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Russia Today
| 8 months ago
Most Americans want US troops out of Afghanistan after more than a decade of war, according to a recent poll. But they want missions targeting Al Qaeda to continue, which could make the nation fall between two stools...Afghanistan would require a...
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International Herald Tribune
| 8 months ago
More than a week ahead of schedule, the American military says it has completed what it called the recovery, meaning withdrawal, of the 33,000 surge troops it had sent to Afghanistan by the fall of 2010. The milestone, which still leaves 68,000...
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US Dept of Defense
| 8 months ago
New Zealand, Sept. 21, 2012 The drawdown of U.S. surge forces in Afghanistan is complete as scheduled, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta announced here today during a news conference with New Zealand Defense Minister Dr. Jonathan Coleman. Panetta...
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United Press International
| 8 months ago
The last of 33,000 U.S. soldiers sent to Afghanistan in a troop surge to battle the Taliban insurgency have been withdrawn, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said. "As we reflect on this moment, it is an opportunity to recognize that the surge...
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DAWN
| 8 months ago
Afghanistan has called on Pakistan to halt cross-border shelling, warning the UN Security Council that the attacks could jeopardise already tense relations between the two countries. A UN envoy meanwhile said that there were a growing number of...
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DAWN
| 8 months ago
The last of the 33,000 US soldiers that President Barack Obama sent to Afghanistan nearly three years ago as part of a military surge have left the country, US defence officials said Thursday. The withdrawal, which began in July, follows an...
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Washington Post
| 8 months ago
But this is an opportunity to recognize that the surge did accomplish its objectives. Obama's strategy has been tested in recent months by the resilience of the Taliban-led insurgency. The U.S. military has also struggled to contain a rash of insider...
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CNN
| 8 months ago
Afghanistan surge over as last of extra troops leave country From Mike Mount , CNN updated 9:42 PM EDT, Thu September 20, 2012 The last of U.S. surge troops sent to Afghanistan in 2009 have left Afghanistan...Washington (CNN) -- Nearly three years...
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Reuters
| 8 months ago
The last of the 33,000 'surge' troops ordered into Afghanistan by President Barack Obama over three years ago have withdrawn from the country, returning the American presence to pre-surge levels, a senior U.S. defense official said on Friday. Afghan...
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Ledger-Enquirer
| 8 months ago
New Zealand Nearly two years after President Barack Obama ordered 33,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan to tamp down the escalating Taliban violence, the last of those surge troops have left the country, U.S. officials said Thursday...Afghans,...
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The Daily Star
| 8 months ago
Afghan forces will have a minimal impact on Western actions in Afghanistan. Afghan policy, or strategy as the British government has suddenly taken to calling it, is in tatters. The strategy, such as it is, rests on building up the Afghan army to a...
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The Economist
| 8 months ago
Afghan forces and finally ending all combat operations by the end of 2014 could be badly undermined. Some Afghan army units are capable of standing up on their own, but the vast majority are not...Equally, coalition forces operating without Afghans...
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Inter Press Service
| 8 months ago
Joint Chiefs of Staff, who has no apparent personal stake in touting the existing strategy in Afghanistan, called the attacks a very serious threat to the campaign in an interview on Saturday...We can't convince ourselves that we just have to work...
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The Sacramento Bee
| 8 months ago
An armored vehicle patrols on the periphery of Camp Bastion in southern Afghanistan, in this Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2007 file photo. The Taliban claimed responsibility on Saturday, Sept. 15 2012, for an attack against the sprawling British base in...
