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Throughout its history, Afghanistan's many wars have not been fought for territorial gain; instead, its indigenous protagonists have been proxies for bigger, more complicated enemies. During the Great Game, the British fought there to prevent the Russians from invading India. In the 1980s, Americans equipped mujahedin to bleed the Soviet Union dry. In the civil war following the 1989 Soviet withdrawal, Pakistan backed the Taliban, a fundamentalist faction fostered in its own religious seminaries, to counter Indian influence in the rival Northern Alliance. When the Taliban captured Kabul in 1994, Pakistan was one of only three nations to recognize...
India and Pakistan have fought over Kashmir twice since 1947. Resolving an issue that has been the failure of many great diplomatic efforts will by no means be an easy task. But Obama, strengthened by his mandate at home and even abroad, and spurred on by his pledge to fix Afghanistan, is the man for the job. The time is right. Despite the economic meltdown, the U.S. has leverage in the form of an agreement to sell India civilian nuclear technology and fuel. Pakistan has a civilian government for the first time in nine years, and a desperate need...
...determined play. After the goal, Harvard stepped up its performance and controlled possession throughout the second frame. But the shots fired by Baskind, freshman Patricia Yau, Hagner, senior Nikki Rhodes, freshman Gina Wideroff, and sophomore Kerry Kartsonis all came up empty, ultimately sending the game into two overtimes. Harvard fought the physical Columbia players all the way up until Nichols rocketed in the final goal of the game and regular season into the back of the net. “It’s just shock,” Leone said. “To end the game like that...
It’s been 36 years since Title IX. Since this monumental piece of legislation, women’s collegiate athletics has fought and struggled to reach the position it has today. But sometimes, women’s sports still lag behind—in terms of attendance, campus support, and prominence. For Harvard women’s soccer, however, all that changed on Saturday. In front of a packed Ohiri Field, with a throng of shirtless men cheering on, the Crimson played in one of the greatest Ivy League matches in the program’s history, winning...
...Harvard field hockey team’s season came to a close on Saturday afternoon in a game against Columbia in which it looked to break a five-game losing streak. In a hard fought game at Jordan Field, the Crimson (6-11, 2-5 Ivy) came up short, falling to the Lions (11-6, 2-5 ) 3-1. “We would have loved to end it with a win for the seniors,” Harvard coach Sue Caples said. “It has been a struggle at times [this year], but we have continued...