RECAPS / Q & A
Summaries of expert meetings and interviews with policymakers and observers

75 Percent of Preventing Terrorism Involves Social and Political Reforms - Afghan Counter-Terrorism Chief
BY FARIBA NAWA
Gen. Abdul Manan Farahi has served as the director of the Afghan Interior Ministry's Counter-Terrorism Department for the last two-and-a-half years. In an exclusive interview with EurasiaNet, Farahi surveyed Afghanistan's security landscape, and discussed the challenges facing government forces as they strive to contain the radical Islamic insurgency.
A EurasiaNet Q&A with Gen. Abdul Manan Farahi

Ambassador: Washington Will Change Its Afghan Counternarcotics Programs
BY RICHARD WEITZ
On July 27, US Ambassador Thomas A. Schweich, Acting Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, discussed upcoming changes in the Bush administration's counternarcotics policies in Afghanistan before a select group of Washington analysts.
A EurasiaNet Recap

Interview with Selim Deringel, a Turkish historian from Istanbul's Bogaziçi University and a close friend of the recently slain journalist Hrant Dink
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Bush Administration Guilty of Strategic "Malpractice" on Iran - Expert
BY KAMAL NAZER YASIN
In trying to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, the Bush administration has suffered from internal divisions that have left it "dysfunctional in some unique ways," according to Flynt Leverett, a senior fellow at the New America Foundation in Washington, DC.
A EurasiaNet Q&A with Flynt Leverett

Afghanistan: Karzai Discusses Worsening Security In RFE/RL Interview
KABUL, November 9, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai met with the director of RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan, Akbar Ayazi, for a wide-ranging interview in Kabul on November 9. This is the first portion of that interview, with other installments to be added later today.
A EurasiaNet Partner Post from RFE/RL

Islamic Radicals in Central Asia "Not All That Significant" – Expert
BY HAVILAH HOFFMAN
Central Asian leaders are exaggerating the danger posed by Islamic radicals, two experts asserted during a recent discussion at the Open Society Institute. They contended that the influence of radical groups is waning at present, as regional residents appear to prefer moderate organizations that focus on economic initiatives.