Blog posts tagged "Afghanistan"

June 28, 2011 8:11 am 12 Comments

Jon Snow on a little noticed story from Afghanistan, which has major implications and shines a light on the scale of corruption in Kabul.

May 17, 2011 6:47 am 5 Comments

"Are our interests really being served by the growth of what look perilously close to highly trained mercenary forces? What measures are being taken by the UN and the international community to regulate these things?"

April 13, 2011 7:31 am 8 Comments

Can an exhibition about Afghanistan's past teach us about the country's future, asks Jon Snow.

March 23, 2011 7:04 am 12 Comments

Cerebral and popular, General David Petraeus is being touted as a presidential candidate for 2016, but is America prepared for a leader who has these qualities and a military CV, asks Jon Snow.

August 23, 2010 8:39 am 39 Comments

The gaping sore that is 9/11 in the American psyche remains unhealed. We who covered the co-ordinated attacks on the Twin Towers in New York, and the Pentagon in Washington underestimated how deep, how searing, and how long lasting this event would prove to be. Today this secular nation, whose refusal to either favour or [...]

July 27, 2010 7:23 pm 63 Comments

It has long been argued that the World War One would never have lasted so long had the television age already dawned. The Afghan war has raged for nigh on twice the length.

July 20, 2010 7:36 am 35 Comments

I was cycling through the southern part of Hyde Park yesterday when I noticed freshly laid flowers at the side of the carriageway.

June 29, 2010 12:38 pm 20 Comments

Eight long years and Congress this week is considering a further subvention of $33bn dollars to the Afghan war effort, blogs Jon Snow.

June 9, 2010 6:34 pm 9 Comments

Jon Snow blogs on meeting General Petraeus and finds an intriguing close-up of a man who one suspects will attempt to go much further.

8:28 am 6 Comments

A short blog to start the day. I’m just off on the bike to chair an intriguing session for the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). Don’t often get the call from the military. But two very special guests today: Generals David Petraeus (US) and Peter Wall (UK) are to speak and interact with an audience.