...Ewan Stein A new book's argument that Islam is exceptional, with an inbuilt resistance to democracy, sounds to our reviewer like an echo of an earlier era's Orientalist assumptions. Islamic Exceptionalism: How the Struggle Over Islam Is Reshaping the World , by Shadi Hamid St. Martin's...

... elections Hamid Karzai Ashraf Ghani Abdullah Abdullah Barack Obama Pakistan George Bush Taliban Mullah Omar al-Qaeda Islamic State China 136 What divides Afghans more than ethnicity or ideology is an unwillingness to share power and a winner-takes-all approach to politics. Afghanistan...

... Washington self-delusion hamid gul DIA Al Qaeda Taliban counterparts Zulfikar Ali Bhutto B ooks The Pathological Alliance Sumit Ganguly Few of America s bilateral ties have been as Haqqani s book Magnificent Delusions represents fraught as those with Pakistan. Since 1958, a milestone. Haqqani...

...Thomas Barfield While many Afghans are highly ambivalent about the presence of foreign forces in their country, they fear a return to civil war even more. © 2012 Current History. All rights reserved. 2012 The Regents of the University of California Thomas Barfield Afghanistan Hamid...

... event was an unimpeded exodus by the Taliban s hard core along a highway from the southern city of Kandahar to Quetta, Pakistan. By December 5, 2001, two Afghan militia groups, working with US Special Forces, were outside Kandahar, the seat of the Taliban government. One militia group was led by Hamid...

...J Alexander Thier Even if all essential parties are interested in a negotiated settlement, getting to yes is no sure thing. © 2010 Current History. All rights reserved. 2010 The Regents of the University of California Afghanistan Hamid Karzai Taliban Pakistan United States Mullah...

... Dr. Abdullah Abdullah serves as minister of foreign affairs in the interim government of Chairman Hamid Karzai. Abdullah, who was a close aide to Northern Alliance leader Ahmad Shah Massoud, previously served as spokesman, un representative, and deputy foreign minister for the pre-Taliban...

... Central Asia Hamid Karzai Kabul mujahideen September Taliban terrorism United Nations September 11 revealed the dangers of allowing so-called humanitarian emer- gencies or failed states to fester not only to neighboring countries but to the world. An American administration that came to power...