, Comments Off on Canada & the world II

G8 Summit July 8-10 2009 ; Canada & the Arctic Is Security Council Seat a Tory Priority? (Embassy August 2009) Exper ...

President Obama and Afghanistan
December 7, 2009, Comments Off on President Obama and Afghanistan

Text of President Obama’s speech More on Afghanistan here and Afghanistan on Wednesday-night.com Jeffrey Sachs: Th ...

Wednesday Night #1448
December 2, 2009, Comments Off on Wednesday Night #1448

Special thanks to Margaret Duthie for assiduous note-taking It seems that almost every week, we celebrate another achiev ...

Afghan elections 2009
November 3, 2009, 1 Comment

(BBC) Afghanistan country profile ; (Government of Canada) Afghanistan elections 2009 Election officials give Karzai sec ...

Wednesday Night #1442
October 21, 2009, 2 Comments

On the eve of George W. Bush’s luncheon speech to a gathering of individuals willing to fork out a modest $4000 pe ...

Afghan-Pakistani Border map
October 15, 2009, Comments Off on Afghan-Pakistani Border map

Pakistan: The South Waziristan Migration Stratfor Global Security and Intelligence Report Contrary to popular perception ...