Foreign Fighters Alienate Afghans: Cdn Commander
01 February 2010
Foreign Fighters Alienate Afghans: M?nard, CBC News, 1 February 2010
EXCERPT: "An influx of foreign fighters into southern Afghanistan to fight alongside the Taliban is backfiring on the insurgents because it's alienating the region's biggest ethnic group, says the top commander in Kandahar. Canadian Brig.-Gen. Daniel M?nard, who heads coalition forces in the province, said many Pashtuns are growing upset with all the fighters from abroad...
Read the post »
US Makes Small Strides in Augmenting ANA
01 February 2010
, The Washington Post, 1 February 2010
EXCERPT: "As part of President Obama's plan to dramatically increase the size of the Afghan National Army, the first contingent of additional U.S. troops has arrived and begun taking over the training of new Afghan recruits, hoping to build up the local force to 134,000 battle-ready soldiers in 10 months. At the...
Read the post »
Pakistani Taliban Leader is Reported Dead
01 February 2010
, The New York Times, 31 January 2010
EXCERPT: "Pakistani and American officials said Sunday that they were increasingly convinced that the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, Hakimullah Mehsud, Pakistan's chief domestic enemy and the man behind the suicide attack on a C.I.A. base in Afghanistan in December, had died from wounds sustained in a drone strike. The Pakistani military, which mounted a...
Read the post »
Taliban Denies UN Meeting
01 February 2010
, The Washington Post, 30 January 2010
EXCERPT: "The Taliban on Saturday denied meeting with the United Nations' special representative in Afghanistan and vowed to persist in its war 'against the invaders.' The denial came in response to news reports that Kai Eide, the outgoing U.N. envoy, held a meeting in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, earlier this month with members...
Read the post »