US Airstrike in Pakistan Angers Public; Afghanistan Aid Plagued by Corruption

Juan Cole 06/13/2008

A wave of anger has washed over Pakistan because the US hit Pakistani troops along with the Taliban to whom it was giving hot pursuit.

I don’t think a lot of the development aid given Afghanistan is reaching its intended objects.

Farideh Farhi at our Global Affairs blog on how Iran’s Iraq policy is not being made by one person but is rather a joint production of dozens of officials.

Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment. He is Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Follow him on Twitter at @jricole or the Informed Comment Facebook Page