Selig Harrison

Selig S. Harrison has covered Afghanistan since 1963. A former South Asia bureau chief of the Washington Post, he is the author of Out of Afghanistan and In Afghanistan's Shadow. He is director of the Asia Program at the Center for International Policy.

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  • The Ethnic Split

    October 21, 2009

    The tenacity of the Taliban insurgency is rooted in opposition to a foreign occupation that is particularly distasteful to the Pashtuns.

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Blogs

» The Notion

Palin as the Church Lady | Going Rogue book tour brings passive-aggressive rightwing Christianity to the fore.
Leslie Savan
44 Comments

» Altercation

Slacker Friday | The "Second Amendment" sale; the raving paranoids of the right.
Eric Alterman

» Editor's Cut

An Alternative to Escalation in Afghanistan | President Obama is expected to make a decision regarding his Afghanistan strategy after Thanksgiving.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
53 Comments

» The Beat

House Rebels Force Fed Audit, Real Economy Onto Agenda | Frank's Financial Services Committee becomes focal point for revolts by members who worry about powerful banks and unemployment.
John Nichols
28 Comments

» The Dreyfuss Report

Chongqing: Socialism in One City | China is managing the most important event in the world: the urbanization of half a billion people. Fast.
Robert Dreyfuss
204 Comments

» Act Now!

Toward Copenhagen | A guide to joining the movement against climate change.
Peter Rothberg
59 Comments