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'Too early' for Afghan handover deadline: Gates Washington (AFP) Nov 19, 2009 
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday it was too soon to set a timeline to transfer security duties from NATO-led troops to Afghan forces, as proposed by Britain. "I think I would rather have those on the ground in Afghanistan make the judgment call about when a province or a district was ready to be turned over, rather than specific dates," Gates told a news conference. ... read moreAfghan village armies fight Taliban 
Kunduz, Afghanistan (AFP) Nov 18, 2009War-weary villagers in northern Afghanistan are taking up arms against insurgents, sick of having the Taliban encroach on their once peaceful patch of the country. In villages across Kunduz province, where a misdirected NATO air strike killed 90 civilians in September, tribal elders say they have had enough of being caught in the middle of an escalating war. So they are grabbing their ... more
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Outside View: Testing Obama's predicament
Washington (UPI) Nov 18, 2009 After eight years of war and huge expenditures of national treasure, is the United States really serious about succeeding in Afghanistan and Pakistan? Or, given the seemingly intractable nature of these conflicts and the exquisite difficulties of coping with foreign cultures, are the United States and its allies embarked on a mission that is unwinnable by most definitions? These questions ... more US missile hits militants in Pakistan tribal area: officials 
Miranshah, Pakistan (AFP) Nov 19, 2009At least four militants were killed and five others wounded in a US drone missile strike in Pakistan's tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said Thursday. The attack took place in Shanakhora village of North Waziristan, an area where Washington says Islamist fighters are hiding out and planning attacks on Western troops stationed in neighbouring Afghanistan. "It was a US drone ... more US forces under strain but not at 'tipping point': Mullen 
Washington (AFP) Nov 17, 2009Top military officer Admiral Mike Mullen said on Tuesday that US forces were under strain from fighting wars in Afghanistan and Iraq but were not at a "tipping point." The mental fitness of American troops has come under intense scrutiny after a shooting rampage at Fort Hood by an army psychiatrist this month and amid a rise in suicides and depression. Suicides in the US Army are on ... more US Afghan supply flights over Russia still not on: US 
Washington (AFP) Nov 16, 2009The United States is still unable to use Russian airspace to deliver military supplies to Afghanistan despite a July deal with Moscow, the State Department said Friday, expressing hope the flights can start soon. State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said negotiators were still hammering out details of the deal announced in July by presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev during a Moscow ... more |
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Military base too close for safety, say Afghan survivors
Bagram Air Field (AFP) Nov 16, 2009 Survivors of Monday's rocket attack on a market in Afghanistan that killed 10 civilians are certain that they were not the intended target. "We were too close to a foreign military base, perhaps only 30 metres," said Shamshir Khan, a shepherd whose child was seriously injured in the attack, which hit a livestock market in Tagab, a district of Kapisa. Khan's son was among the scores of ... more Obama eyes compromise strategy on Afghanistan
Washington (AFP) Nov 13, 2009President Barack Obama is leaning towards a compromise strategy on troops to Afghanistan, officials said, amid a fierce debate over whether more soldiers should be sent to back up Kabul's flawed government. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday that Obama was seeking to show a strong US commitment to Afghanistan while also conveying to President Hamid Karzai's corruption-tainted ... more Outside View: The Soviets' Afghan lessons 
Helsinki, Finland (UPI) Nov 13, 2009 One hopes that the Obama administration's soon-to-be-announced new strategy for Afghanistan will at least be as successful as the Soviet strategy executed between 1986 and 1992. The McChrystal plan, presumably the basis for the Obama strategy, will initially focus on critical high-population areas that are contested or controlled by insurgents, not because the enemy is present but ... more Karzai doubts weigh heavily on Obama troop decision 
Washington (AFP) Nov 12, 2009The perceived failings of President Hamid Karzai and his corruption-tainted government have emerged as a key problem holding up President Barack Obama's decision on deploying more troops to Afghanistan. Karzai, long supported internationally despite the fact his administration is widely viewed as corrupt, has seen ties with the West sour dramatically since being re-elected in a flawed poll i ... more |
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