Posts tagged Afghanistan

• 29 Jul

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: What's Next for Afghanistan?

  What's Next for Afghanistan?Your Daily Politics Video Blog: At the Netroots Nation conference in Austin TPMtv talked to former NATO Commander and retired General Wesley Clark and former Bush administration counter-terrorism chief Richard Clarke about what course America needs to take to save a darke

• 21 Jul

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: McCain Responds... And Responds...

  McCain Responds... And Responds...Your Daily Politics Video Blog: With Barack Obama in the midst of a much-hyped trip to the Middle East and with all the news that came out over the weekend regarding the Iraqi government's positive comments toward Obama's withdrawal timetable, we figured it was only

• 17 Jul

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: Flip-Flop in the Wilderness

  Flip-Flop in the WildernessYour Daily Politics Video Blog: Our question of the day: if a flip flops in the wilderness but no one hears, did it really flop? Or in other words, if a news story like John McCain's recent shift in position on troop levels in Afghanistan doesn't fit in with the dominant n

• 20 Mar

  Blog: Veracifier

  Cheney preparing to ask NATO for aid in Afghanistan

      NATO's Afghan mission is entering the spotlight as the NATO summit in Bucharest in April approaches. Vice-President Dick Cheney visited Afghanistan today to meet with President Hamid Karzai. Cheney's goal was to get further information on the Afghan situation, in preparation for

• 03 Oct

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: A Chat with Dr. Barnett Rubin, Part II

  A Chat with Dr. Barnett Rubin, Part IIHow are things going in Afghanistan? Have we botched things so badly that the Taliban are about to take over again? And since al Qaeda, the Taliban and nuclear weapons are all in Pakistan, what happens if Pervez Musharraf falls from power? We asked each of those

• 02 Oct

  Episode: Veracifier

  TPMtv: A Chat with Barnett Rubin, Part I

  A Chat with Barnett Rubin, Part IA few weeks ago Dr. Barnett Rubin, one of the world's premier Afghanistan experts at NYU, created a stir with a series of blog posts about signs the Bush administration might be gearing up for a military campaign against Iran. Last week I interviewed Rubin about the

• 16 Aug

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: Fact Check: Romney vs. Obama

  Fact Check: Romney vs. ObamaMitt Romney recently attacked Barack Obama over his comments regarding the war in Afghanistan and the need for more troops on the ground, so as to reduce the reliance on air raids that have often resulted in Afghan civilian casualties. Romney called Obama's comments "out

• 19 Jul

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: A Chat with Afghan Ambassador Jawad, Part II

  A Chat with Afghan Ambassador Jawad, Part IIIn Part II of TPM's interview with Said Jawad, the Afghan Ambassador to the United States, we delve into more controversial territory, including Afghanistan's relationship with Pakistan and Iran, the question of U.S. torture on Afghan soil, and the narcotr