Posts Tagged ‘Afghanistan’
Embracing “Afpakistan”
Express Tribune | By Arshad Zaman | 1 July 2010 The expression “Af-Pak” that has gained currency despite belated efforts by the U.S. government to suppress it, has not been received well in Pakistan. This reflects probably a perceived slight in being de-linked from India (not that “Indo-Pak” was much liked), and linked to a [...]
Mujahideen/Taliban Attack NATO Base in Jalalabad
BBC | 30 June 2010 Insurgents have attacked Nato forces in eastern Afghanistan. Several attackers have been killed in the Taliban attack on a base at an airfield outside Jalalabad, near the border with Pakistan. Gunmen set off a car bomb and fired rocket-propelled grenades, and reports say the fighting continues. There are no reports of [...]
When the ‘Right War’ Goes Wrong
Antiwar | By William Pfaff | 30 June 2010 The increasingly dangerous Afghanistan situation is worth analysis at two levels, that of the war itself, the ultimately doomed attempt by the United States to conquer the Taliban insurrection and impose a pro-American government, and the domestic political effect of Barack Obama’s misguided decision [...]
Deadliest month yet for NATO in Afghanistan
Christian Science Monitor | By By Jonathan Adams | 29 June 2010 June 2010 is now the most deadly month of the nine-year Afghanistan war, with more than 100 NATO troops killed. The sobering number comes amid growing debate over strict rules of engagement for US soldiers. More than 100 foreign troops fighting in Afghanistan have already died [...]
U.S. Adm. Mullen concerned about synergy among terrorist groups
People's Daily | Xinhua | 30 June 2010 Top U.S. military commander shows concern about synergy among terrorist groups Terrorist groups are operating more closely with one another, posing an increasing threat to the global security, top U.S. military commander said in a recent interview. "I'm increasingly concerned about the synergy [...]
Little change in ‘Chaosistan’
The News |By Rahimullah Yusufzai | Tuesday, June 29, 2010 "...it is amazing that nobody is aware or is willing to talk about the tactics being used by the Taliban to pin down the greatest armies of the world. So many US and Nato generals have been rendered helpless and consigned to oblivion by the superior strategies being applied by [...]
McChrystal was fired for being too soft
WSWS | By Patrick Martin | 29 June 2010 The “Hitler” option in Afghanistan The removal of Gen. Stanley McChrystal as the US commander in Afghanistan and his replacement by Gen. David Petraeus is not, as portrayed by Obama’s political apologists, a principled defense of civilian control over the military. Nor is it, as the official [...]
Sirajuddin Haqani Interview, July 2008
YouTube | By Rahimullah Yusufzai | 10 October 2009 NEFA INTERVIEW WITH Sirajuddin Haqqani 1 NEFA INTERVIEW WITH Sirajuddin Haqqani 2
Did McChrystal Run Away from a Losing War?
Consortium News | By Ray McGovern | 24 June 2010 Obama Misses the Afghan Exit Ramp Is President Barack Obama so dense that he could not see why Gen. Stanley McChrystal might actually have wanted to be fired — and rescued from the current March of Folly in Afghanistan, a mess much of his own making? McChrystal leaves behind a long trail [...]
DoD Briefing on McChrystal and Petraeus
The Pentagon | 24 June 2010 Department of Defence Briefing “I do not believe we are bogged down” – Gates Source: The Pentagon Channel
