Posts Tagged ‘Helmand’
British Marines Pinned Down in Sangin
Telegraph | By Thomas Harding | 10 July 2010 Keeping sane in Sangin: life and death in Afghanistan's most perilous military posting More British troops have been killed in Sangin than anywhere else in Afghanistan. Thomas Harding visits a base where marines eat, rest, sleep, fight - and sometimes die. Flanked by deep green orchards on one [...]
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 [...]
Sirajuddin Haqani Interview, July 2008
YouTube | By Rahimullah Yusufzai | 10 October 2009 NEFA INTERVIEW WITH Sirajuddin Haqqani 1 NEFA INTERVIEW WITH Sirajuddin Haqqani 2
Britain’s Top Afghan Diplomat Quits
Guardian | By Simon Tisdall | 21 June 2010 Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles: a casualty of Afghan policy war The British special envoy's scepticism about the US-led surge meant he had to go. Being proved right will be cold comfort. The sudden departure of Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles, Britain's special envoy to Afghanistan, represents another body blow [...]
By Marjah Failure, McChrystal Pushes Karzai into Taleban’s Arms
New York Times | By Dexter Filkins | 11 June 2010 Karzai Is Said to Doubt West Can Defeat Taliban “Mr. Karzai suggested in the meeting that it might have been the Americans who carried it out .” “Last winter, Mr. Karzai accused NATO in a speech of ferrying Taliban fighters around northern Afghanistan in helicopters. Earlier this year, [...]
Americans Failing to Suppress Afghan Resistance to Occupation
DefenseTech | By Greg Grant | 9 June 2010 The “Lone Guerrilla Paradox” and the Failure of COIN Doctrine in Afghanistan The New York Times runs a story today from reporter Rod Nordland in Kandahar about the shift in strategy there away from a military headlined offensive to more aid and reconstruction efforts, with a gradual increase [...]
Bogged Down, McChrystal Postpones the Helmand “Offensive”
New York Times | Editorial | 13 June 2010 Taking Stock in Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai is trying to strike a secret deal with the Taliban and Pakistan and doubts that the Americans and NATO can ever defeat the insurgents. Karzai is telling aides that he believed the United States, and not the Taliban, might have been responsible [...]
The Afghan Catastrophe
New York Times | By Bob Herbert | 11 June 2010 The Courage to Leave There is no good news coming out of the depressing and endless war in Afghanistan. There once was merit to our incursion there, but that was long ago. Now we’re just going through the tragic motions, flailing at this and that, with no real strategy or decent end in [...]
NATO Admits Facing Possible Failure in Afghanistan
Quick English Translation | L'Original, en français NouvelObs.com | By Adam Entous and David Brunnstrom | 11 June 2010 "Success is not assured" in Afghanistan, NATO admits BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO's efforts to marginalize the Taliban guerrillas and helping the Kabul government to impose its authority has made "measured progress," but the [...]
McChrystal Fails to Clear, Much Less Hold, Marjah
McClatchy | By Dion Nissenbaum | 24 May 2010 McChrystal calls Marjah a 'bleeding ulcer' in Afghan campaign MARJAH, Afghanistan — Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top allied military commander in Afghanistan, sat gazing at maps of Marjah as a Marine battalion commander asked him for more time to oust Taliban fighters from a longtime [...]
