Pentagon wants to 'extend' Afghanistan surge

2011-06-17T10:30:56Z

The US military is asking President Barack Obama to maintain its troop surge in Afghanistan until the fall of 2012, a month before a scheduled withdrawal, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.

The timeline would mean the presiden...

Moulitsas vs. The Fundamentalists

2010-11-05T12:11:07Z

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US doubts Afghan talks will produce any deal soon

2010-10-13T20:30:46Z

The Obama administration may publicly support Afghan government peace talks with the Taliban, but they doubt that they will produce a deal anytime soon to end the nine-year war, analysts said.

President Barack Obama's administration has conceded that a political rather than military solution will have to be reached in

Obama, Ahmadinejad and 9-11

2010-11-03T00:09:21Z

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The American Taliban

2010-11-03T00:14:39Z

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Hold to the Deadline

2010-09-11T16:28:00Z

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White House condemns 'senseless' attack on aid workers

2010-08-10T12:15:29Z

The White House on Tuesday condemned the recent Taliban-claimed killings of 10 civilian aid workers in Afghanistan, including six Americans, as a "brutal, senseless attack."

The bullet-ridden bodies of five American men, two Afghan men, and three women -- an American, a German and a Briton -- were found in the nort...

'Too early' to judge US progress in Afghanistan: Biden

2010-07-18T15:15:18Z

US Vice President Joe Biden said Sunday it was too early to gauge progress in Afghanistan, where international forces are set to peak at 150,000 within weeks to battle an emboldened insurgency.

In an interview with ABC television's "This Week," Biden also termed President Barack Obama's self-imposed timeline to begin withdra...

U.S. senators voice doubts on Afghanistan plan

2010-07-14T16:30:20Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration has not done enough to explain its goals for the war in Afghanistan, including what its exit strategy will be, U.S. senators said on Wednesday.

Members of President Barack Obama confronts a political storm over Afghanistan on Tuesday when he meets leading figures in Congress on whether the country should send more troops to fight the Taliban.

With debate heating up on the unpopular war following a spike in US troop deaths, Obama is under intense pressure to offer lawmak...

US blocked probes into Afghan prisoner killings

2010-04-16T11:24:09Z

The Bush administration repeatedly sought to block investigations into alleged killings of up to 2,000 Taliban prisoners by a US-backed Afghan warlord in 2001, The New York Times reported Thursday.

Top US officials discouraged separate probes by the United States is winding down efforts to destroy poppy crops in Afghanistan, said the US regional envoy, blaming the zealous US approach for pushing peasants toward the Taliban.

President Barack Obama's administration was making "significant adjustments" from...

3 nominees confirmed for Justice posts

2010-04-16T14:58:09Z

Senate confirms 3 for Justice posts, including lawyers for Clemens, 'American Taliban'

Lanny Breuer, pitcher Roger Clemens' lawyer in a steroid investigation and President Bill Clinton's impeachment attorney, was confirmed by the Senate on Mond...

Editorial Roundup

2010-06-26T01:49:09Z

Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:

March 5

Herald-Palladium, St. Joseph, Mich., on physician reviews online:

Many doctors are not amused by what they are reading on several online sites in which patients post reviews of the care they have received. In many cases doctors have been targets of unflattering comments.

In ...

The World Obama Faces: Grand Old Strategy?

2010-04-16T13:48:50Z

How the President-elect might emulate Ike and Nixon.

The World Obama Faces: Grand Old Strategy?

How the President-elect might emulate Ike and Nixon.

By Nikolas K. Gvosdev, November 16, 2008

When Barack Obama takes the oath of office, he will face some fundamental foreign policy choices. Ironically, given his party af...

Junk-bond king among those seeking Bush pardon

2010-06-25T23:54:21Z

Junk-bond king, Taliban soldier among those asking Bush for pardons or release from prison

Some high-profile convicts past and present are among more than 2,000 people asking President George W. Bush to pardon them or commute their prison sentences before he leaves office.

Junk-bond king Mic...

Obama says top priority is unclogging capitalism

2010-04-16T15:02:59Z

Democrat Barack Obama has vowed to avert a "potential meltdown" in the clogged financial system as he listed his top priorities if he is elected America's first black president next week.

At campaign rallies in Iowa and Indiana, the Illinois...

McCain Is Wrong On Afghanistan

2010-10-21T09:41:47Z

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Today's Must Read

2010-09-10T16:31:55Z

When last we left the Bush administration's so-called benchmarks for strategic progress in Iraq -- that is, the political progress that military success allows -- they weren't being met, and the White House didn't care. Now that the year's almost over and the admini...

Afghanistan

2011-01-03T05:31:26Z

Afghan police take a weapon from the lifeless body of a Taliban militant, who was killed during a clash with Afghan police in Laghman east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday, Jan. 3, 2011. A group of Taliban militants attacked a police check post stationed on the Laghman to Nangarhar highway on Sunday night, and one of...

APTOPIX Afghanistan

2010-12-25T11:01:49Z

Spc. Charles Moore, left, of Angleton, Texas.,along with Spc Andrew Vanderhaeghen of Rochester, MN., of 2nd Platoon Bravo Company 2-327 return fire upon a sudden attack by Taliban on Combat Out Post Badel in easteran

ADDITION APTOPIX Afghanistan

2010-12-25T04:31:12Z

ADDS THE REASON WHY THE SOLDIERS WEARING SANTA HATS - Pfc. Kyle Garcia from Ridgefield, Wash., right, along with Spc. Steven Galvin from Holstein, Iowa, of 2nd Platoon Bravo Company 2-327 Infantry, returns fires after a su...

Pakistan

2010-12-17T11:31:42Z

FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2010 file photo, people hold signs at a rally against U.S. drone attacks on Pakistani tribal areas in Islamabad, Pakistan. Three American missile attacks killed 54 alleged militants Friday Dec. 17, 2010 close to the Afghan border, an unusually high number of victims that included commanders of a

Afghanistan Report Card

2010-12-13T14:32:03Z

In this photo taken on Dec. 12, 2010, an Afghan police officer searches a man at a check point in Kandahar south of Kabul, Afghanistan. One year after President Barack Obama ordered a troop buildup to halt the Taliban's momentum, the war in

News on The Taliban

Pentagon wants to 'extend' Afghanistan surge

Moulitsas vs. The Fundamentalists

US doubts Afghan talks will produce any deal soon

Obama, Ahmadinejad and 9-11

The American Taliban

Hold to the Deadline

White House condemns 'senseless' attack on aid workers

'Too early' to judge US progress in Afghanistan: Biden

U.S. senators voice doubts on Afghanistan plan

US blocked probes into Afghan prisoner killings

3 nominees confirmed for Justice posts

Editorial Roundup

The World Obama Faces: Grand Old Strategy?

The World Obama Faces: Grand Old Strategy?

Junk-bond king among those seeking Bush pardon

Obama says top priority is unclogging capitalism

McCain Is Wrong On Afghanistan

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