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(Newser) - America's new top commander in Afghanistan believes the country's security forces will need a much bigger upgrade than planned if President Obama's strategy is going to work, officials tell the Washington Post. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, still doing a 60-day assessment, is said to have concluded that the expansion of Afghan... More »

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Afghanistan • troop surge • US military • Afghan Army • Afghanistan war • Afghan police • Stanley McChrystal

(Newser) - A stalemate between US Marines and Taliban fighters in a small, abandoned town in southern Afghanistan could be seen as a microcosm of the war there, Michael M. Phillips writes in the Wall Street Journal. In Now Zad, a 300-strong company of Marines has traded fire with a Taliban... More »

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Taliban • troop surge • Helmand province • Afghanistan war • President Obama • Marines • Now Zad • stalemate

(Newser) - A new book on the surge in Iraq could offer lessons to the Obama administration about Afghanistan, Dexter Filkins writes in the New Republic. Thomas E. Ricks’ The Gamble details the success of a small band of contrarian US generals, led by David Petraeus, in... More »

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troop surge • David Petraeus • US military • Iraq war • Afghanistan war • Obama administration • Gen. Ray Odierno • Thomas E. Ricks

(Newser) - The imminent withdrawal of US troops and the lack of funds to keep Sunni Awakening members on the payroll has led to rising violence there, the Wall Street Journal reports. The steep decline in oil revenues has left the Iraqi government broke, and former insurgents hired by the US... More »

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Baghdad • troop surge • US military • troop withdrawal • Awakening Councils • Iraqi militias • Iraq war • Sunni Awakening • oil revenue

 US Maneuvers to 
 Name Afghan 
 Prime Minister 

Part of America's 'exit strategy'

Mar 23, 09 4:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US is planning to place a prime minister in the Afghanistan government to bypass corruption-tainted President Hamid Karzai, reports the Guardian. American authorities, backed by European allies, also plan to divert money to the provinces away from Karzai control. US officials have grown increasingly disillusioned with the current government... More »

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War on Terror • Pakistan • troop surge • Hamid Karzai • Afghanistan war • President Obama • Afghanistan exit strategy

 Two-Thirds of Americans 
 Back Afghanistan Surge 

Two-thirds of Americans support Afghanistan 'surge'

Feb 26, 09 9:47 AM CST
(Newser) - The 17,000 additional troops President Obama plans to send to Afghanistan will ship out with the support of two-thirds of Americans, a contrast to the public’s poor reception of George W. Bush’s Iraq surge, the Washington Post reports. Polls also show Obama’s troop increase has widespread... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • Barack Obama • troop surge • Iraq war • George W. Bush • Afghanistan war • Obama administration

(Newser) - President Obama has approved an increase in troop levels in Afghanistan, which could put 17,000 more soldiers and Marines on the ground in the coming months, the AP reports. Insiders say they should be in place by the volatile summer period, when warmer weather and upcoming elections are expected... More »

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Afghanistan • War on Terror • Taliban • terrorism • troop surge • US military • al-Qaeda • Obama administration • President Obama

 Obama Takes Time 
 on Troop Decisions 

Unlike his predecessor.

Feb 16, 09 11:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama is resisting pressure from the Pentagon to swiftly approve a major shift of forces to Afghanistan, Politico reports. For weeks officials have been predicting the new president would, within days, OK the request for 10,000 more troops. Instead Obama has insisted on a methodical strategic review, debating... More »

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Afghanistan • Barack Obama • Pentagon • troop surge • Robert Gates • Afghanistan war • Obama administration

Obama Challenges Troop Surge in Afghanistan

Asks for clear strategy before sending more troops

Feb 8, 09 6:52 AM CST
(Newser) - President Obama has called for a review of the planned deployment of up to 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, a nation that some fear will become his “Vietnam,” the Times of London reports. Some 17,000 more troops were poised to head there last week, but defense... More »

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Afghanistan • Pentagon • military strategy • troop surge • Joint Chiefs of Staff • US military • Afghanistan war • President Obama

OPINION

Lieberman: 5 Surges
for Afghanistan

Senator outlines plan to empower moderate Muslims, win war

Feb 6, 09 12:12 PM CST
(Newser) - It’s going to be a difficult slog, bound to get worse before it gets better, but we must win the war in Afghanistan, writes Joe Lieberman in the Wall Street Journal. If we follow his prescriptions, he writes, we can empower moderates and make Afghanistan an al-Qaeda “graveyard”... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • troop surge • Joe Lieberman • al-Qaeda • Afghanistan war

 Pentagon to Send 
 30K New Troops 
 to Afghanistan 

Heartland strategy seeks to cut off Taliban's supply of fighters, drug money

Feb 4, 09 2:14 AM CST
(Newser) - US commanders are finalizing plans to beat back the resurgent Taliban with tens of thousands of extra American troops in Afghanistan, the Wall Street Journal reports. As part of Barack Obama's emerging strategy, reinforcements will be deployed in rural areas where Kabul's grip is weak, including along the border with... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • troop surge • deployment • US military • opium • Helmand province • Afghanistan war • Obama administration • President Obama

OPINION

 Admit It: Bush Was Right (Once) 


Jan 17, 09 3:32 PM CST
(Newser) - The surge worked, writes Peter Beinart in the Washington Post, and liberals need to admit it—for their own good. Some 500 Iraqis died in Iraq in November, down from 3,475 in November 2006, a major success by any standard. American deaths fell from 69 to 12. But... More »

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Iraq • troop surge • Bush legacy • George W. Bush

(Newser) - The US could double the number of its troops in Afghanistan to about 60,000 by next summer, the highest such estimate to date, Reuters reports. American troops currently number 31,000, but joint chiefs chairman Mike Mullen said today that an additional 20,000 to 30,000 will be... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • India • troop surge • US military • Adm. Mike Mullen • President Obama

 Brown Hints 
 He'd Nix Obama 
 Plea for Troops 

Time for other nations to step up in Afghanistan, warns prime minister

Dec 15, 08 2:44 AM CST
(Newser) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has hinted that Britain would defy a request by Barack Obama to send 2,000 more troops to Afghanistan, the Times of London reports. After hearing of bleak progress there against the resurging Taliban, Brown warned that other nations will have to shoulder further deployments.... More »

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Afghanistan • War on Terror • Barack Obama • troop surge • Gordon Brown • British troops • Britain

Analysis

 Afghanistan Is a
'Theme Park of Problems'

Obama has his work cut out for him

Dec 2, 08 8:34 AM CST
(Newser) - Winning in Afghanistan won’t be nearly as easy as Barack Obama hopes, military experts tell the New York Times. The president-elect has staked his national security reputation on Afghanistan, but the rural nature of the insurgency there will make it difficult to stamp out. “Afghanistan may be... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • Barack Obama • Taliban • troop surge • counter insurgency

 Reports: 
 Gates Will 
 Remain at 
 Pentagon 

'Done deal' that Bush appointee will stay at least 1 year under Obama

Nov 25, 08 3:49 PM CST
(Newser) - Robert Gates will remain in his post as defense secretary at least through the first year of Barack Obama’s administration, reports ABC News. “It’s a done deal,” an anonymous source told the network today. Obama will reportedly unveil his choice of Gates shortly after Thanksgiving, along... More »

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Barack Obama • Pentagon • Donald Rumsfeld • troop surge • Robert Gates • Department of Defense • George HW Bush • transition • George W. Bush • President Obama

 Pentagon Plans 
 Afghan Surge of 20,000 

Commanders say extra 20,000 troops will quell rising Taliban violence

Nov 22, 08 2:24 AM CST
(Newser) - US commanders are drawing up plans to send an extra 20,000 troops to Afghanistan over the next 12 to 18 months, Reuters reports. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the surge will help reverse the rising violence in the country and safeguard elections planned for next fall. Commanders say the... More »

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Afghanistan • NATO • Pentagon • troop surge • Robert Gates • US military • Afghanistan war

OPINION

 Return to Iraq: 
 A Fragile Peace 
 That's Jarring 

Troop surge, Awakening Councils have brought fragile peace

Sep 21, 08 9:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - When Dexter Filkins left Baghdad in 2006, it was a city of shuttered buildings and fearful citizens, in a land that looked as though it would never recover from war. But, writes the war correspondent in the New York Times, “to return now is to be jarred in the... More »

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troop surge • peace • Awakening Councils • Iraq war

 Petraeus' 
 Successor 
 Has Mixed 
 Record 

Ray Odierno takes over today as Army's top dog in Iraq

Sep 16, 08 9:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gen. Ray Odierno, who today became the top US commander in Iraq, was instrumental in last year’s troop surge that helped stabilize the country. But though most notably known for mirroring predecessor David Petraeus' focus on protecting Iraqi citizens, some in the military have slammed his methods early in... More »

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troop surge • David Petraeus • Iraq war • insurgency • Gen. Ray Odierno

White House Lambastes Woodward

Denies book's claims; author unveils shocker on death teams

Sep 9, 08 5:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The White House has angrily rejected Bob Woodward's claim that the administration was riven by dissent ahead of the surge in Iraq, CNN reports. Woodward wrote in his new book that President Bush pushed troop levels past the Joint Chiefs, ignoring their worries about over-extending the military. The War Within... More »

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troop surge • Joint Chiefs of Staff • White House • Bob Woodward • Iraq war • George W. Bush

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