Sep 17, 2010
New York Times, OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR, DANA BURDE, September 16, 2010 Americans are right to be alarmed by the rising numbers of roadside bombs and suicide attacks in Afghanistan, we can’t overlook a more subtle campaign that has been a key element of the Taliban’s...
Sep 10, 2010
At almost nine years, the U.S. war in Afghanistan is the longest in our history, surpassing even the Vietnam War, and it will shortly surpass the Soviet Union’s own extended military campaign there. With the surge, it will cost the U.S. taxpayers nearly $100 billion...
Sep 8, 2010
By Louis Charbonneau, Source: Reuters, 07 Sep 2010 15:17:41 GMT * Focusing on neediest is more cost-effective – UNICEF * Changing aid distribution could save millions of lives The U.N. children’s foundation UNICEF plans to make the poorest and most remote...
Sep 8, 2010
By Greg Jaffe Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, September 4, 2010; 1:32 PM KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN – U.S. commanders in southern Afghanistan are adopting a strategy that increasingly places the priority on fighting the Taliban even if that means tolerating...
Sep 8, 2010
London Review of Books, Vol. 32 No. 17 · 9 September 2010, by Jonathan SteeleThe road from Kabul to Kandahar was once known as the Eisenhower highway. Built in the 1950s, when the United States and the Soviet Union competed peacefully for Afghan friendship, this...
