Drone Strike Kills Afghan Al-Qaida Leader
01 June 2010
Afghanistan Head of Al-Qaida "Killed in Pakistan Drone Strike", The Guardian, 1 June 2010
EXCERPT: "Pakistani and US security officials say they believe the head of al-Qaida in Afghanistan has been killed in a drone strike in Pakistan's tribal area. Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, a veteran Egyptian militant close to Osama bin Laden, was hit in a drone strike last month, an official with Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence...
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"Flaws and Risks" in Govt Draft of Peace Plan
01 June 2010
Analysis: "Flawed" Peace Strategy in Afghanistan, IRIN News, 31 May 2010
EXCERPT: "As hundreds of delegates from across Afghanistan arrive in Kabul for a three-day meeting to discuss the prospects for peace, experts are warning of major flaws and risks in the government's draft peace plan. Making peace with the Taliban will be the main issue for discussion at the Consultative Peace Jirga (assembly) but no insurgent...
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The Afghan War: The Campaign in the Spring of 2010
01 June 2010
Anthony H. Cordesman, [pdf], Center for Strategic and International Studies, 23 May 2010
EXCERPT: "No one can visit Afghanistan without seeing both the threat and the progress. After eight years of failing to respond, the US, its allies, and the Afghan government are finally preparing for the kind of campaign that might win the war. The necessary resources are gradually being put in...
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US Aid Sparks Tension, Rivalries in Helmand
01 June 2010
, The Washington Post, 31 May 2010
EXCERPT: "In this patch of southern Afghanistan, the U.S. strategy to keep the Taliban at bay involves an economic stimulus.[...]Because aid is so plentiful in Nawa -- seemingly everyone who wants a job has one -- many young men have opted to stop serving as the Taliban's guns for hire. Unlike neighboring Marja, where insurgent attacks...
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