Report: U.S. Tax Dollars Go to Warlords, Taliban
Filed under: AfghanistanThe report by the Senate Armed Services Committee focuses on two companies and alleges they paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to hire local militias. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs ...
Afghan War: In 10th Year, No End in Sight
Filed under: Terror, Foreign Policy, Obama Administration, Afghanistan, Public Option, MilitaryU.S. troops and strike aircraft launched the Afghan war nine years ago Thursday, easily ousting the Taliban. Since then the war has intensified, and the cost...
New Bob Woodward Book on Obama Focuses on War, Not Economy
Filed under: Bush Administration, Economy, Scandal, Investigations, Foreign Policy, Obama Administration, Afghanistan, 2010 Elections, Military, White House"Obama's Wars," Bob Woodward's new book on President Obama, focuses on White House foreign polic...
Obama to Troops: No ‘Victory Lap’ in Tuesday Night Speech on Iraq
Filed under: Iraq, Terror, Obama Administration, Afghanistan, Military, Middle East, White HouseMeeting with U.S. soldiers at Fort Bliss, Texas, President Obama says he's not celebrating the end of combat operations in Iraq -- but he is thanking the tr...
Army Private Bradley Manning in Solitary as Investigators Expand Leak Case
Filed under: Religion, Scandal, Terror, Obama Administration, Afghanistan, WikiLeaksInvestigators want to determine whether a civilian was involved in the leaking of thousands of secret Afghan war documents. One suspect, Pfc. Bradley Manning, is in sol...
Massive Leak of Documents Shows Faltering Afghan War, Duplicity by Pakistan
Filed under: Iraq, Obama Administration, Afghanistan, White House, WikileaksThe whistleblower website WikiLeaks has released a trove of records of events and intelligence reports covering six years that give a grim assessment of the U.S. war in Afghani...
A Hot War Rages in the ‘Peaceful’ North of Afghanistan
Filed under: Barack Obama, Terror, Obama Administration, Afghanistan Journal, AfghanistanAfghanistan commander David Petraeus has thrown most of his troops south to Kandahar. But in the "peaceful" north, a small U.S. force and Afghan police battle hard...
Policeman, Soldier, Anti-Taliban Fighter: A Small Success Story
Filed under: Afghanistan Journal, AfghanistanWith help from the international coalition, the police in one pocket of the country have built a credible security force, which will have to contend with the Taliban when U.S. forces draw down. Permalin...
Americans: Empower Women. Taliban: Kill Women
Filed under: Afghanistan Journal, AfghanistanDespite threats against them and their families, 29 Afghan women are undergoing training to serve in the all-male Afghan national army. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs&nb...
Is BP Oil Spill Helping Obama on Afghanistan War?
Filed under: Deep Background, Oil SpillThe spill has put coverage of the war on a back burner. Considering how poorly the war is going, that's a good thing for the administration. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs&nbs...
McChrystal: Kandahar Campaign Slows as Taliban Ramps Up Intimidation
The U.S. commander in Afghanistan insists his military-civilian campaign in Kandahar is correct, but is delayed by local Afghan indifference or hostility to Western forces. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs |&nbs...
U.N. official to call for halt of C.I.A. drone strikes in Pakistan
In January, the New York Times reported that only 9 percent of Pakistanis approved of U.S. drone strikes in their territory, with a majority of Pakistanis viewing the U.S. as a greater threat to their nation than India or the Pakistani Taliban. And little wonder. Pakistani authorities estimate that some 140 innocent civilians...
