They don't have the flu, and they're near Iran and a local village where people have been diagnosed with it, so there's reason to think maybe.
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Afghanistan’s Competing Presidents
On FPF #463, I discuss the political instability caused by two different men claiming to be president. Incumbent Ashraf Ghani and his former Cheif Executive Abdullah Abdullah have both claimed victory in an election that happened in September. They exploit the rampant...
That Is Just Sad
Ghani and Abdullah both swear themselves in as president of Afghanistan and the "National Unity Government" in Kabul is dead. What's next, full scale war between the Tajiks and the Uzbeks? What a damned disaster.
Did America Commit War Crimes in Afghanistan? guest Will Porter
Will Porter returns to Foreign Policy Focus to discuss the International Criminal Court's inquiry into US war crimes committed in Afghanistan. Will looks at the alleged crimes, like torture, that will be investigated. Kyle updates the situation in Afghanistan a week...
Envoys Gather in Doha for Signing of Afghanistan Peace Deal: Growing optimism about peace process after week of violence reduction
Representatives from dozens of countries, foreign ministers or generally envoys, have flocked to the Qatar city of Doha this weekend, for the planned Saturday signing of the Afghanistan peace deal between the US and the Taliban.After a successful week of reduction of...
Is the Afghan Peace Deal Going to Bring Peace? guest Will Porter
Will Porter returns to FPF to discuss the peace deal signed by the Taliban and the US. The deal did not include the Afghan government. It calls for the US to drop troop levels to 8,600 within 135 days and a full withdraw of US forces in 14 months. The deal is rumored...
UN: 100,000 Civilians Casualties in Afghanistan in 10 Years
Collateral damage.
Taliban: No Peace Deal If US Troops Stay in Afghanistan
Deputy leader says withdrawal is main thing the Taliban wants With a potential US-Taliban peace deal in Afghanistan potentially at hand, Taliban Deputy Leader Sirajuddin Haqqani wrote an op-ed in the New York Times clarifying exactly what the Taliban hopes to get out...
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