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Afghan army in need of US funds for 15 years
13 hours ago ago from Babs
15 years is what it will take to Afghanistan before being able to pay for the cost of its own security forces, warned president Hamid Karzai. After talking with visiting US Defence Secretary Robert Gates (photo, from aljazeera.net) , the Afghan president said he hoped the US and the international community would continue funding them. The US will not turn away from Afghanistan and abandon it, said Gates. A week before Gates' ...
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Related contentU.S. Occupation Forces Kill 15 Civilians in Afghanistan
4 hours ago ago from Fight Back! - News and Views from the People's Struggle
Mehtarlam, Afghanistan - Hundreds of Afghans took to the streets on Dec. 8 to protest the killings of 15 civilians by U.S. forces during an overnight raid on Armal village. According to reports, the protesters carried the bodies of the dead Afghan civilians and laid them in front of the occupation governor's house. Fearing the angry protestors, pro-occupation soldiers in the Afghan National Army began firing in the air. Reports indicate ...
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CBC.ca Gates pledges US will never turn our back on Afghanistan CNN International Defense Secretary Robert Gates, center, walks with his Afghan counterpart Abdul Rahim Wardak in Kabul on Tuesday. Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) US Defense Secretary Robert Gates told Afghanistan s President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday that the United States Gates promises to keep focus on Afghan civilian safety Los Angeles Times Afghanistan unable to pay for troops for ...
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19 hours ago ago from Themistocles\' Shade
Received this via email. The General wrote this after action report after his most recent visit to Afghanistan. As you can see from the people he lists as sources, he has done a very thorough job, and has a very keen grasp of the complexities of the situation. Still, he believes we can largely accomplish the vision of McChrystal in about five years. Note: that is not eighteen months. Five years. This raises the very pressing question whether ...
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BBC News - US Gen Stanley McChrystal backs US surge in Afghanistan
13 hours ago ago from BBC
Gen McChrystal warned that success would come at a price The top US commander in Afghanistan has said there are no silver bullets for success there, but the troop surge will help reverse the Taliban's momentum. Testifying to US Congress, Gen Stanley McChrystal said President Barack Obama's deployment of 30,000 extra troops meant success was possible. He said the next 18 months would be crucial, but that he did not expect to ...
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21 hours ago ago from PopEater
KABUL, Afghanistan -Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Tuesday it will be at least 15 years before his government can bankroll a security force strong enough to protect the country from the threat of insurgency. Speaking at a news conference with U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Karzai repeated his claim that Afghan security forces would take the lead in securing the nation within five years, but he said his nation would need financial ...
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There were no surprises last week in President Barack Obama's historic speech at West Point. His decision to enlarge and prolong the war in Afghanistan had been leaked well in advance. The ugly, messy conflict Obama inherited from George W. Bush now belongs to the "peace president" and his unhappy party. President Obama faced a choice between guns - $1 trillion for the next decade of warfare in Afghanistan - or butter - his $1 trillion ...
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1 day ago ago from BBC
Mr Gates is to meet Afghan officials and US troops The US Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, has arrived in Afghanistan on an unannounced visit. Mr Gates will hold talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and meet US troops serving in the country. Speaking to reporters in Kabul, he said he would tell soldiers the US was in this thing to win . Mr Gates is the most senior US official to visit Afghanistan after President ...
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17 hours ago ago from PopEater
-A look at the differences expressed by the U.S. top commander and top U.S. diplomat in Afghanistan during the Obama administration's three-month review of strategy for the war: _U.S. Afghanistan Ambassador Karl Eikenberry, a retired general who once commanded troops in Afghanistan, early last month questioned the wisdom of sending more troops. Eikenberry urged the Obama administration to step cautiously in planning any major buildup while ...
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