Military Presence
- The last post: McChrystal's bleak outlook - Independent 6/1085046
- Leading article: McChrystal paves the way out - Independent 6/1085047
- Republicans exploit sacking to challenge Afghan strategy - Independent 6/1085048
- British advances in Afghanistan have escalated conflict - UN mission chief - Guardian 6/1085049
- Conservatives 'will withdraw Afghanistan troops if elected' - Telegraph 1.5.1085054
- Dutch troops 'to leave Afghanistan as planned' - PM - BBC 2/1085056
- Only pressure to withdraw can stop this blood price - Guardian 27.01.1085057
- CBO: Troop Surge in Afghanistan to Cost $36 Billion Over the Next Three Years - CommonDreams 1/1085062
- US surge plays into Taliban hands - Walid Phares 12/0985063
- The day the general made a misstep - Mark Perry 12/0985064
- Robert Fisk: This strategy has been tried before – without success - Independent 12/0985065
- Why Obama’s Strategy Won’t Succeed - TruthDig 12/0985070
- Rep. Kucinich on Afghanistan War: “We’re Acting Like a Latter Day Version of the Roman Empire” - Dem. Now! 12/0985071
- Analysis: Focus on withdrawal could jeopardize Afghan mission - McClatchy 12/0985072
- Patrick Cockburn: US may come to regret its pledge to withdraw - Independent 12/0985073
- Opinion: Obama's folly - Andrew J. Bacevich 12/0985078
- European allies fail to meet Obama's demands - Independent 12/0985079
- Robert Scheer: Here We Go Again - TruthDig 12/0985081
- NATO Secretary General calls on Allies to step up efforts - 12/0985086
- NATO: Statement by the Secretary General on President Obama’s Announcement - 12/0985087
- Cheney, Rove take lead in prebutting Obama Afghanistan speech - Wash. Post 12/0985088
- Editorial - The Afghanistan Speech - NY Times85089
- Obama Issues Order for More Troops in Afghanistan - NY Times 12/0985098
- White House fact sheet: The way forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan - 12/0985099
- Remarks by the President in Address to the Nation on the Way Forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan - The White House 12/0985100
- Equipment build-up allows for extra troops - Independent 11/0985101
- Afghanistan: The hokey-cokey strategy - Independent 11/0985106
- As US Ambassador Casts Doubt on Troop Increase in Afghanistan, New Report Reveals US Indirectly Funding the Taliban - Dem. Now! 11/0985107
- Pentagon Pouring Your Money Into Afghanistan: Are They Preparing for a Very Long War? - AlterNet 11/0985108
- 'Afghanistan Will Swallow Them Up' - Spiegel 11/0985113
- Former minister Kim Howells calls for pullout from Afghanistan and more domestic spying - Guardian 11/0985114
- Analysis: It's not Vietnam, but parallels are growing - Independent 9/0985115
- No early pull-out from Afghanistan, Tories vow - Guardian 10/0985121
- Chastened Brown set to send more troops to Afghanistan - Independent 10/0985122
- Can the war in Afghanistan get any more absurd? - Truthdig (archive10/09085123
- Army chief warns of 'terrifying prospect' of failure in Afghanistan - Telegraph 10/0985124
- Tomgram: John Feffer, Will NATO's 60th Anniversary Be Its Last? - 9/0985129
- A Feminist Case for War? - American Prospect 10/0985130
- Rupert Cornwell: Has America reached the turning point in Afghanistan? - Independent 9/0985131
- Why President Obama Can't Let Himself Be Blackmailed by His Generals - AlterNet 9/0985132
- Reading the McChrystal Report - New Yorker 9/0985137
- McChrystal's Assessment (Unclassified) 30.08.09 - Wash. Post *PDF85139
- Afghanistan Strategy Not Working, US Commander McChrystal to Tell Obama - CommonDreams 8/0985140
- US wants 20,000 more troops to fight Taliban - Independent 8/0985149
- Brown pledges more support for British troops - Independent 8/0985150
- US Military Says Its Force in Afghanistan Is Insufficient - CommonDreams 8/0985151
- Taliban Now Winning U.S. Commander in Afghanistan Warns of Rising Casualties - Wall Street Journal (8/09)85152
- West ignores lessons of Soviet humiliation in Afghanistan - Times 7/0985161
- Veterans warn military solution won't end Afghan war 4/0985162
- MADRE Talking Points: Seven Reasons to Oppose a Troop Surge in Afghanistan 4/0985163
- U.S. General Says Allies ‘Not Winning’ Afghan War 3/0985168
- NATO Crisis Grows Over Afghan Troops 2/0885170
- Rice heads for London as Afghan crisis looms - Guardian 2/0885171
- Jihadis pay the ultimate price - Asia Times 5/0485176