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More Afghan troops, police central to success: Levin
Peshawar :: Pakistan | 16 minutes ago
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The leading Senate Democrat on military matters said that President Barack Obama's anticipated plan for significantly expanding U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan must show how those reinforcements will help increase the size of the Afghan security forces.
Tags: Afghanistan, afghans army, Carl Levin, afghans troop, Barack Obama, Pakistan, Peshawar, Human rights abuses, Afghan National Army, Politics, Taliban, Human rights in Afghanistan, International public opinion on the war in Afghanistan, War in Afghanistan, War Conflict
Afghanistan says 40 Taliban killed in Farah
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 2 months ago
Credibility US Marines and Afghan soldiers have managed to kill 40 militants in a joint operation in Afghanistan's west, the Afghan military claims. "At the request of the local population an operation was launched by the Afghan army and the US Marines in the district...
Tags: Afghanistan, afghans army, Kandahar, roadside bombs, civilians casualties, taliban killing, Kabul
Dems signal resistance to Afghan troop increase
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 2 months ago
Credibility Key Senate Democrats signaled Friday that any push by President Barack Obama to send more troops to Afghanistan is likely to hit resistance on Capitol Hill , deepening a growing political divide on the war even within his own party. Speaking just days...
Tags: Afghanistan, afghans army, Barack Obama, Pakistan, U.S, Carl Levin, Jack Reed, Senate Armed Services Committee, Dems Will Fight Obama, senator armed
Brown hints at Afghan troop rise
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 3 months ago
Credibility Gordon Brown has given a strong indication that more British troops will be sent to Afghanistan, during a surprise visit to the country. Speaking from Helmand province, he said he wanted to speed up the training of Afghan soldiers and police, which needed...
Tags: Afghanistan, Gordon Brown, British Army, prime minister, Helmand, Stanley McChrystal, helmand province, afghans army, American, U.S
US eyes possible goal increase for the Afghan army
Washington :: DC :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility WASHINGTON: The United States and NATO may need to increase their goal for expanding Afghan forces significantly to better support President Obama's strategy for stabilizing the country, officials said on Friday. The current goal is to boost the Afghan...
Tags: Afghanistan, Pakistan, afghans army, Stanley McChrystal
Britain, US call for stronger Afghan army
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 4 months ago
Credibility A total of 184 British troops have now been killed in Afghanistan since the start of the war in 2002...US President Barack Obama agrees the international community will have to start focusing its attention on developing Afghanistan's capabilities, so...
Tags: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, U.S, afghans army, Stanley McChrystal, Taliban, president barack, Washington Post
General: tribes might help with Afghan security
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 1 year ago
Credibility Coalition commanders in Afghanistan are hoping to come up with a plan - and the necessary money - to use tribal militias to help with security, a tactic successfully used against the insurgency in Iraq. "We're looking very carefully at the experience...
Tags: U.S, afghans army, Afghanistan, Kabul, train afghans
Afghan president visits site of deadly raid
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 1 year ago
Credibility President Hamid Karzai yesterday paid a condolence visit to a remote western region that was the scene of a controversial U.S.-led raid last month, pleading for forgiveness and assuring villagers that those responsible for civilian deaths would be punished.
Tags: afghanistan, taliban, karzai, air strike, west Afghanistan, Farah, led coalition, Herat, afghans army
Gates endorses big expansion of Afghan army
Kabul :: Afghanistan | about 1 year ago
Credibility Associated Press Writer Defense Secretary Robert Gates has endorsed an Afghanistan government proposal to increase the size of the Afghan army by more than 50,000 troops...Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell said Thursday officials are currently looking...
Tags: Afghanistan National Army, afghans army, Pentagon press, Robert Gates, Geoff Morrell, secretary robert, defense secretary, press secretary, Associated Press Writer Defense, U.S
Taliban hamper dam project in Afghanistan
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | about 1 year ago
Credibility Mike Shervington watches over a stunning aqua-green lake and a 50-year-old story about U.S. struggles to aid Afghanistan. Inside a security perimeter is an old American-built dam with the potential to provide Afghanistan with 6 percent of its power. Outside...
Tags: afghans army, Afghanistan
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