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Während der Afghanistan-Einsatz der Bundeswehr nach dem Willen der Bundesregierung ausgeweitet werden soll, streiten selbst Kriegsgegner über die richtige Position.

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/28/28875/1.html



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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2008/10/07

On Anniversary of Bombing Afghanistan, We Need a Surge in Diplomacy
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2008/10/07-10



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"The current situation is bad, the security situation is getting worse, so is corruption, and the government has lost all trust. ... The presence of the coalition, in particular its military presence, is part of the problem, not part of its solution. Foreign forces are the lifeline of a regime that would rapidly collapse without them.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/20081006/cm_thenation/1096368911



Top UN envoy in Afghanistan says war can't be won "militarily"

'We all know that we cannot win it militarily. It has to be won through political means. That means political engagement,' Kai Eide, UN special envoy to Afghanistan, told a press conference in Kabul.

http://tinyurl.com/3qtrw4


From Information Clearing House

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Talks with Taliban the Only Way Forward in Afghanistan, Says UK Commander

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2008/10/06-3

The Foreign Office can deny its Afghan ambassador's reported remarks; in reality, it must know the truth of his bleak assessment.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/oct/02/afghanistan.foreignpolicy


From Information Clearing House

Charles Bremner and Richard Beeston, The Times UK: "The official version of the US-led campaign in Afghanistan received a blow today with a leaked report that the British Ambassador in Kabul believes that US strategy is wrong and the war is as good as lost. The potentially explosive views were published by Le Canard Enchaîné, a respected French weekly, which said that they were direct quotations from a diplomatic cable written by François Fitou, the French Deputy Ambassador in Kabul."

http://www.truthout.org/100108R

US losing war in Afghanistan, Pak tribal region: former army chief

Former Pakistani Army chief General `Retd` Mirza Aslam Beg on Tuesday said that US has almost lost its war in Afghanistan and Pakistani tribal region and soon will leave with empty hands.

http://www.mathaba.net/rss/?x=607675



British envoy says mission in Afghanistan says the war is lost

The US-led campaign in Afghanistan received a blow today with a leaked report that the British Ambassador in Kabul believes that US strategy is wrong and the war is as good as lost.

http://tinyurl.com/4aef77


From Information Clearing House



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http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=tribal+region

US intelligence analysts are putting the final touches on a secret National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Afghanistan that reportedly describes the situation as "grim", but there are "no plans to declassify" any of it before the election, according to one US official familiar with the process.

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5867448&page=1


From Information Clearing House

U.S. commanders in Afghanistan say they expect the Taliban to launch a winter offensive, a move that could bring bloodshed during a time of year that historically has been relatively peaceful.

http://tinyurl.com/52y9yn



US has no more troops for Afghan war until spring

The United States will not have enough forces available to meet a request for more troops from NATO's top commander in Afghanistan until next spring at the earliest, the U.S. defense chief said on Tuesday.

http://africa.reuters.com/energyandoil/news/usnN23376448.html


From Information Clearing House

http://www.nrhz.de/flyer/beitrag.php?id=12914



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In der SPD-Bundestagsfraktion wächst offenbar der Widerstand gegen eine Aufstockung des Bundeswehr-Kontingents in Afghanistan um 1000 auf 4500 Soldaten. Der Bundestag stimmt im Oktober über die Verlängerung des Afghanistan-Mandats ab. "Es gibt eine deutliche Zahl von Skeptikern in der Fraktion. Bei den pazifistisch eingestellten Abgeordneten wird es schwer sein, sie von mehr Soldaten für Afghanistan zu überzeugen", sagte der außenpolitische Sprecher der SPD-Bundestagsfraktion, Gert Weisskirchen, der Tageszeitung "Die Welt". Laut dem SPD-Verteidigungsexperten Hans-Peter Bartels haben viele Abgeordnete seiner Fraktion auch genug vom US-geführten Anti-Terror-Kampf "Enduring Freedom" (OEF) in Afghanistan.

http://www.ngo-online.de/ganze_nachricht.php?H=N&Nr=18646



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