Contributor ReportsUS may bypass Karzai and cede authority to local officials.
Posted by:
northsunm32 
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Sun Dec 06 16:31:35 -0800 2009 | political-news
Earlier reports also indicate that the US is going to press for the appointment of an official who will oversee the day to day operation of the Afghan government also bypassing Karzai. Turning over control to preferred local officials is...
ReachBarack of Afghanistan -- Warlord
Posted by:
swinginjazzz
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Sun Dec 06 13:48:17 -0800 2009 | political-news
Former US Foreign Service official Matthew Hoh has described the Afghan situation as a civil war between the secular, urban, modern Afghans and the religious, rural, traditionalist Afghans. President Obama does not really have a dog in this fight. But...
Who's yer daddy Al Qaeda? Obama is...that's right.
Posted by: Tristansvoice
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Sun Dec 06 12:19:41 -0800 2009 | political-news
This is a delicate subject and normally i'm not a delicate person, especially when it comes to wielding the pen, but how many of you out there living inside the garden walls are still crying about bringing our troops home...
Torkham border closed.
Posted by: ashrafuddin
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Sun Dec 06 03:51:01 -0800 2009 | allnews
LANDIKOTAL: After ten hours of relaxation Torkham border had been ultimately closed for illegal repatritors,however, border authorities allowed truckers carrying US and Afghan government consignments to cross the border,an official said. FC sources Sunday said that a high level tripartite...
NO EXIT: AFGHANISTAN
Posted by: robertweller
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Sun Dec 06 08:18:57 -0800 2009 | allnews
The Military Industrial Complex Wouldn't Have Talked Eisenhower Into More War By ROBERT WELLER President Obama has led himself into a hell where it doesn't matter if it is as big as an arena or as small as a classic...
Karzai agreeable to talks with Taliban.
Posted by: northsunm32
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Sun Dec 06 16:38:27 -0800 2009 | political-news
While Karzai may be agreeable to talks with the Taliban the Taliban leadership has been consistent all along that negotiations are possible only with the withdrawal of foreign troops. Now that Obama has set a date to begin withdrawal talks...
President Obama gave the Taliban their wish!
Posted by: jmsjoin
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Sun Dec 06 08:31:12 -0800 2009 | disasters
Pakistan officials wary of Obama's strategy for Afghanistan Nato pledges 5,000 troops Remember the Taliban get their wish? We are getting deeper into their trap. However at this point I am sorry to say I am afraid Obama has taken...
Taliban Leader Declares There Will Be More U.S.Losses If...
Posted by: FauziaSultana
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Sat Dec 05 06:07:48 -0800 2009 | disasters
According to a B.B.C. reporter who had a secret interview with a Taliban leader in Wardak Afghanistan, the latter very defiantly declared that if President Obama had plans to send 30,000 more American troops into Afghanistan,he should expect more deaths...
Why I Will Never Be President
Posted by: Bethany
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Sat Dec 05 10:33:54 -0800 2009 | political-news
I could never be President. Not because people wouldn't vote for me - I could probably be the Sarah Palin of the Democratic party if you gave me twenty years. No, I don't want to be President. Last night, President...
Obama's Afghan Partner: Juan Cole
Posted by: northsunm32
Kabul :: Afghanistan | updated Fri Dec 04 21:11:33 -0800 2009 | political-news
As Cole points out Obama's partner the Afghan government has more problems than just corruption although that is certainly bad enough as many of Karzai's potential cabinet ministers are under investigation! Legislators just collect their pay and do not bother...
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