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01 29th, 2009| 
Reuters – Afghanistan on Thursday announced presidential elections for August 20, hoping a U.S. troop surge will improve security at a time when violence is at the highest levels since the 2001 overthrow of the Taliban. Read the rest of this entry »
Jan
27
AP – Thousands of U.S. troops originally destined for Iraq have deployed south of Afghanistan’s capital in the first illustration of a new military focus on the increasingly difficult fight in the South Asian nation, NATO said Tuesday. Read the rest of this entry »
Dec
19
Reuters – The incoming Barack Obama administration will inherit an urgent crisis in Afghanistan and must increase U.S. and NATO troop levels there while enlarging the Afghan army, a U.S. think tank recommended on Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »
