GAO Reports Spike In Attacks Against Afghan Police
09 March 2009
'', International Herald Tribune, 9 March 2009
EXCERPT: "Attacks on Afghan security forces increased nearly threefold last year as U.S. officials struggled to find enough military staff to train them, according to a report that details the challenge President Barack Obama faces to stabilize the troubled nation. Obama recently announced a plan to send 17,000 additional U.S. troops...
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Obama Ponders Outreach To Elements Of Taliban
09 March 2009
'', The New York Times, 7 March 2009
EXCERPT: "President Obama declared in an interview that the United States was not winning the war in Afghanistan and opened the door to a reconciliation process in which the American military would reach out to moderate elements of the Taliban, much as it did with Sunni militias in Iraq. Mr. Obama pointed to the success in peeling Iraqi insurgents...
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NATO "Struggling in Afghan South"
09 March 2009
'', BBC News, 9 March 2009
EXCERPT: "Coalition forces in Afghanistan are not winning in large parts of the south, the commander of Nato and US forces there has said. Gen David McKiernan told the BBC that coalition strategy had so far been clear, but under-resourced. A decision to send more US troops to Helmand province later this year did not amount to a criticism of British troops...
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Coalition Deaths From IED Attacks Soar
09 March 2009
'Coalition Deaths From IED Attacks Soar', USA Today, 9 March 2009
EXCERPT: "Makeshift bomb attacks in Afghanistan killed three times as many coalition troops in the first two months of 2009 compared with the same period last year. The increase points to a strengthening insurgency and potentially more violence as warmer weather arrives along with intensified fighting. The bombs, called improvised explosive devices, killed 32 coalition...
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