Monday, December 28, 2009

Afghanistan War News Updates -- December 28, 2009

Experts have warned that enhanced deployments will attract Taliban fighters,
leading to more battles. Photo AFP


NATO Forces Have A Year to Turn Afghan War - Official -- New York Times/Reuters

KABUL (Reuters) - Foreign forces have only a year to turn the tide of the war in Afghanistan and the Taliban have a shadow government in place that could run the country if the West fails, a senior NATO intelligence official said on Sunday.

The Afghan Taliban had expanded their influence across Afghanistan and were now running a "full-fledged insurgency" with their own "governors" in all but one of the country's provinces.

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More News On Afghanistan

'Time running out' in fight against Taliban -- AFP
Official: Taliban confident of Afghan victory -- MySanAntonio
Elite U.S. Force Expanding Hunt in Afghanistan -- New York Times
NATO: US serviceman killed in Afghanistan by roadside bomb -- Canadian Press
11 militants, 2 policemen killed in NW. Afghanistan -- China View
Militants kill Afghan policemen in Badghis province -- BBC
US troop death in Afghanistan doubles last year's toll -- AFP
U.S. wants Pakistan to pursue Taliban-allied group -- L.A. Times
Canadians to honour fallen officer on final journey home -- Toronto Sun
Most Canadians think surge won't win Afghan war: poll -- Canada.com
Early Christmas gift: US Army off-road vehicle built for Afghanistan -- Christian Science Monitor
Hadrian's Wall charity walk for Afghanistan soldier -- BBC

Commentaries And Analysis

War on Al-Qaeda inflames Afghanistan, Pakistan -- AFP
Spirit of America in Afghanistan -- Jim Hake, Wall Street Journal
Leaving Afghanistan -- Sayeed Hasan Khan & Kurt Jacobsen, Dawn
We Have Strategy, Kit and Leadership. Let’s Go -- Richard Beeston, The Times
Afghanistan strategy should also focus on improving quality of life -- Stanley A. Weiss, L.A. Times
The moment that changed Afghanistan -- Stephen Kinzer, The Guardian

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