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31 Dec 2009

Army Historians Document Early Missteps in Afghanistan

In the fall of 2003, the new commander of American forces in Afghanistan, Lt. Gen. David W. Barno, decided on a new strategy. Known as counterinsurgency, the approach required coalition forces to work closely with Afghan leaders to stabilize entire regions, rather than simply attacking insurgent cells.
In the fall of 2003, the new commander of American forces in Afghanistan, Lt. Gen. David W. Barno, decided on a new...
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31 Dec 2009

Afghan War Claims Canadian Soldiers and a Journalist

The violent news out of Afghanistan on Wednesday was as tragic as it was surprising. A suicide bomber somehow managed to slip into a tightly secured military base in Khost Province and set off his explosives, killing at least six Americans, some of whom were C.I.A. operatives.
The violent news out of Afghanistan on Wednesday was as tragic as it was surprising. A suicide bomber somehow managed to...
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31 Dec 2009

At Least 8 Americans Killed in Afghan Attack

KABUL, Afghanistan A suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest killed at least eight American civilians, most of them C.I.A. officers, at a remote base in southeastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, according to NATO officials and former American intelligence officials
KABUL, Afghanistan A suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest killed at least eight American civilians, most of them...
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30 Dec 2009

8 Americans die in suicide blast in Afghanistan

KABUL Eight Americans died Wednesday in a suicide bombing at a military base in eastern Afghanistan, U.S. officials said. "Eight Americans were killed in an attack on a U.S. military base in Regional Command East in Afghanistan," State Department Spokesman Ian Kelly said. "We mourn the loss of life in this attack, and are withholding further details pending notification of next of kin."
KABUL Eight Americans died Wednesday in a suicide bombing at a military base in eastern Afghanistan, U.S. officials...
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30 Dec 2009

At Least Six Americans Killed in Afghan Attack

KABUL At least six Americans were killed Wednesday when a suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest made his way into an American base in Khost Province in southeastern Afghanistan, according to NATO military officials.
KABUL At least six Americans were killed Wednesday when a suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest made his way into an...
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23 Dec 2009

Fighters ‘sent to Afghan Taliban’

A senior Pakistani Taliban commander has said he has sent thousands of fighters into neighbouring Afghanistan to counter the rising level of US troops. Waliur Rehman's comments, made to the Associated Press, came in a report released on Wednesday.
A senior Pakistani Taliban commander has said he has sent thousands of fighters into neighbouring Afghanistan to counter...
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20 Dec 2009

Afghan Killing Bares a Karzai Family Feud

WASHINGTON On Oct. 16, four sport utility vehicles barreled into Karz, Afghanistan, the hometown of the country s president, Hamid Karzai, and pulled up to the home of one of his cousins, Yar Mohammad Karzai.
WASHINGTON On Oct. 16, four sport utility vehicles barreled into Karz, Afghanistan, the hometown of the country s...
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18 Dec 2009

Karzai replacement plan ‘a phoney’

A former senior UN official in Afghanistan has rejected as "complete phoney" reports that he drafted a plan to be put to the White House for replacing Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president. Peter Galbraith, who had been the second-highest United Nations official in Kabul, was sacked from his post in September.
A former senior UN official in Afghanistan has rejected as "complete phoney" reports that he drafted a plan to be put to...
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17 Dec 2009

U.N. Officials Say American Aide Plotted to Replace Karzai

As widespread fraud in the Afghanistan presidential election was becoming clear three months ago, the No. 2 United Nations official in the country, the American Peter W. Galbraith, proposed enlisting the White House in a plan to replace the Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, according to two senior United Nations officials
As widespread fraud in the Afghanistan presidential election was becoming clear three months ago, the No. 2 United...
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13 Dec 2009

A Game ThatÂ’s Not So Great

Puppets just aren t what they used to be. Or maybe a trillion dollars doesn t buy the same felicitous level of obsequiousness it once did. Visiting Afghanistan and Iraq in an attempt to shore up our wobbly wards, Bob Gates could not seem to get the respect due the man running the world s best military, a force that has been protecting and propping up our two occupied territories for most of this decade.
Puppets just aren t what they used to be. Or maybe a trillion dollars doesn t buy the same felicitous level of...
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16 Nov 2009

10 Killed in Rocket Attack Near Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan Taliban militants fired rockets on a bazaar northeast of Kabul on Monday, near the site of a meeting between French soldiers and local dignitaries, and police officials said 10 Afghan civilians were killed and 28 wounded.
KABUL, Afghanistan Taliban militants fired rockets on a bazaar northeast of Kabul on Monday, near the site of a meeting...
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13 Nov 2009

Afghan Enclave Offers Model to Rebuild and Rebuff Taliban

JURM, Afghanistan Small grants given directly to villagers have brought about modest but important changes in this corner of Afghanistan, offering a model in a country where official corruption and a Taliban insurgency have frustrated many large-scale development efforts.
JURM, Afghanistan Small grants given directly to villagers have brought about modest but important changes in this...
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9 Nov 2009

Karzai in his own words

On December 5, 2001, Hamid Karzai was elected as chairman of the interim government of Afghanistan. Although many Afghans knew little about Karzai at the time, he was already well known within the international community. On Christmas Day 1979, a young Karzai was studying in India when the Soviets invaded Afghanistan. After completing his studies he joined his father and other Afghan refugees in Pakistan's border town Quetta.
On December 5, 2001, Hamid Karzai was elected as chairman of the interim government of Afghanistan. Although...
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9 Nov 2009

Anti-Taliban Mayor Killed in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan A mayor who publicly opposed the Taliban was killed in a suicide bombing in a cattle market near the northern city of Peshawar on Sunday, officials said, in what appeared to be an attempt to curtail grass-roots opposition to the militant group.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan A mayor who publicly opposed the Taliban was killed in a suicide bombing in a cattle market near the...
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5 Nov 2009

UN ‘to reduce’ Afghan mission size

Withdrawal of two-thirds of staff comes amid security concerns, high-level UN sources say.
Withdrawal of two-thirds of staff comes amid security concerns, high-level UN sources say.
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29 Oct 2009

More Schools, Not Troops

Dispatching more troops to Afghanistan would be a monumental bet and probably a bad one, most likely a waste of lives and resources that might simply empower the Taliban. In particular, one of the most compelling arguments against more troops rests on this stunning trade-off: For the cost of a single additional soldier stationed in Afghanistan for one year, we could build roughly 20 schools there.
Dispatching more troops to Afghanistan would be a monumental bet and probably a bad one, most likely a waste of lives...
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26 Oct 2009

Afghan challenger considers runoff boycott

KABUL -- The challenger to President Hamid Karzai is considering boycotting the upcoming runoff if his demands are not met to remove the leaders of Afghanistan's election commission who he believes are biased against him, campaign officials said Sunday.
KABUL -- The challenger to President Hamid Karzai is considering boycotting the upcoming runoff if his demands are not...
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22 Oct 2009

ThereÂ’s No Substitute for Troops on the Ground

Lt. Col. William F. McCollough, commander of the First Battalion, Fifth Marine Regiment, is walking me around the center of Nawa, a poor, rural district in southern Afghanistan s strategically vital Helmand River Valley. His Marines, who now number more than 1,000, arrived in June to clear out the Taliban stronghold. Two weeks of hard fighting killed two Marines and wounded 70 more but drove out the insurgents. Since then the colonel s men, working with 400 Afghan soldiers and 100 policemen, have established a security bubble around Nawa.
Lt. Col. William F. McCollough, commander of the First Battalion, Fifth Marine Regiment, is walking me around the center...
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21 Oct 2009

Karzai rival backs Afghan run-off

Abdullah Abdullah says he is ready for second round of presidential election on November 7.
Abdullah Abdullah says he is ready for second round of presidential election on November 7.
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20 Oct 2009

Posner: Taliban trying to addict US soldiers to heroin

Investigative journalist Gerald Posner told MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan that the Taliban is using heroin as a tactical weapon against US soldiers. “They understand this is an additional weapon and getting their money, as you said, from the heroin and opium crop and looking at the possibility of hooking Americans not only on the cheap heroin [...]
Investigative journalist Gerald Posner told MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan that the Taliban is using heroin as a tactical...
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20 Oct 2009

Endurance Test

The troop numbers game, in which President Obama looks wobbly, is in fact a distraction. Numbers matter less than endurance, details less than overall design. A word that needs to pass Obama s lips soon is just that: endurance. Afghanistan, as he has said and must not unsay, is the necessary war.
The troop numbers game, in which President Obama looks wobbly, is in fact a distraction. Numbers matter less than...
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20 Oct 2009

Afghan Leader Said to Accept Runoff After Election Audit

Under heavy international pressure, President Hamid Karzai appears set to concede as early as Tuesday that he fell short of a first-round victory in the nation s disputed election.
Under heavy international pressure, President Hamid Karzai appears set to concede as early as Tuesday that he fell short...
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18 Oct 2009

Pakistan Opens Offensive in a Militant Stronghold

Pakistan moved troops into the Taliban stronghold of South Waziristan in a long-anticipated ground offensive against the Qaeda-backed militants in treacherous terrain.
Pakistan moved troops into the Taliban stronghold of South Waziristan in a long-anticipated ground offensive against the...
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16 Oct 2009

US Lawmakers Question Afghanistan Strategy

As President Barack Obama held the fifth in a series of meetings with advisors and military officials on Afghanistan, U.S. lawmakers were raising more questions about U.S. strategy in the country. A congressional hearing also examined the situation in Afghanistan:
As President Barack Obama held the fifth in a series of meetings with advisors and military officials on Afghanistan,...
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15 Oct 2009

Taliban have a free ride in Kunduz

Once one of the most stable provinces in Afghanistan, parts of Kunduz are falling under Taliban control, so much so that the insugents ride around with impunity in captured police vehicles. The governor of Kunduz blames Pakistan for the emergence of the insurgents, while others point fingers at the United States. - Gul Rahim Niazmand (Oct 15, '09)
Once one of the most stable provinces in Afghanistan, parts of Kunduz are falling under Taliban control, so much so that...
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11 Oct 2009

Civilian, Military Officials at Odds Over Resources Needed for Afghan Counterinsurgency

In early March, after weeks of debate across a conference table in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, the participants in President Obama's strategic review of the war in Afghanistan figured that the most contentious part of their discussions was behind them. Everyone, save Vice President Biden's national security adviser, agreed that the United States needed to mount a comprehensive counterinsurgency mission to defeat the Taliban.
In early March, after weeks of debate across a conference table in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, the...
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11 Oct 2009

The cost of war in Afghanistan, Iraq after 9/11

With enactment of the FY2008 Supplemental/FY2009 Bridge Fund(H.R. 2642/P.L. 110-252) on June 30, 2008, Congress has approved a total of about $864 billion for military operations, base security, reconstruction, foreign aid, embassy costs, and veterans health care for the three operations initiated since the 9/11 attacks: Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) Afghanistan and other counter terror operations; Operation Noble Eagle (ONE), providing enhanced security at military bases; and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). Congress is currently considering the FY2009 Spring Supplemental which includes war funds to cover the rest of the current fiscal year.
With enactment of the FY2008 Supplemental/FY2009 Bridge Fund(H.R. 2642/P.L. 110-252) on June 30, 2008, Congress has...
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10 Oct 2009

A Dogged Taliban Chief Rebounds, Vexing U.S.

Mullah Muhammad Omar s prospects seemed bleak in 2001. Now, he leads an insurgency that has gained ground in much of Afghanistan against U.S. and NATO forces.
Mullah Muhammad Omar s prospects seemed bleak in 2001. Now, he leads an insurgency that has gained ground in much of...
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7 Oct 2009

BeijingÂ’s Afghan Gamble

IN Afghanistan s Logar Province, just south of Kabul, the geopolitical future of Asia is becoming apparent: American troops are providing security for a Chinese state-owned company to exploit the Aynak copper reserves, which are worth tens of billions of dollars. While some of America s NATO allies want to do as little as possible in the effort to stabilize Afghanistan, China has its eyes on some of world s last untapped deposits of copper, iron, gold, uranium and precious gems, and is willing to take big risks in one of the most violent countries to secure them.
IN Afghanistan s Logar Province, just south of Kabul, the geopolitical future of Asia is becoming apparent: American...
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27 Sep 2009

PostPartisan – No Will, No Way

In this article Kristol is arguing against George Will and his withdrawl strategty. George Will is dismayed by American casualties in Afghanistan, unhappy about the length of our effort there, dismissive of the contributions of our NATO allies, contemptuous of the Afghan central government, and struck by the country s backwardness
In this article Kristol is arguing against George Will and his withdrawl strategty. George Will is dismayed by American...
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27 Sep 2009

ime for the U.S. to Get Out of Afghanistan

"Yesterday," reads the e-mail from Allen, a Marine in Afghanistan, "I gave blood because a Marine, while out on patrol, stepped on a [mine's] pressure plate and lost both legs." Then "another Marine with a bullet wound to the head was brought in. Both Marines died this morning."
"Yesterday," reads the e-mail from Allen, a Marine in Afghanistan, "I gave blood because a Marine, while out on patrol,...
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27 Sep 2009

Obama at the Precipice

Analogies between Vietnam and Afghanistan are the rage these days. Some are wrong, inexact or speculative. We don t know whether Afghanistan would be a quagmire, let alone that it could remotely bulk up to the war in Vietnam, which, at its peak, involved 535,000 American troops. But what happened after L.B.J. Americanized the war in 1965 is Vietnam s apocalyptic climax. What s most relevant to our moment is the war s and Goldstein s first chapter, set in 1961. That s where we see the hawkish young President Kennedy wrestling with Vietnam during his first months in office.
Analogies between Vietnam and Afghanistan are the rage these days. Some are wrong, inexact or speculative. We don t know...
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22 Sep 2009

The Hard and Bitter Truth

President Obama is in the uncomfortable position of staring reality in the face in Afghanistan. Reality is not blinking.
President Obama is in the uncomfortable position of staring reality in the face in Afghanistan. Reality is not blinking.
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7 Sep 2009

Afghan President Hamid Karzai Takes 100% of Votes in Opposition Stronghold

In the southern Afghan district of Shorabak, the tribesmen gathered shortly before last month s presidential election to discuss which candidate they would back. After a debate they chose to endorse Abdullah Abdullah, President Hamid Karzai s leading opponent.
In the southern Afghan district of Shorabak, the tribesmen gathered shortly before last month s presidential election to...
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7 Sep 2009

Katrina Vanden Heuvel, George Will agree on Afghanistan, Iraq withdrawal

Two political pundits on opposite sides of the isle found themselves agreeing Sunday on ABC's "This Week." Both George Will and Katrina Vanden Heuvel favor a withdrawal from Afghanistan. In his Washington Post column, George Will said it was time to get out of Afghanistan. In another column, Will said that that US work in Iraq is done.
Two political pundits on opposite sides of the isle found themselves agreeing Sunday on ABC's "This Week." Both George...
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6 Sep 2009

From Baby-Sitting to Adoption

On Aug. 29, this newspaper carried a front-page headline that should make your blood boil: Karzai Using Rift With U.S. to Gain Favor. The article said that Obama officials were growing disenchanted with the Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, whose supporters allegedly stuffed ballot boxes in the recent elections, while Mr. Karzai struck deals with accused drug dealers and warlords, one of whom is his brother, for political gain. The article added, though, that in a feat of political shrewdness, Mr. Karzai has surprised some in the Obama administration by turning their anger with him to an advantage, portraying himself at home as the only political candidate willing to stand up to the dictates of the United States.
On Aug. 29, this newspaper carried a front-page headline that should make your blood boil: Karzai Using Rift With U.S....
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6 Sep 2009

The Afghanistan Abyss

President Obama has already dispatched an additional 21,000 American troops to Afghanistan and soon will decide whether to send thousands more. That would be a fateful decision for his presidency, and a group of former intelligence officials and other experts is now reluctantly going public to warn that more troops would be a historic mistake.
President Obama has already dispatched an additional 21,000 American troops to Afghanistan and soon will decide whether...
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