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Today, we Afghans remain trapped between two enemies: the Taliban on one side and US/NATO forces and their warlord hirelings on the other.” Malalai Joya, “A Woman Among the Warlords” Scribner Publishing, New York The Bush administration never had any intention of liberating Afghanistan or establishing democracy. The real aim was to remove the politically-intractable Taliban and replace them with a puppet regime run by a former-CIA asset. ...
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17 hours ago ago from JAY\'S INDEX
BY Patrick Martin - DEC 7 2009 - In the media coverage of Barack Obama’s decision to escalate the war in Afghanistan, one question goes unasked and unanswered: how many thousands, tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of Afghan civilians will die as a result of US military aggression? The dispatch of an additional 30,000 US troops, reinforced by at least 7,000 more from other NATO countries, means a colossal increase in the level of ...
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By: Shamsa Ashfaq. According to a recent US Government Accountability Office audit report, nearly 13,000 attacks were recorded in Afghanistan between January and the end of August 2009. There was an average of 100 attacks a day on international forces, Afghan security forces and ordinary civilians, which makes the figure 2.5 times higher this year than that of 2008. During 2005, approximately 2,400 attacks were reported in ...
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22 hours ago ago from Fog City Journal
Cartoon by Khalil Bendib . By Ralph E. Stone December 8, 2009 President Obama recently announced that he is sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan bringing the total number of U.S. troops to about 100,000. Although he stated that the U.S. would begin drawing down troops in July 2011, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were quick to remind us that this was not a hard and fast exit date. ...
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Search All NYTimes.com Search Politics December 7, 2009, 5:01 pm Q. and A. on Obama's Afghan Plan By THE NEW YORK TIMES Correspondents for The Times who contributed to an account of the decision-making behind President Obamaâs strategy for Afghanistan are answering readers' questions Monday and Tuesday. Update | Tuesday 3:01 p.m. Q. During Obama's presidential campaign, Obama ...
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1 hour, 16 minutes ago ago from Good News Now
WASHINGTON -Progress against the insurgency in Afghanistan probably will be slower than during the buildup of U.S. forces in Iraq two years ago, and the war will be "harder before it gets easier," a top U.S. general said Wednesday. Gen. David Petraeus, who executed the Iraq surge in 2007, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that he supports the upcoming escalation of U.S. forces in Afghanistan. "While certainly different and, in some ...
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Gen Petraeus said success in Afghanistan was achievable A top US general has warned that military success in Afghanistan is likely to be slower than in Iraq after the troop surge there. Testifying before the US Congress, Gen David Petraeus said, as in Iraq, the situation in Afghanistan was likely to get harder before it gets easier . Gen Petraeus was speaking a week after President Barack Obama ordered 30,000 more troops to ...
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Petraeus warns new surge progress will be slow WASHINGTON (AP) Progress against the insurgency in Afghanistan probably will be slower than during the buildup of U.S. forces in Iraq two years ago, and the war will be "harder before it gets easier," a top U.S. general said Wednesday. Gen. David Petraeus, who executed the Iraq surge in 2007, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that he supports the upcoming escalation of U.S. forces in ...
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WASHINGTON -The top U.S. general in Afghanistan says the Taliban up to 27,000 fighters in the country's south is his main focus. Gen. Stanley McChrystal says the insurgents are effective because they can dictate terms to the local population on the largely Pashtun area. The Taliban stronghold area will be the focus of the new U.S. surge of 30,000 forces. But McChrystal told Congress on Tuesday that he is also focused on a separate enemy in ...
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