Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- March 23, 2015

VOA EXCLUSIVE: Afghan President Says He is Working With US to Repair Relations

In an exclusive interview with Voice of America on Sunday evening shortly after his arrival in Washington, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani spoke about his request for a change in U.S. troop levels, the threat from the Islamic State, and what he is doing to set a course to repair relations with the United States.

The interview with Afghan Service reporter Said Suleiman Ashna was held at Blair House in the Pashto language. What follows is an edited transcript.

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- March 23, 2015

Five Things to Look For in Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's Visit to D.C. -- Paul D. Shinkman, US News and World Report

Afghanistan’s Ghani Ready for Tough Questions at White House -- David Lerman and John Walcott, Bloomberg

What Afghanistan Wants From Washington -- James F. Dobbins, Politico

Yemen, long on the brink of catastrophe, may have tipped over the edge -- Brian Whitaker, The Guardian

The Yemen crisis: Why it is happening, why it is important globally -- AP

Briefing: Who is battling Islamic State in Iraq? -- Dan Murphy, CSM

Iran nuclear deal could transform Obama and Rouhani presidencies -- Simon Tisdall, The Guardian

The Iran time bomb -- Michael Hayden, Olli Heinonen and Ray Takeyh, Washington Post

Iran’s Coming Leadership Crisis -- Sohrab Ahmari, WSJ

The Real Iran Threat (Hint: It's Not Just Nukes) -- David Cooper, National Interest

How Do We Remember Lee Kuan Yew? -- Prashanth Parameswaran, The Diplomat

Doctors Without Borders Slams Slow International Response to Ebola -- Lucy Westcott, Newsweek

China, Russia and the Tussle for Influence in Kazakhstan -- Arthur Guschin, The Diplomat

Nuclear midnight ticks closer in wake of Russia’s Crimea threats -- Sharon Squassoni, Reuters

France local elections: Conservatives hold off National Front -- BBC

'Nazi hideout' in the jungle: why the discovery is more fiction than fact -- Uki Goñi, The Guardian

You Really Don’t Want to Make Venezuela’s Military Officers Angry -- Robert Beckhusen, War Is Boring