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Afghan government reaches out to tribes (www.usatoday.com)
Afghanistan's government has stepped up efforts to win the cooperation of tribal leaders to try to build security at the village level and fend off the Taliban. The strategy has the backing of... More
Submitted 27 days ago by cdoherty | 0 Comments |
Obama: ‘Taking the fight’ to Afghanistan (www.stripes.com)
A worsening war in Afghanistan — and a growing Taliban and al-Qaida insurgency in the tribal areas of nuclear-armed neighboring Pakistan — will loom large on the agenda for President-elect Barack... More
Submitted 28 days ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |
Petraeus sounds off on Afghanistan (www.militarytimes.com)
Incoming Central Command head Gen. David Petraeus questioned whether al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden continues to play a significant operational role in the terrorist network and said that even if bin... More
Submitted about 1 month ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |
Why we're losing in Afghanistan (www.salon.com)
A bit past midnight on a balmy night in late August, Hedayatullah awoke to a deafening blast. He stumbled out of bed and heard angry voices drawing closer. Suddenly, his bedroom doors banged open and... More
Submitted about 1 month ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |
All Counterinsurgency Is Local (www.theatlantic.com)
June was the deadliest month for the U.S. military in Afghanistan since the invasion in October 2001. July became the second straight month in which casualties exceeded those in Iraq, where four times... More
Submitted about 1 month ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |
Sources: Taliban split with al Qaeda, seek peace (www.cnn.com)
Taliban leaders are holding Saudi-brokered talks with the Afghan government to end the country's bloody conflict -- and are severing their ties with al Qaeda, sources close to the historic discussions... More
Submitted about 1 month ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |
Cost of massive unemployment in Iraq could be paid in blood (www.mcclatchydc.com)
For Raad Abdulsada, every day starts the same way. He wakes up at sunrise, heads to a busy, dusty corner in Baghdad's Karrada neighborhood and waits for work.
Submitted 2 months ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |
Bush Had No Plan to Catch Bin Laden after 9/11 (www.ipsnews.net)
New evidence from former U.S. officials reveals that the George W. Bush administration failed to adopt any plan to block the retreat of Osama bin Laden and other al Qaeda leaders from Afghanistan to... More
Submitted 2 months ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |
U.N.: 20,000 flee from Pakistan to Afghanistan to avoid fighting (www.usatoday.com)
Fighting between Pakistani troops and militants in a tribal region has forced some 20,000 Pakistanis to seek refuge across the border in eastern Afghanistan, the U.N.'s refugee agency said Monday.
Submitted 2 months ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |
US failures lumped on Pakistan (thepost.com.pk)
The Americans having lost the war in Iraq are also rapidly losing control in Afghanistan as well. The Taliban-al Qaeda combine is taking a better of them and they do not know what to do next to bridle... More
Submitted 2 months ago by robertharding | 0 Comments |
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