Deadly Day in Afghanistan As Obama Escalates Violence

By Laura King,LA Times

Roadside Bombs are a way of life in Afghanistan for US Troops

The pace of American combat deaths in Afghanistan has quickened anew as roadside bombs killed five U.S. troops in 24 hours in the same western province,the American military said Thursday.

The deaths [...]

Obama strategy in Afghan War failing,Senators push changes

By Indira A.R. Lakshmanan,Bloomberg

President Barack Obama and top U.S. military commanders are being pressed by senators and civilian advisers to more than double the size of Afghan security forces,a move that would cost billions of dollars.

In letters and face-to-face meetings,the lawmakers and defense officials [...]

Obama Circus Act:The Cartoon

By Patrick Corrigan,The Toronto Star

Obama’s War in Afganistan is unwinnable

DEBKAfile

Obama's war is Afganistan is going badly

The approximately 60,000 NATO forces fighting in Afghanistan are unable to achieve the goals of the war –even with the additional 21,000 US combat troops promised this year and “the big jump in the size of Afghan security forces”demanded by the new [...]

Mullah released from Gitmo leads battle against America

Seth Jones,New York Post

As Marine Corps forces roll into southern Afghanistan,they face an enemy familiar to US officials —Mullah Zakir,a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner who now leads a reconstituted Taliban.

Abdul Qayum Zakir,also known as Abdullah Ghulam Rasoul,is from Helmand Province and has taken [...]