Troops Afghanistan

Al Qaeda Woes Fuel Talk Of Reducing Troops In Afghanistan

nytimes.com | MARK LANDLER and HELENE COOPER | Posted 08.18.2011

Read More: Afghan Troops, Afghanistan Troops, Afghanistan, Afghan Withdrawal, Al Quaeda Afghanistan, Troops Afghanistan, Troop Reduction, Al Qaeda, Troops Withdrawl, World News

WASHINGTON -- As the Obama administration nears a crucial decision on how rapidly to withdraw combat forces from Afghanistan, high-ranking officials s...

Read Whole Story

Jay Carney: War Costs Will Not Factor Into Afghanistan Drawdown Decisions

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.06.2011

Read More: Cost of Troops, Carney Afghanistan, Costs of War, Jay Carney, War Carney, Obama Af-Pak, War Costs, Jay Carney Troops, Troops Afghanistan, Cost of Afghanistan, Jay Carney Afghanistan Troops, Troop Drawdown, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- White House Press Secretary Jay Carney insisted on Monday that costs would not be a factor in determining the pace of the forthcoming wi...

Read Whole Story

Major Anti-War Protest Planned

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Antiwar Activists, Afghanistan War, Antiwar, Troops, Civil Disobedience, Antiwar Movement, Obama War in Afghanistan, War in Afghanistan, Anti-War Protestors, US Soliders, Daniel Ellsberg, Anti-War, Afghan War, Ellsberg, Soldiers, Troops Afghanistan, Politics News

Even as President Obama on Thursday attempts to put a good face on the war in Afghanistan, Vietnam-era whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg and several dozen...

Read Whole Story

Troop Death Ratio On The Rise In Afghanistan: More Troops, More Fatalities

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chart, Afghanistan Soldier Deaths, Troop Deaths Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Troop Death Ratio, Troops Afghanistan, Politics News

The six U.S. troops who died in Afghanistan in recent days brings the death toll for July to at least 66, marking a grim milestone -- the deadliest m...

Read Whole Story

Grasping at 'Turning Points' in Afghanistan

Tom Andrews | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: u.s. Foreign Policy, U.S. Military, Kabul, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Hillary Clinton Afghanistan, Obama Afghanistan, Republicans Afghanistan, Troops Afghanistan, Politics News

The Obama administration's credibility erodes every time it dusts off and redeploys the tired "turning point" mantra to describe a war and a strategy that continues to go from bad to worse.

Read Post

Army Says Morale Has Fallen Among Troops In Afghanistan

AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Afghanistan Troops Level, Troops in Afghanistan, Afghan War, President Obama Afghanistan, Troop Morale, Afghanistan War, u.s. Troops Afghanistan, War in Afghanistan, Troop Morale Afghanistan, Troops Afghanistan, Obama Afghanistan Decision, World News

WASHINGTON — Morale has fallen among soldiers in Afghanistan, where troops are seeing record violence in the 8-year-old war, while those in Iraq...

Read Whole Story

US Troops Hopeful Obama Plan Will Wind Down War

AP | DENIS GRAY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Afghanistan War Timeline, U.S. Troops, Obama Afghanistan, U.S. Military, Afghanistan, Afghanistan Timeline, Obama, Troops Afghanistan, Obama Afghanistan Troops, Afghanistan War, World News

FORWARD OPERATING BASE AIRBORNE, Afghanistan — U.S. service members in Afghanistan said President Barack Obama's decision to send 30,000 more tr...

Read Whole Story

Why the Afghan Surge Will Fail

Conn Hallinan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama, Afghanistan, US Troops Afghanistan, Al Qaida, Afghanistan Surge, Troops Afghanistan, Taliban, War on Terror, Politics News

McChrystal argues that the current situation is "critical," and that an escalation "will be decisive." But as former Defense Intelligence Agency analyst A.J. Rossmiller says, the war is a stalemate.

Read Post

White House: Personnel Will Remain In Afghanistan Long After 2011 Drawdown

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House, White House Personnel, Drawdown 2011, Benchmarks Obama, Troops Afghanistan, White House Forces, Obama Troop Buildup, Troop Drawdown, President Speech, 2011, Politics News

Senior White House officials said Tuesday night that while President Obama intends to start drawing down U.S. forces in Afghanistan starting in July 2...

Read Whole Story

Many Afghans Oppose Obama Troop Surge

Christian Science Monitor | Anand Gopal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Afghanistan, Afghanistan Surge, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Troop Increase Afghanistan, Obama Afghanistan Troop Increase, Barack Obama Afghanistan, Taliban, Afghanistan Taliban, Pashtun, Afghanistan War, More Troops Afghanistan, Afghanistan Troops, Afghanistan Troop Surge, Troops Afghanistan, Afghanistan Troop Increase, Surge in Afghanistan, World News

Ms. Barakzai is among the growing number of Afghans - especially in the Pashtun south - who oppose a troop increase here, posing what could be the big...

Read Whole Story