NESHIN PATROL - U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Damin Bertrand conducts a patrol in Khan Neshin, Afghanistan, June 6, 2011. Bertrand is a hospital corpsman assigned to Delta Company, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Charles T. Mabry IIObama Weighs Scale Of Afghanistan Pullout -- L.A. Times
Amid growing doubts in Congress over the war's cost, the Obama administration begins an internal debate this week on how many troops to bring home, and when.
The Obama administration opens an internal debate this week on the size of a troop withdrawal from Afghanistan amid growing doubts in Congress about the cost and purpose of the decade-long war and public pressure to bring it to a rapid end.
President Obama is expected to announce next month the size and pace of a drawdown he promised in December 2009, when he rolled out a strategy that included adding 30,000 U.S. troops in hopes of breaking the Taliban's momentum.
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Congress pushing for a new military strategy in Afghanistan -- Stars and Stripes
Dilemmas weigh on Obama's Afghanistan drawdown -- Yahoo News/AFP
Lawmakers push for new Afghan strategy -- Washington Post
U.S. casualties up as debate over withdrawing troops intensifies -- GovExecutive
NATO: 2 service members killed in Afghanistan -- Yahoo News/AP
NATO says a service member has been killed by insurgents in southern Afghanistan -- Washington Post/AP
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32 Taliban killed, 25 wounded: Afghan army -- Khaleej Times/AFP
Work to Foil Kabul Attacks Starts Far From Capital -- New York Times/AP
Outcry Over Afghan Civilian Deaths -- Wall Street Journal
Afghanistan: UN says May deadliest month for civilians -- BBC
Afghan Taliban Cede Ground in the South, but Fears Linger -- New York Times
Afghanistan, Pakistan to Target Taliban Hideouts -- FOX News/AP
After 10 years, no security unit is fit to take over from coalition in Afghanistan -- The Independent
U.S. Sending Training Agents to Afghanistan to Stem Infiltration of Local Forces -- New York Times
US aims to stem rising toll of Taliban infiltration -- Sydney Morning Herald
U.S. Counter-Intel Agents Could Outnumber Taliban Infiltrators -- Danger Room
Afghan security forces still not so secure after NATO boost -- Christian Science Monitor
Rivals to Afghanistan’s president in disarray -- Washington Post
Former Taliban furious with stumbling peace and reconciliation bid -- Canadian Press
Canadian troops to face new threat: Disguised insurgents -- Toronto Star
Some Police Recruits Impose ‘Islamic Tax’ on Afghans -- New York Times
How will Afghan women fare if Kabul and the Taliban reconcile? -- Reuters
Q+A: Women’s rights in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban -- Reuters
Bob Corker Says War in Afghanistan 'Not Sustainable' -- ABC News
Achieving Victory in Afghanistan Requires More Than Just “Afghan Good Enough” -- Colin P. Clarke, Small Wars Journal
Troop withdrawal from Afghanistan must be significant -- L.A. Times editorial
Don’t Abandon Afghanistan! -- Danielle Pletka, Daily Beast
Allow the poppy a place in the new Afghanistan -- Jack Watling, The Guardian
Exclusive: Obama's Secret Afghan Exit Formula -- Leslie H. Gelb, Daily Beast
Obama has to reassess Afghanistan goals -- Daniel Dombey, Financial Times
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