As they used to say in the old war movies, we're in it now, up to our necks. More than ever, this is Obama's War. The mess he inherited from the previous administration is now his mess.
William Bradley | Posted 12.04.2009 | World
It's Barack Obama's war now -- a war in which the Nobel Peace Prize-winner has placed himself at the helm of the largest military force ever sent to Afghanistan. Here are some key things to know.
AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 12.04.2009 | World
BRUSSELS — NATO allies will bolster the American troop surge in Afghanistan by sending at least 7,000 soldiers of their own, officials said Frid...
Gary Hart | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics
What standards of democracy do we expect the Afghan government to meet, Jefferson's or the Saudi royal family's?
Posted 12.02.2009 | Technology
NATO announced a new website complete with links to Twitter, YouTube and Facebook. In an eerie flashback to the Vietnam War when the public watched th...
Anders Fogh Rasmussen | Posted 12.02.2009 | World
I congratulate President Obama on his strategic vision. But as he noted, this is not just America's war. Violent extremism in Afghanistan poses a clear and present danger to everyone, and we must stand strong against it.
AP | DEBORAH SEWARD | Posted 12.02.2009 | World
PARIS — European leaders and top diplomats hailed President Barack Obama's speech defining the new U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, but few countri...
Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics
General Stanley McChrystal, commander of US and NATO troops in Afghanistan, issued a statement on Tuesday expressing clear support for President Obama...
Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics
In the United States we need to distinguish ourselves from countries, like our NATO ally Turkey, who continue officially to regard homosexuality as shameful.
washingtonpost.com | Craig Whitlock | Posted 12.01.2009 | World
PRISTINA, KOSOVO -- Nearly two years after the newest country in the world declared independence, outside powers are still firmly in control. ...
guardian.co.uk | Julian Borger | Posted 11.30.2009 | World
The US is seeking to extend its control over the day-to-day running of Afghanistan with the appointment of an international "high representative" in K...
Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON (Associated Press) - Sens. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind.) voiced their concerns Sunday about the war in Afghanistan, it...
Washington Post | Greg Jaffe | Posted 11.28.2009 | World
KABUL -- Days after President Obama outlines his new war strategy in a speech Tuesday, as many as 9,000 Marines will begin deploying to southern Afgha...
New York Times | ERIC SCHMITT and STEVEN ERLANGER | Posted 11.26.2009 | World
The United States is scrambling to coax NATO allies to send 10,000 additional troops to Afghanistan as part of President Obama's strategy for the regi...
AP | PAISLEY DODDS | Posted 11.25.2009 | World
LONDON — An inquiry into Britain's role in the Iraq war kicked off Tuesday with top government advisers testifying that some Bush administration...
Wall Street Journal | PETER SPIEGEL and STEPHEN FIDLER | Posted 11.21.2009 | World
U.S. and European estimates of the new troops they may get from NATO allies vary from 3,000 to 7,000. Those would complement the additional U.S. force...
Sarah Holewinski | Posted 11.21.2009 | World
Nobody's manning the calculator at NATO. War never delivers clean numbers, but no matter how you look at these, something doesn't add up.
AP | KATHY GANNON and ELENA BECATOROS | Posted 11.20.2009 | World
KABUL — For his critics, President Hamid Karzai's inaugural speech Thursday struck all the right notes – sober pledges to get tough on cor...
ABC News | Brian Ross And Matthew Cole | Posted 11.18.2009 | World
The CIA built one of its secret European prisons inside an exclusive riding academy outside Vilnius, Lithuania, a current Lithuanian government offici...
AP | ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU | Posted 11.17.2009 | World
TAGAB VALLEY, Afghanistan — Rockets slammed into a market northeast of Kabul on Monday, killing 12 civilians but missing their presumed target: ...
AP | Posted 11.13.2009 | World
LONDON — Britain's prime minister says NATO nations may contribute 5,000 more troops to Afghanistan – offering key backing as the U.S. dec...
Gary Hart | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics
NATO has yet to define a 21st century mission. There are new security threats that do not lend themselves to military response and that cannot be addressed either by old alliances or by the US alone.
The Nation | Posted 11.11.2009 | World
I was an early supporter of yours. So I hope you will accept the following analysis and proposals as being from a friend as well as a person with cons...
CBS News | Font Size Print E | Posted 11.09.2009 | World
President Obama has settled on a new strategy for Afghanistan. CBS News correspondent David Martin reports that the president will send a lot more tro...
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics
General McChrystal's recommendation for more troops and material has a distinctly Westmorelandian flavor to it. If approved, it could create an additional $40 to$80 billion per annum in war costs.
Michael Winship | Posted 12.04.2009 | World