Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- March 26, 2010

HONORING FALLEN MARINES - Five battle crosses representing five Marines who were killed in action stand during a memorial service on Patrol Base Hassan Abad in Garmsir district in Afghanistan's Helmand province, March 22, 2010. The Marines were assigned to the 2nd Battalion's 2nd Marine Regiment. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Dwight A. Henderson

War And Peace: A Taliban View -- Syed Saleem Shahzad, Asia Times

KARACHI - After an often stormy relationship with the United States over the past 63 years since its independence, Pakistan is in the process of forging an all-embracing strategic relationship with Washington.

A delegation led by Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi is in Washington for meetings at the State Department with a team led by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to discuss matters ranging from the situation in Afghanistan to a civil nuclear deal to commerce and agriculture.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Is Peace at Hand in Afghanistan? Probably not. -- Fred Kaplan, Slate

Turning a new page in U.S. - Pakistan Relations -- Ayesha Siddiqa, DAWN

Dmitry Medvedev Gets No Respect -- Michael Bohm, Moscow Times

Avoiding Civil War in Sudan -- Julius Krein, Real Clear World

Averting the Iranian Nuclear Flashpoint -- David Miliband, New York Times

Terrorist Financing and the Internet -- Michael Jacobson, Counter Terrorism Blog

Loosening the ‘Don’t Ask’ Shackles -- New York Times editorial

Haiti’s Misery -- New York Times editorial

Tougher on Cuba: President Obama speaks up at the right time. -- Washington Post editorial