by Patricia Lee Sharpe | Jul 30, 2015 | Monitor
By Patricia Lee SharpeThe myth holds that Pakistan’s I.S.I. (aka the Interservices Intelligence Agency) is on top of everything. Its generals are the puppeteers who control Pakistan.If so, the infallible ISI has failed, miserably, at least twice in the last few...
by halverson | Aug 20, 2009 | Afghanistan, Analysis, Government, Islam, Politics, Sensemaking
by Jeffry Halverson* In the run-up to today’s Afghan elections, the Taliban have been asserting that participation is un-Islamic. But this infidel thinks these students (Talib translates as “student”) deserve an F. A recent New York Times Op-Ed by...