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US Frustrated by Taliban Resilience
The Taliban are demonstrating a resilience and ferocity that are sowing alarm here, in Washington and in other NATO capitals, and engendering a fresh round of soul-searching over how a relatively ragtag... ...
rudkla - 7. Aug, 09:43
Majority of Afghan insurgents not Taliban
The vast majority of Afghan insurgents are not necessarily the Taliban, but those who feel spurred to fighting by broken promises, lack of a stable government, blood feuds and economic considerations. http://ti nyurl.com/6rumto From... ...
rudkla - 25. Jul, 06:18
Al Qaeda draws more foreigners to Afghan war
MSNBC 07/17/08 Afghanist an has been drawing a fresh influx of jihadi fighters from Turkey, Central Asia, Chechnya and the Middle East, one more sign that al-Qaida is regrouping on what is fast becoming... ...
rudkla - 18. Jul, 11:57
Deadly raid on US military base raises doubts
MSNBC 07/14/08 An insurgent raid that penetrated an American outpost in eastern Afghanistan, killing nine soldiers, has deepened doubts about the U.S. military’s effort to contain Islamic militants and... ...
rudkla - 15. Jul, 09:46
Hunkering Down in Afghanistan with Field-Marshall Obama
By Mike Whitney By every objective standard, conditions are worse for the Afghan people than they were before the invasion in 2001. The economy is in shambles, unemployment is soaring, reconstruction... ...
rudkla - 4. Jul, 08:53
Afghanistan: Civilian deaths skyrocket, UN says
MSNBC 06/29/08 The number of civilians killed in fighting between insurgents and security forces in Afghanistan has soared by two-thirds in the first half of this year, to almost 700 people, a senior... ...
rudkla - 30. Jun, 09:48
Afghanistan: counterinsurgency or colonialism?
In practice, I found, it looks and sounds a lot more like old-fashioned colonialism. In the tents of Naray, I had the distinct feeling that I had strolled into Uttar Pradesh at some point after 1858, in... ...
rudkla - 2. Jul, 05:59
Military spending has soared in recent years
The Terrible Plight of Afghan Children The U.S. military alone spends $100 million a day fighting Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan while the total spending by all donors is only $7 million a day, aid... ...
rudkla - 8. Jul, 09:03
Supplier Under Scrutiny on Aging Arms for Afghans
C. J. Chivers reports for The New York Times: "Since 2006, when the insurgency in Afghanistan sharply intensified, the Afghan government has been dependent on American logistics and military support in... ...
rudkla - 27. Mar, 17:52
Afghan war trend worse than Iraq: U.S. trainer
The tide of the war in Afghanistan is running against the United States and its allies, in contrast to an improving trend in Iraq, a U.S. military official and counter-insurgency expert said on Wednesday. http://abcnews .go.com/US/wireStory?id=44 36913 From... ...
rudkla - 13. Mar, 10:00
