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As the US sends more troops to Afghanistan to try to reverse the growing violence, they are relying on the “clear, hold, build” model of counterinsurgency. The US hopes a surge of soldiers will help them clear areas of Taliban insurgents, maintain a...
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Reporting from Washington - As President Obama struggles over a new military strategy for Afghanistan, his advisors are trying to satisfy sharply divergent demands:...
made popular Nov 6 2009
Five British soldiers have been shot dead in an attack in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said today. They were killed by a “rogue'’ Afghan policeman...
made popular Nov 4 2009
“democracies make elections, elections don’t make democracies”
After Afghanistan’s fraudulent elections President Obama’s future politics...
made popular Nov 3 2009
President Obama defended taking his time as he rethinks his strategy in Afghanistan and considers whether to send more troops, telling a military audience on Monday...
made popular Oct 27 2009
Rescue operations are under way across Afghanistan, after three helicopters crashed in a series of pre-dawn sorties, leaving at least four US troops dead and two others...
made popular Oct 26 2009
Dick Cheney has emerged from the shadows once again to attack Barack Obama’s Afghanistan strategy.
The former vice president accused Mr Obama of...
made popular Oct 22 2009
One-hundred percent of this morning’s new Afghanistan war polling is bad news for Barack Obama’s administration. In fact, it’s a double-dose of bad...
made popular Oct 21 2009
The Italian government denied a newspaper report Thursday that its secret services paid the Taliban thousands of dollars to keep an area in Afghanistan controlled by...
made popular Oct 15 2009
When ten French soldiers were killed last year in an ambush by Afghan insurgents in what had seemed a relatively peaceful area, the French public were horrified.
Their...
made popular Oct 15 2009
The United States spends about $3.6 billion a month in Afghanistan, according to data provided by the Congressional Research Service.
The average cost per month is...
made popular Oct 15 2009
Mr. Brown announced in the House of Commons on Wednesday that the increase depends on a number of conditions, including a North Atlantic Treaty Organization strategy...
made popular Oct 14 2009
Afghan insurgents should be offered amnesties and removal from the coalition’s “wanted” list if they lay down their arms, says the British general charged...
made popular Oct 14 2009
U.S. national security officials, concerned that President Barack Obama might be abandoning the strategy of full-fledged counterinsurgency war in Afghanistan, are...
made popular Oct 14 2009
Al-Qaida is losing its influence because of a shortage of funds, while the Taliban is thriving on the proceeds of criminal activities, according to analysis by the US...
made popular Oct 13 2009
The Afghan government’s appointee resigned Monday from the commission that’s investigating allegations of fraud in the country’s scandal-plagued Aug....
made popular Oct 13 2009
The Obama administration is considering outbidding the Taliban to persuade Afghan villagers to lay down arms as it struggles to find a new approach to a war that is...
made popular Oct 12 2009
As he assesses a request from his top commander in Afghanistan to dispatch another 40,000 troops to fight the Taliban, he is also “inclined” to send only as...
made popular Oct 9 2009
The citizens of over populated Afghan Capital city and the hub of business, and diplomatic buzz rocked with a huge car bomb explosion leaving behind scores of wounded...
made popular Oct 8 2009
The two draw decidedly different lessons from the Vietnam War. The first book describes a White House in 1965 being marched into an escalating war by a military viewing...
made popular Oct 8 2009
Obama’s White House session Wednesday comes eight years after the war started and amid new poll statistics showing that support for the conflict in this country...
made popular Oct 7 2009
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Roadside bombings and a gun attack killed seven U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan on Monday, providing a grim reminder of the insurgency’s resilience even as Marines...
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