Troops in Afghanistan

David Wood

In Afghanistan, The Pentagon Sees Risk 'Everywhere'

HuffingtonPost.com | David Wood | Posted 12.28.2011

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WASHINGTON -- As the U.S. war in Afghanistan enters its second decade, a new Pentagon assessment acknowledged that the Taliban insurgency remains "res...

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Troops Ramp Up Fight Against Most Dangerous Threat To Forces In Afghanistan

AP | AMIR SHAH | Posted 12.18.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan and NATO forces have stepped up their fight against a militant network considered the most dangerous threat facing c...

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PHOTOS: Ten Years Of War In Afghanistan

Posted 12.06.2011

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Today marks the tenth anniversary of the start of the war in Afghanistan. On October 7, 2001, in the wake of the 9/11 terror attacks on the twin tower...

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The War Must Not Go On!

Jim Wallis | Posted 08.23.2011

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The president has announced that after an initial drawdown in Afghanistan, the remaining troops will be withdrawn "at a steady pace" going into 2014. But that's not good enough. President Obama had an opportunity to pivot his policy on the war and he didn't take it.

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Can an Orange Bracelet Turn Hearts in Washington?

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

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2011-03-04-jw.jpgCutting programs that help the most vulnerable isn't going to get us out of financial trouble, or reduce the deficit in ways that we now need.

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Troops Prepare For Major New Drive In Afghanistan

New York Times | THOM SHANKER, HELENE COOPER and RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011

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Small bands of elite American Special Operations forces have been operating with increased intensity for several weeks in Kandahar, southern Afghanist...

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Obama Calls 10 US Service Members On Thanksgiving (PHOTO)

AP/ The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- On his first Thanksgiving in the White House, President Barack Obama has telephoned 10 U.S. servicemen and women stationed in war zones ...

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Army Halts Delivery of Christmas Gifts to Front Lines

Sam Isaac Edwards | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kabul, Afghanistan -- "Mr. Edwards, We're not going to be able to get you to Jalalabad. Enemy activity has increased in the last few days, the troops are at it 24/7." My brain stalled, I was stunned.

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Troops In Afghanistan Outnumber Taliban 12-1

AP | SLOBODAN LEKIC | Posted 05.25.2011

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BRUSSELS — There are already more than 100,000 international troops in Afghanistan working with 200,000 Afghan security forces and police. It ad...

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Gates: Afghan Surge Could Happen Swiftly

AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert Gates said any new U.S. forces President Barack Obama sends to Afghanistan could move into the country swi...

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Gates To Afghans: US `in this thing to win'

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan — Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived Tuesday in Afghanistan with plans to assure officials and American troops there that...

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Army Says Morale Has Fallen Among Troops In Afghanistan

AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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No Troop Increase in Afghan report

AP | LARA JAKES and ANNE GEARAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon presented a grim portrait of the Afghanistan war Thursday, offering no assurances about how long Americans will be fig...

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