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For the past eight years, Afghan rebel leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has been a phantom presence on the edges of the Afghan insurgency. His Hezb-i-Islami militia - said to number between 2,000 and 3,000 fighters, and which operates independently of the Taliban - has carried out scores of ambushes...
During President Barack Obama's surprise visit to Kabul on Sunday, he was briefed by Karzai on his efforts to bring insurgents like Hekmatyar into truce talks. The White House says it favors "reintegration" of mid-level commanders but has expressed doubt over Karzai's offer to extend a peace...
A self-taught attorney who was named one of China's top 10 lawyers by the Ministry of Justice in 2001, Gao specialized in politically sensitive cases. He fell afoul of China's leaders for his work on the behalf of practitioners of the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement, and...
If anyone still doubts that George W. Bush and Tony Blair were the closest of allies, the text of a July 2002 note from the U.K. Premier to the U.S. President, revealed in a new book, should dispel any lingering skepticism. "You know, George, whatever you decide to do [about...
If Chilcot finds Bush and other senior U.S. figures reluctant to submit to such a process, he shouldn't be surprised. The special relationship has always been full of rejections and failed passes. Blair was initially rebuffed by his then special friend President Bill Clinton when he pressed the White...