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US President Obama’s troop pledge to send thousands of additional troops to Afghanistan rests on a gamble on unreliable and dubious allies supposedly working towards the pressing goals in that country. The troop surge will have to rely on the corrupt Karzai government, perceived to be one of the most corrupt political administrations in the world [...]

US troops deployed in Afghanistan have launched a major operation against the Taliban in Helmand province in the south. ‘Operation Khanjar’ (Sword Strike) has 4,000 US soldiers and 650 Afghan police and military. Fifty aircraft are involved, mostly supplied by NATO. The US military hopes to succeed where NATO forces have failed for years. This [...]

It was recently discovered from slain Taliban insurgents that their ammunition included cartridges or rounds that came from the supply issued by the US to Afghan government forces. The markings have been confirmed by American officers and arms dealers. This has given rise to the speculation that US arms in Afghanistan have been ending up in Taliban [...]

A few days back, Obama was pondering on an ‘exit plan’ for Afghanistan. The strategy for Afghanistan presented on Friday by the U.S. president represents a radical change in relation to his predecessor George W. Bush’s strategy. Obama presented in a ceremony in the White House the long-awaited new strategy that will be presented next week at [...]