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Marines drafting plan to send more troops to Afghanistan (www.latimes.com)
Top officers have met repeatedly to consider deploying 15,000 troops to join the 30,000 already there to fight the Taliban and other insurgents.
Submitted 11 days ago by SpencerKent on OurTroops | 0 Comments |
Talking With the Taliban (www.nytimes.com)
Afghanistan’s swift unraveling has created new — and in some quarters unrealistic — enthusiasm for talks with the Taliban. We agree that there should be a serious effort to win over... More
Submitted 13 days ago by robertharding on OurTroops | 0 Comments |
U.S.-Afghan rift builds around Karzai's overture to Taliban (www.mcclatchydc.com)
Afghanistan's Taliban insurgents rejected an offer of talks from Kabul Monday and threatened for the first time to strike a target in the West, suggesting many years of violent conflict to... More
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Will Obama Sign Off On New Afghan Strategy? (www.npr.org)
President-elect Barack Obama will have to grapple with conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. He will have to decide whether to negotiate with members of the Taliban as a way of stemming the violence in... More
Submitted 23 days ago by robertharding on OurTroops | 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 on OurTroops | 0 Comments |
Ky. National Guard soldier killed in Afghanistan (www.herald-dispatch.com)
A Kentucky National Guard soldier was killed in Afghanistan last week when his platoon was attacked by a group of Taliban fighters, military officials said Monday. Sgt. Daniel Wallace, 27, was... More
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U.S. Strike Said to Kill 7 in Pakistan (www.nytimes.com)
Suspected U.S. drones fired missiles into a Pakistani village early on Thursday, killing at least seven people, residents and an official said, the latest strike on a stronghold of a veteran Taliban... More
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Soldier: Troop Morale Remains High (www.zwire.com)
Scott Tynes, a DAILY LEADER staff writer from Lawrence County, was activated in October 2007 with the 102d/382d Mobile Public Affairs Detachment. Discussing events while home on leave for 15 days,... More
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U.S. stakes high in Afghanistan (www.gosanangelo.com)
In the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001, President Bush announced American military action in Afghanistan by saying that our nation "should not expect one battle, but a lengthy campaign, unlike any other... More
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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
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