Topic: Kandahar

US seeks to reassure allies after McChrystal fired

The top US military officer has headed to Afghanistan to explain the sacking of the allied commander in Kabul as the Obama administration insisted the United States was not "bogged down" in the fight against the Taliban.Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the ...

US not 'bogged down' in Afghanistan: Gates

Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday denied the United States was "bogged down" in Afghanistan as the top US military officer headed to the region to explain the sacking of the NATO commander in Kabul.Gates insisted there was forward movement in the ...