A spate of attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan highlights the need for improved cooperation on regional security to counter terrorism, say analysts who also blame the United States for deepening instability in the volatile region.
The United Nations' attention on the suffering of the Afghan people will help ease the humanitarian and economic crisis in a country left in ruins by NATO forces and the United States' irresponsible sanctions, experts say.
A decision by the White House to retain half of the $7 billion in frozen Afghan funds held in the United States has been denounced as unfair by observers.