Obama picks Fort Leavenworth commander for Afghan mission

OBAMA, AFGHANISTAN and other puzzles

By: slydog

CBC news has reported Washington "insiders" have hinted President Obama will be declining the proposals from his National Security advisors with regards to sending more soldiers to Afghanistan. The President is paying heed to council from his ambassador in Kabul who suggests the time is not right for such a move. He cites the precarious hold Hamid ...

27 days ago

Pressure grows on Barack Obama as memos expose rifts over Afghan ...

By: dustgeer

Barack Obama is scheduled to arrive in Tokyo today at the start of a nine-day trip that will take in South Korea and China, but the issue that will haunt his visit will never be far away: Afghanistan, especially after leaked diplomatic memos exposed deep divisions in his administration. The correspondence from the US ambassador, Karl ...

26 days ago

Afghanistan Toll Sets Monthly Record

By: robertweller

  Fort Carson Loses More Soldiers By Robert Weller It has been a terrible month for American troops in Afghanistan, making the ultimate sacrifice for their country. And it seems to worsen each day. A female soldier, Sgt. Eduviges G. Wolf, 24, of Hawthorne, Calif., died Oct. 25 in Kunar province when insurgents fired an RPG at her vehicle. ...

about 1 month ago

AFGHANISTAN: Confessions of a Peace Activist

By: BorderExplorer

    By Rabia Elizabeth Roberts, Ed.D.  October 2009 Kabul: armed guards, machine guns and sand bags at every intersection and at the door to my guest house - open sewers and fecal dust - traffic jams of SUVs, military convoys, bicycles and pedestrians - six-story buildings amidst crumbling houses and filthy refugee encampments -

about 1 month ago