Posts Tagged ‘Counterterrorism’

BNW on AU Observer Afghanistan Panel

In Afghanistan, DC, History, Iraq, News, Opinion, pakistan, Politics, War on 10 November 2009 tagged #Afghanelection, Abdul Rashid Dostum, Afghan election, Afghanistan, American University, AU Observer, Azizullah Lodin, Azizullah Ludin, Barack Hussein Obama, Burhanuddin Rabbani, CIA, Civilan Surge, Counter-Insurgency, Counterterrorism, DC, Democracy, donald rumsfeld, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, Dr. Ashraf Ghani, Dr. Ramazan Bashardost, George W. Bush, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Haji Mohammad Mohaqiq, Hamid Karzai, IEC, Independent Election Commission, Insurgency, Insurgents, Iraq, Kabul, Malalai Joya, Mullah Omar, NATO, Osama Bin Laden, Politics, Qasim Fahim, Rawa, run-off, runoff election, Russia, Saddam Hussein, Soviet Union, taliban, The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan, Tora Bora, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United Nations, USSR, Ustream, Veterans, Video, Vietnam, Weapons of Mass Destruction, WMD with 2 comments

Obama : Not Reducing Troop Levels or Focusing on Counterterrorism in Afghanistan

In Afghanistan, History, News, Opinion, Politics, War on 7 October 2009 tagged Afghanistan, Counterterrorism, Democrat, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, Harry Reid, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Nancy Pelosi, Republican, Senate Majority Leader, Senate Minority Leader, taliban, VOA with no comments

Depending upon the details, this development could go either way. If this is merely an example of what John McCain called “half-measures” possibly due to declining public support for the war combined with increasing US troop losses, then it would surely be a negative development as decisive and clear action is needed on Afghanistan. The [...]