· March, 2011

Stories about Afghanistan from March, 2011

Afghanistan: Stinging critique of development aid

  14 March 2011

Nick Fielding reviews a former World Bank and French development agency director's stinging critique of international donors’ mistakes in Afghanistan between 2002 and 2010, emphasizing the lack of a coherent strategy and clear goals.

Mexico and Afghanistan Border Conflicts Juxtaposed

  9 March 2011

Netizens are responding to several reports that juxtapose the violence in the Mexico/US border with the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan and its border with Pakistan. Though uncoordinated and apparently disparate, the reports have served to crystalize problematic aspects of American policy.