Holbrooke Afghanistan

Not Building the Afghan State, Protecting the United States

Jonathan Morgenstein | Posted 09.20.2009 | World


Jonathan Morgenstein

Clearly, we would prefer the Afghan government take on this mission, but until they can do so themselves, in order to prevent more American civilian deaths, we must do it ourselves.

White House Not Ruling Out Troops In Pakistan

Wired | Posted 04.27.2009 | World


President Obama has just laid out his new war strategy. And he's made it clear that the fight is both in Afghanistan and Pakistan. So I asked Dennis M...

Sam Stein

Karzai "Extremely Gratified" By Obama's Afghan Policy

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics


Afghan President Hamid Karzai was "extremely gratified" with Barack Obama's speech and approach to the war in Afghanistan, the president's chief diplo...

Afghanistan: Accusing Karzai

Patricia DeGennaro | Posted 03.24.2009 | World


Patricia DeGennaro

Sure some of this mayhem is Karzai's fault and he may not be the best for Afghanistan in the future, but we, the international community, must leave that decision to the Afghans.

Afghan President Admits Tensions With US

Al Jazeera English | Posted 03.16.2009 | World


Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, has admitted that there is tension between his government and the new US administration....

US Envoy In Afghanistan To Map Out Surge

The Independent | Kim Sengupta | Posted 03.16.2009 | World


Richard Holbrooke arrived in Kabul yesterday with the evidence of the lethal resurgence of the Taliban only too plain to see - the debris from a serie...

Holbrooke Afghanistan Trip: Security Troops Throng Afghan Capital Before Envoy Visit

AP | HEIDI VOGT | Posted 03.15.2009 | World


KABUL — The new U.S. regional envoy landed in Afghanistan on Thursday to help chart President Barack Obama's strategy for peace in this volatile...

Dan Rather On Afghanistan: Success Depends On "Soft Power" (VIDEO)

WorldFocus | Posted 03.13.2009 | World


President Barack Obama is dealing with the expanding war in Afghanistan, violence in neighboring Pakistan and militants on both sides of the Afghan-...

Richard Holbrooke: Afghanistan Will Be "Much Tougher Than Iraq"

Washingtonpost.com | Craig Whitlock | Posted 03.11.2009 | World


MUNICH, Feb. 8 -- President Obama's national security team gave a dire assessment Sunday of the war in Afghanistan, with one member calling it a chall...

Richard Holbrooke Is The Wrong Man For The Job: Scott Ritter

CommonDreams.org | Posted 02.24.2009 | World


It was early in October 2001, and I had been invited to New York City on behalf of The History Channel for a show in which I was to discuss the situat...