U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry in Kabul last Thursday. (Ahmad Masood/European Pressphoto Agency)
Ambassador Eikenberry’s Cables on U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan
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In November 2009, Karl W. Eikenberry, the United States ambassador to Afghanistan and retired Army lieutenant general, sent two classified cables to his superiors in which he offered his assessment of the proposed U.S. strategy in Afghanistan. While the broad outlines of Mr. Eikenberry’s cables were leaked soon after he sent them, the complete cables, obtained recently by The New York Times, show just how strongly the current ambassador feels about President Hamid Karzai and the Afghan government, the state of its military, and the chances that a troop buildup will actually hurt the war effort by making the Karzai government too dependent on the United States. Related [NYT] Article »
[Header, footer, and other markings on the Secret Cables have been omitted; the substantive portion of the cables is reproduced below.]
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