Whatever the outcome it's doubtful that military historians will label it as a "victory," and that combined with the toll the war has exacted should serve as a cautionary tale for all of us.
Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 09.05.2011
June 26 was United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. In the United States, both human rights and religious organizations had...
Paul Szep | Posted 08.23.2011
IPS News | Posted 08.12.2011
During his intensive initial round of media interviews as commander in Afghanistan in August 2010, Gen. David Petraeus released figures to the news me...
Global Post | Charles M. Sennott | Posted 06.27.2011
KABUL -- The snows of the Hindu Kush have melted and the poppy harvest is winding down. That means Afghanistan's "fighting season" is about to begi...
HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 06.15.2011
WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is unsure whether the war in Afghanistan is going to be a success and says the United States ...
Jayshree Bajoria | Posted 06.05.2011
Protests continued across Afghanistan against Florida pastor Terry Jones's March 20 burning of a Koran. The violence killed three UN staffers and four...
Howard Buffett | Posted 06.05.2011
The Task Force for Business and Stability Operations has found an effective approach in Afghanistan, but those in Washington threatened by its progress must find a way to defend themselves.
Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 06.04.2011
No matter how despicable Pastor Jones and his band of unmerry men might be, nothing can possibly justify this brutal retaliation or the failure to speak out against it.
Kathy Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011
Peace activists, who have a long history of opposing war preparations in Colorado Springs, are protesting a USAF plan to acquire a new Combat Aviation Brigade, consisting of 120 helicopter gunships.
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON -- Challenged by a congressman to "be honest" about how long American troops might have to fight in Afghanistan, Army Gen. David Petraeus r...
Rep. Mike Honda | Posted 05.25.2011
Twenty million dollars was spent on the war in Afghanistan just during Gen. David Petraeus's testimony to Congress this morning. This month, we are on track to spend more than $10 billion in Afghanistan. And for what?
HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON -- While President Obama has said that U.S. combat forces will begin leaving Afghanistan in July 2011 and be fully out by 2014, the pace of...
Michael Hughes | Posted 05.25.2011
Instead of focusing on metrics that matter, U.S. officials have decided to trumpet enemy body count. Apparently, the number of dead insurgents, not civilians, is now the barometer for determining the campaign's efficacy.
Erica Gaston | Posted 05.25.2011
The detention of journalists for trying to provide an independent voice on security incidents in Afghanistan undermines Western governments' otherwise positive efforts to support free media there in the past 10 years.
AP | PAULINE JELINEK and LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan is ordering an investigation into charges that an army unit trained in psychological operatio...
Matthew Hoh | Posted 05.25.2011
On this anniversary of Operation Moshtarak and the "official" escalation of the Afghan War, we must continue to argue for a new course forward for the United States in Afghanistan.
Posted 05.25.2011
***UPDATE*** Defense Department spokesman Geoff Morrell released this statement: Despite some sensational speculation by one of the London papers, I ...
Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 05.25.2011
Lawrence Davidson says, "Keep your eye on the language: When South Africa assigned rights according to race they called it apartheid. When Israel ass...
Matthew Hoh | Posted 05.25.2011
I recently received an email from a friend in the Army on his second combat deployment to Afghanistan. His views illustrate the very real disconnect between our service members and diplomats.
Josh Mull | Posted 05.25.2011
Obama would be wise to ignore Klein and decide not to play chicken with the numbers. Afghanistan will not magically right itself, particularly now as Petraeus can inflame the violence as much as he pleases.
HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON -- It's the rare issue that unites Reps. John Conyers (D-Mich.) and Buck McKeon (R-Calif.), but the call for Gen. David Petraeus to testify...
Michael Hughes | Posted 05.25.2011
General David Petraeus, in a rare public show of indecorum, last week suggested that corruption has been a part of Afghan culture since the country ca...
HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON -- A senior aide to David Petraeus, commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan, is out with a strong statement in support of repealing Don't A...
HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011
Gen. David Petraeus's admission that a U.S. victory in Afghanistan is not a "sure thing" by 2014 is the latest indication that the Obama administratio...
Ward Carroll | Posted 12.27.2011