Afghan Security Forces

Obama's Nobel Lecture: Speaking Truth From Power?

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 12.16.2009 | Politics


Joseph A. Palermo

Obama's Nobel lecture might have showed us that the US has reached a turning point: either the national security monster we've created is going to eat us alive by bankrupting the country or we're going to have to shift course.

General David Petraeus Warns Of $10 Billion Per Year Afghan Security Cost

nytimes.com | MARK LANDLER | Posted 12.10.2009 | World


WASHINGTON -- America's involvement in Afghanistan could stretch on for years and cost upward of $10 billion annually just to finance an adequate Afgh...

ArmorGroup Security Firm Cut Corners At U.S. Embassy In Afghanistan

AP | RICHARD LARDNER | Posted 11.10.2009 | World


WASHINGTON — Former managers for the security contractor protecting the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan said Thursday the company lowballed its bid ...

McChrystal: Afghanistan Needs More Security Forces

washingtonpost.com | Greg Jaffe and Karen DeYoung | Posted 08.10.2009 | World


Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the newly arrived top commander in Afghanistan, has concluded that Afghan security forces will have to expand far beyond c...

8 Afghan Police Officers Killed In Taliban Ambush

UPI | Posted 04.23.2009 | World


Taliban fighters ambushed a convoy in Afghanistan's Kandahar province Monday, killing at least eight police officers, officials said....