Post-2014 Afghanistan: A zero option?

As Ben Rhodes suggested that after 2014 having no troops in Afg is an option how would you say this debate will go on in NATO, how could and should smaller members influence this debate?

Afghanistan: Are green on blue attacks a serious problem?

Admiral James Stavridis, Nato’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe says: Recent attacks conducted from within the Nato-Afghan security partnership are certainly troubling. That is why we are taking concrete action to ensure we reduce the potential for these incidents in the future.

Maybe cricket can unite Agfhanistan. Or…?

According to media reports e.g. like this - http://gu.com/p/35dhf/tw – Afghanistan unites behind cricket team in defeat to Pakistan.

Afghanistan: What to expect in 2012

Def. Sec. Panetta said that NATO forces will end their combat role in Afghanistan in 2013.

War in Afghanistan: Ten years and counting

Any success? The War in Afghanistan began on October 7, 2001.

Will the death of Osama bin Laden influence the situation in Afghanistan?

Hillary Clinton have suggested that after the death of Osama bin Laden there there is a chance Taliban will more likely be willing to negotiate.

Karzai to NATO: End operations in Afghanistan. How serious is it?

I would like to ask NATO and the US with honour and humbleness and not with arrogance to stop their operations in our land, Afghan President said. A spokesman for Karzai later sought to temper the remarks, saying the president meant to demand that NATO cease operations that harm civilians and that it halt its operations completely.

Changes in the Muslim world and women’s rights

Experts: The West should listen to the Muslim women.

Afghan citizen Said Musa faces a possible death sentence for converting to Christianity

See here. His case is not the first and surely not the last one in Afghanistan.  Update: Said Musa was released.

Al-Qaeda and Taliban: A relationship

Al-Qaeda’s senior leadership in the border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan is under more pressure than at any point since they fled Afghanistan nine years ago, said President Barack Obama.