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Obama’s strategy in Afghanistan has less to do with military action than ‘turning the war over to the Afghans.’ ‘The challenge lies in leveling the playing field by inserting operatives into the Taliban. Since the Afghan intelligence services are inherently insecure, they can’t carry out such missions. American personnel bring technical intelligence [...]

U.S. President Barack Obama’s new strategy in Afghanistan, and consequently in Pakistan, has three core elements: ‘maintain pressure on al Qaeda on the Afghan-Pakistani border and in other regions of the world;’ ‘blunt the Taliban offensive by sending an additional 30,000 American troops to Afghanistan, along with an unspecified number of [...]

The new US troop surge has started to move into the homelands of ethnic Pashtuns in eastern and southern Afghanistan. Pashtuns are fierce fighters of invaders. They hate intruders. The Taliban are made up of ethnic Pashtuns. Obama’s new strategy in Afghanistan, sending 30k new troops into the country, ‘will result in immediate spike in battles.’ [...]

British forces are engaged in Operation Panther’s Claw in Helmand Province of Afghanistan for more than two weeks. They are fighting with Taliban forces closely. There have been casualties too. Two more British soldiers were killed in these close encounters with Taliban. Civilians have fled the province. Meanwhile US marines are holding talks with [...]