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Karl Eikenberry

An Interview With Matthew Hoh

Derrick Crowe | Posted 11.21.2009 | World

Read More: Al-Qaida, Rethink Afghanistan, Karl Eikenberry, Coin, Richard Holbrooke, Matthew Hoh, Taliban, Afghanistan, Counterinsurgency, World News
Derrick Crowe

If Matthew Hoh could tell you one thing to help you understand the United States' predicament in Afghanistan, it's that the presence of our ground combat troops is not doing anything to defeat al Qaeda.

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New Tools for Peace in Afghanistan

Jim Wallis | Posted 11.16.2009 | World

Read More: Corruption, Debate, President Obama, Humanitarian, Washington, Security Forces, Congress, Washington Post, Military Options, President Karzai, Surge, Hammers, Foreign Policy, Government, Infrastructure, Japanese Government, Karl Eikenberry, Escalation, Military, Afghanistan, Military Spending, Un, Terrorism, Security, Development, Humanitarian Assistance, World News
Jim Wallis

Development and humanitarian assistance can no longer be an afterthought; they must be central to any strategy the U.S. government puts forward in Afghanistan.

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National Security Adviser Jim Jones Makes Secret Trip To Pakistan

newsweek.com | Michael Hirsh | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Karl Eikenberry, Jim Jones, National Security, Pakistan, Stanley McChrystal, Afghanistan, National Security Advisor, Afghanistan War, Michael Hirsh, Politics News

Only hours before President Obama took off for Asia on Thursday, his national-security adviser landed in Pakistan on an unannounced trip to meet with ...

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RETRACTED: Inside This Morning's White House Afghanistan Meeting: Anger With Eikenberry, 'Beef' With McChrystal

washingtonindependent.com | Spencer Ackerman | Posted 11.13.2009 | World

Read More: Stanley McChrystal, Karl Eikenberry, Mcchrystal, General Mcchrystal, Afghanistan, General Eikenberry, General-Eikenberry, World News

Update, 8:50 a.m.: I am retracting this post, published yesterday, titled "Inside This Morning's White House Afghanistan Meeting: Anger With Eikenberr...

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The War Stampede

Norman Solomon | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Capitol Hill, President Obama, Karl Eikenberry, Escalation, Stanley McChrystal, Humanitarian Aid, Afghanistan, Veterans, Politics News
Norman Solomon

After 30 years of war, Afghans do not need more ingenious war efforts by the latest batch of best and brightest in Washington.

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Karl Eikenberry Dissents On Afghan Troop Increase

Huffington Post | Nick Sabloff | Posted 11.12.2009 | World

Read More: Karl Eikenberry, US Troops Increase, National Security Council, Afghanistan, US Troops, World News

Ahead of today's meeting of Obama's national security team to discuss Afghan war strategy, Karl Eikenberry, the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan and a m...

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Classified McChrystal Report: 500,000 Troops Will Be Required Over Five Years in Afghanistan

Tom Andrews | Posted 09.24.2009 | World

Read More: Karl Eikenberry, Joe Scarborough, Msnbc, Congress, Andrea Mitchell, Army, Military, Troops, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Morning Joe, Stanley McChrystal, Taliban, Barack Obama, World News
Tom Andrews

There are perhaps only two people in America who think that the current level of commitment is sustainable by the United States and its allies, and they left office last January.

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War Gone Wild in Afghanistan

Derrick Crowe | Posted 11.08.2009 | World

Read More: Anthony Cordesman, Karl Eikenberry, Escalation, Afghanistan, : Abe Greenwald, Rethink Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Bruce Riedel, World News
Derrick Crowe

After more than 800 U.S. military casualties, tens of thousands of Afghan civilian deaths and $228 billion, we have zero indications that Pashtuns in Afghanistan are any closer to giving their support to the Kabul government.

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John King Confronts US Ambassador To Afghanistan Over Inaccurate War Analysis (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Karl Eikenberry, Video, John King, State of the Union, Afghanistan War, Politics News

Lt. Gen. Karl Eikenberry was a guest on CNN's "State of the Union" with John King on Sunday to discuss the state of the war in Afghanistan. After nea...

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Afghanistan Likely To See Surge In Civilian Employees

washingtonpost.com | Karen DeYoung | Posted 04.18.2009 | World

Read More: Karl Eikenberry, Obama Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Afghanistan Surge, Afghanistan Us Diplomats, Francis Ricciardone, Afghanistan Civilian Surge, Afghanistan, Peter Galbraith, Afghanistan Civilian Employees, World News

Hundreds of additional U.S. diplomats and civilian officials would be deployed to Afghanistan as part of the new civil-military regional strategy that...

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