Adele Stan, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. September 28, 2009. With no good way out of Afghanistan and no good way to stay in, Obama's team of rivals sends mixed signals on the U.S.'s next move.
Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com. September 9, 2009. Maintenance cost for the force of 450,000 Afghan soldiers and police U.S. generals dream of creating: approximately 500% of the Afghan budget.
Melek Zimmer-Zahine, IPS News. September 4, 2009. If Afghanistan's friends are genuinely committed to supporting the country, the best they can do is show more restraint and less unsolicited advice.
Malalai Joya, AlterNet. August 20, 2009. We Afghans know this election will change nothing. It is merely a show of democracy put on by and for the West, to legitimize its future puppet in Afghanistan.
Gareth Porter, IPS News. August 8, 2009. General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani may be providing assistance to Taliban insurgents, yet the U.S. government continues to fund the Pakistan military.
Agence France Presse August 5, 2009. A roadside bomb killed 21 Afghan wedding guests, the latest in a wave of violent attacks ahead of key elections, as the NATO chief Thursday assessed efforts to quell the insurgency.
Agence France Presse August 3, 2009. The meeting on Sunday was not publicly announced beforehand and Gates did not bring reporters with him as he usually does on foreign trips.
Gareth Porter, IPS News. July 29, 2009. The police in Helmand province, who are linked to the local warlord, have committed horrific abuses against pre-teen boys.
Agence France Presse June 14, 2009. McChrystal was tapped after his predecessor was sacked in May when the U.S. said it needed 'new thinking' in an escalating war.
Melek Zimmer-Zahine, IPS News. May 29, 2009. Civilians are caught in the crossfire between a violent insurgency and counterinsurgency, but does that mean Afghanistan is falling apart?
Najeeba Mohammed, Institute for War and Peace Reporting. May 16, 2009. Will there be a breakthrough to end the fighting between Turkey, Iran, and Iraqi Kurds?
Institute for War and Peace ReportingApril 17, 2009. The U.S. military insists forces stormed a militant stronghold in Kunduz. But locals, including the mayor, strongly dispute this version of events.
Jerome Starkey, Independent UK. April 6, 2009. Some NATO countries have threatened to withdraw troops and withhold aid from Afghanistan unless the law is repealed.
David Usborne, Jerome Starkey, Independent UK. March 27, 2009. In addition to more soldiers, Obama is ordering a "civilian surge" and increasing the number of U.S. officials by 50 percent.
Amy Goodman, AlterNet. March 4, 2009. While leaders like Stephen Harper and Gordon Brown bend to the will of their constituents, Obama is staying the course.
Jodie Evans, CODEPINK Women for Peace: Action Blog AlterNet: Video. December 12, 2008. Civilian deaths in Afghanistan will only increase if the U.S. commits more troops.
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. October 16, 2008. Rosen: "People no longer trust the government. People fear the police at least as much as they fear the Taliban."
Robert Fisk, Independent UK. September 22, 2008. To claim the U.S. can achieve now what the British couldn't in the 19th century and the Russians couldn't at the end of the 20th is pure fantasy.
