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With little comment from conservative media, President Obama last week appointed James Dobbins as special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, the high-profile job long occupied by the late Richard Holbrooke. Dobbins is a prominent exponent of the ...

When Amb James Dobbins arrives at the ground-floor offices of the State Department's Special Representative forAfghanistanandPakistanhe will find a depleted staff, a moribund peace process and a mandate riddled with colossal diplomatic challenges.

By Arthur CyrTAIPEI, Taiwan -- The first challenge is corruption, Ambassador Bernard Bajolet, representative of France to Afghanistan, stated as he completes this assignment and prepares to return to Paris for another post. Diplomats are generally ...

U.S. Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Brian McCleskey, a driver sales representative for Con-way Freight, has served two tours of duty with the Army Reserve in Kuwait and Afghanistan. During those deployments, he was able to focus on his mission and leave ...

By Thomas Gaist 15 May 2013 Zakaria Kandahari, a member of a US Special Forces A Team, has been accused by Afghan officials of carrying out and directing the torture of 15 civilians detained in recent raids in Warduk province. Afghan ...

ISLAMABAD: In a sensational incident, a special public prosecutor, who was representing the government in the trial of the accused including former president Pervez Musharraf in the Benazir Bhutto assassination and the 2008 Mumbai attack cases, was ...

UNITED NATIONS, May 20 (Xinhua) -- The UN agencies in Afghanistan on Monday called for full implementation of legislation to protect women from violence, especially child marriage, which remains rampant in the insurgency-hit country. The UN ...

Former congressman Joe Sestak joins The Cycle to digest the details in the controversy over the IRS giving special attention to Tea Party groups. Share This: The Cycle The IRS scandal: Who knew what when? The Cycle The Cycle May 20, 2013 Touré: Let ...

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