Tag: Afghanistan

Happy Sunday everyone, there is another major heat wave in Hungary these days, records are expected to break again. Things don’t stop moving for the summer though, I came across quite a few great reads this week. Check them out! On world affairs: US Military: No Good Military Solution to the Syrian Conflict Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey (and many others) thinks so. But is there any other solution? Our shared responsibility to protect An unlikely couple, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and President Bush’s envoy to Sudan Richard S. Williamson shared this opinion piece…

NATO summit opens against backdrop of protests, foiled terror plot The road map out of the war in Afghanistan is expected to be drawn up by U.S. President Barack Obama and other world leaders when they gather Sunday at the NATO summit in Chicago.

What is NATO for? The main purpose of the latest Nato summit is to emphasise that the organisation’s longest, biggest ever operation is nearly at an end. And then, what’s next for NATO?

Takedown: How the media almost blew Obama’s secret trip to Afghanistan Interesting piece on how to keep a top secret official visit secret. Yesterday early reports had Obama on the ground in Afghanistan before he actually was.

newshour: President Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai to sign an agreement outlining the future U.S. role in Afghanistan after most NATO forces leave in 2014.  Mr. Obama is in Kabul for a surprise visit to mark the one-year anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s death.  The president plans to address the nation tonight at 7:30 p.m. ET. Details to come on tonight’s NewsHour