CHAMAN: Trucks carrying goods for US and NATO forces are parked on the middle of the road on Pak Afghan Border in protest against the behavior of the security forces personnel.—Online U.S. Fears Clock Ticking On Afghanistan -- L.A. Times
As public support wanes, the Obama administration feels it needs to deliver speedy progress in Afghanistan so that it can gain time and backing for its long-term military strategy.
Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan, and Washington - The Obama administration is racing to demonstrate visible headway in the faltering war in Afghanistan, convinced it has only until next summer to slow a hemorrhage in U.S. support and win more time for the military and diplomatic strategy it hopes can rescue the 8-year-old effort.
But the challenge in Afghanistan is becoming more difficult in the face of gains by the Taliban, rising U.S. casualties, a weak Afghan government widely viewed as corrupt, and a sense among U.S. commanders that they must start the military effort largely from scratch nearly eight years after it began.
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More News On Afghanistan
President Barack Obama sees 1-year deadline to make gains in Iraq -- Chicago Tribune
Royal Marine killed in Afghan explosion as Gordon Brown visits country -- The Telegraph
Gordon Brown to open peace talks with Taliban in major strategy shift -- Mirror.co.uk
Gordon Brown in new Afghan plan: talk to the Taliban -- The Guardian
Gordon Brown hints at Afghan withdrawal -- Times Online
US faces smaller, smarter enemy in Afghanistan -- AP
U.S. Sets Metrics to Assess War Success -- Washington Post
Taliban growth in northern Afghanistan threatens to expand war -- McClatchy News
35 Taliban insurgents killed in E Afghanistan -- China View
Kandahar security ‘worsens every day’ -- The National
Rebel bunker destroyed in Afghanistan: NATO -- AFP
Supply for Nato stops after row with Afghans -- Dawn
AFGHANISTAN'S ELECTION
Karzai closer to winning tainted Afghan vote -- AFP
Tally in Afghanistan Shows Karzai Lead Widening -- New York Times
Karzai's Lead Widens in Afghan Poll -- Wall Street Journal
Major fraud allegations in Afghan vote top 550 -- Yahoo News/AP
Serious fraud complaints double in Afghan vote -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Afghan election fraud probe grows -- BBC
GENERAL NEWS/COMMENTARIES/ANALYSIS
Kabul drug addicts running out of hope -- IRIN
New U.K. army chief in private war for more troops -- Times Online
U.K. MP backs more Afghanistan troops -- BBC
Britain needs to divide enemies in Afghanistan in order to isolate the Taliban -- Mirror.co.uk
Afghanistan: a question of stamina -- Doug Beattie, Guardian opinion
Mission untenable -- Chronicle Herald (Canada) opinion
Still worth fighting? -- Baltimore Sun opinion
Marine officer receives Bronze Star for leading attacks in Afghanistan -- L.A. Times
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