Pakistan’s leader says world losing Afghan war

Pakistan’s leader says world losing Afghan war because of its failure to win over the Afghan people By PAISLEY DODDS (AP) – Aug 3, 2010 LONDON — The U.S.-led coalition’s battle against the Taliban has already been lost because of its failure to win over the...

Hearts and mind hard to reach in Afghan valley

Source: Reuters – AlertNet, Date: 30 Jul 2010 By Rob Taylor SAIDON KALACHEH, Afghanistan, July 30 (Reuters) – Defeating insurgents in Afghanistan’s volatile Arghandab Valley would take time, but there were now enough U.S. and Afghan troops to defeat...
Is Yemen the Next Afghanistan?

Is Yemen the Next Afghanistan?

Simon Norfolk/Institute, for The New York Times The village of Rihab in Wadi Dawan, a valley that is the ancestral home of Bin Laden. More Photos » By ROBERT F. WORTH, Published: July 6, 2010 Just before dawn on Dec. 24, an American cruise missile soared high over the...

Only 13.5% of US aid goes through Afghan Government

Only 13.5% of US aid goes through Afghan Government – Call to clean up contracting system Lalit K Jha – May 21, 2010, Pajhwok News Agency, Afghanistan WASHINGTON (PAN):  The Special Inspector-General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) stressed on...
US Marines – Creating more insurgents or space for development?

US Marines – Creating more insurgents or space for development?

What Marja Tells Us of Battles Yet to Come By C. J. CHIVERS New York Times, June, 10, 2010 Tyler Hicks/The New York Times. Afghans passed through a Marine checkpoint last month in Marja, where fighting has continued since a highly publicized assault on insurgents in...