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Columbia Journalism Review content tagged Taliban

1. June 23, 2011 02:36 PM

   Attack of the Drones

   Finding the real meaning in Obama’s Afghanistan speech

   By Greg Marx

   In the wake of President Obama’s big speech on Afghanistan last night, the basic points of his message—a reversal of the troop “surge” starting this year and concluding before the 2012 election, with further drawdowns through 2014; a shift from counterinsurgency to counterterrorism; a willingness to negotiate with the Taliban—have been widely reported. And if you’re looking for a little...

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2. January 6, 2011 08:00 AM

   Crossfire in Kandahar

   Afghanistan’s new journalists navigate an ambiguous war

   By Vanessa M. Gezari

   One hot night in September, less than a week after Afghanistan’s parliamentary election, soldiers from NATO’s International Security Assistance Force arrived at the Kandahar home of Mohammad Nader. Nader, a cameraman for the Qatar-based satellite channel Al Jazeera, was sleeping shirtless on the floor near his front door. The door stood ajar so a breeze could blow in. He heard...

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