Posts Tagged ‘Taliban’
Admiral Mike Mullen: “We are losing” to the Taliban
Telegraph | By Alex Spillius in Washington | 8 Dec 2009 Adm Mike Mullen: US is losing war in Afghanistan America's highest-ranking military officer admitted that US forces were currently losing the war in Afghanistan and said they had 18 to 24 months to turn around the Taliban's momentum. "This is the most dangerous time I've seen growing up [...]
Full Text of Obama’s Af/Pak Speech at West Point
Following is the official transcript of President Obama's speech; it replaces the preliminary version, provided by NPR, posted earlier in this post. The graphic has been added by afpakwar.com. Listen to the Speech: White House | Office of the Press Secretary | 1 December 2009 Remarks by the President in Address to the Nation on the Way [...]
Unlike the Bamiyan Statues in Afghanistan, the Babri Masjid was Demolished by Hindu Extremists led by the Top Leadership of India
The Hindu | By Vidya Subrahmaniam | 24 Nov 2009 Babri Masjid demolition was planned: Liberhan Download Liberhan Report: Full Text | or in Parts I II III IV V Justice M. S. Liberhan had submitted his findings to the government on June 30 this year after an inquiry spanning nearly 17 years. The report recommends a law providing for [...]
McGovern: Get Out of Afghanistan
TruthDig | Post | By Narda Zacchino | 4 November 2009 Editor’s note: A video excerpt of McGovern’s comments can be found below this article. Stay tuned for more coverage of the salon. George McGovern has some advice for President Barack Obama: Get U.S. troops out of Afghanistan. “I’m convinced that war is going to turn sour. I’m [...]
U.S. Official (Ex-Marine) Calls Insurgency Justified, and Resigns to Protest Occupation of Afghanistan
Washington Post | By Karen DeYoung | 27 October 2009 U.S. official resigns over Afghan war Foreign Service officer and former Marine captain says he no longer knows why his nation is fighting "The U.S. and NATO presence and operations ... provide an occupation force against which the insurgency is justified... ...the bulk of the insurgency [...]
Helicopter crashes: 14 US soldiers and civilians die in Afghanistan
Telegraph | Article | By Ben Farmer in Kabul | 26 October 2009 Fourteen US soldiers and civilians have died in two helicopter crashes in America's deadliest day in Afghanistan for four years. In the first crash, a helicopter went down in the west of the country after leaving the scene of a firefight with insurgents. A Taliban spokesman [...]
Held by the Taliban: The New York Times Story
With the caveat of "Reader Beware!" this chilling story, spread out over 5 issues of the New York Times, is reproduced below in one place in full. Why the caveat? Given the close links and cooperative relationships between the U.S. defense, security and inelligence institutions and the mainstream U.S. media in general, and the New York Times in [...]
American Christian-Zionists Urge Obama to Stay the Course, Despite Looming Disaster
Wall Street Journal | 13 September 2009 By Lindsey Graham, Joseph I. Lieberman, and John McCain Only Decisive Force Can Prevail in Afghanistan A middle path of muddling through is the real recipe for quagmire and loss of public support. Growing numbers of Americans are starting to doubt whether we should have troops in Afghanistan and [...]
Rift with Karzai worsens as 95 perish in Nato air strike
The Independent | Article | 5 September 2009 By Kim Sengupta in Kabul and David Usborne Deadly attack undermines politicians’ attempts to convince public that Afghan war is worth fighting Western forces were engulfed in bitter controversy yesterday after Nato air strikes on two oil tankers hijacked by the Taliban in northern [...]
American Troop Buildup in Afghanistan to Reach 70,000 by End 2009
Antiwar.com | by Joe Galloway | September 05, 2009 Afghanistan Isn’t Worth One More American Life The debate over our creeping military mission in distant Afghanistan grows ever hotter, and before we march even deeper into trouble, perhaps it’s time to dig out the old Powell Doctrine and answer the eight questions it poses. (more...)
