(AFPTV/C. Truscott)McChrystal: troops pave way for revamped Afghan strategy
U.S. President Barack Obama's pledge of 30,000 troops for Afghanistan provides the manpower for a revamped strategy to protect civilians, ramp up training of local forces and turn the war's tide, his commander said on Wednesday.
Taliban To Step Up Resistance Against New US Surge - Spokesman
The Taliban vowed Wednesday to step up resistance and fight against the extra 30,000 American troops U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered to Afghanistan, a spokesman said.
US commander says it's time to take battle to Taliban
US and Nato forces will move quickly to engage the Taliban with "greater vigour" following the unveiling of President Barack Obama's revamped Afghanistan strategy, the senior American commander in the country has said. "Now is the time to go for it," General Stanley McChrystal told his senior commanders during a briefing at his Kabul headquarters this morning.
Afghanistan is President Obama's war now, after his West Point speech
Yes, Afghanistan is a colossal, inherited mess. But the statute of limitations for blaming his predecessor has tolled. It's Barack Obama's war now. As Colin Powell famously warned about Iraq, we own it.
Nato makes 'substantial' troop pledge for Afghanistan
Nato's secretary general has said members will do "substantially more" to contribute to the fight against al-Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Afghan troop increase similar to Iraq surge of 2007?
Will the Iraq troop surge strategy of 2007 help serve as a guidepost for President Obama's troop increase in Afghanistan? Some say comparing President Bush's decision to send an additional 20,000 troops into Iraq four years into that war and President Obama's announcement that he's sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan is comparing apples with oranges.
Between the Lines, an Expansion in Pakistan
President Obama focused his speech on Afghanistan. He left much unsaid about Pakistan, where the main terrorists he is targeting are located, but where he can send no troops.
Pakistan holding retired officer in US terror case
Pakistan's army has confirmed security agencies are questioning a retired major in connection with a U.S. terror investigation. Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas did not say when the arrest was made or reveal the identity of the man. Intelligence officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, first revealed the arrest last week.
Iraq's Basra lifts ban on booze
Officials in the southern province of Basra say they are lifting a four-month-old ban on alcohol. The spokesman for the Basra provincial council, Hashim Aleibi, says the decision Tuesday came after opponents argued the ban violated rights for personal freedoms and denied non-Muslims the ability to buy and consume liquor.
Iraq's civilian death toll in November is lowest since war began
Fewer Iraqi civilians were killed in November as a result of war-related violence than in any other month since the U.S.-led invasion began nearly seven years ago, a CNN count of Iraqi government figures shows.
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