28 November, 2009

Pakistani president turns over nuclear authority Carlisle Sentinel … their traditional bases in lands near Afghanistan and into the heart of Pakistan, something that he said threatens both Pakistan's government and India. …
www.cumberlink.com/articles/2009/11
/28/ap/regional/asia/as_pakistan.txt

German Cabinet official quits over air strike
San Francisco Chronicle
This is a difficult moment for Chancellor Angela Merkel and for the NATO allies, who are trying to raise support for the mission in Afghanistan even as the …
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=
/c/a/2009/11/28/MNQ51ARE32.DTL

us military ramps up training of Afghanistan police forces
Baltimore Sun
By Jay Price mcclatchy Newspapers KOLK, Afghanistan — – With the Taliban on the offensive and gaining ground, the US military has taken major steps to boost …
www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-
world/bal-te.afghan28nov28,0,5455848.story

Kandahar governor escapes assassination
Los Angeles Times
His convoy is hit in southern Afghanistan and a guard is injured. In his Eid holiday address, President Karzai renewed his calls for insurgents to put down …
www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la
-fg-afghan-violence28-2009nov28,0,3828835.story

Get real on Afghanistan
Washington Post
By Colbert I. King The selection of the US Military Academy at West Point for President Obama's announcement of his new Afghanistan war strategy is media …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/
article/2009/11/27/AR2009112702318.html

Australian leader will visit Obama
Washington Post
It said the two men would “confer on a range of issues, including Afghanistan and climate change in the run-up to Copenhagen,” referring to the United …
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/
11/27/AR2009112702665.html?hpid=moreheadlines

Afghanistan Using Persuasion and Jobs to Disarm Taliban
New York Times
By DEXTER FILKINS JALALABAD, Afghanistan — The American-backed campaign to persuade legions of Taliban gunmen to stop fighting got under way here
recently,…www.nytimes.com/2009/11/28/world/asia/28militias.html

Colvin 'driven by what he thinks is right'
National Post
Mr. Colvin, a senior diplomat in Afghanistan in 2006 and 2007, testified at a parliamentary committee that Canadian-transferred detainees were likely…
www.nationalpost.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=2278054

John Burns Q. and A. on Obama's Options in Afghanistan
New York Times
miss-sunshine Tuesday in which he will announce his new strategy for the war in Afghanistan, and, with it, his decision on Gen. …
atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/27/john-
burns-q-and-a-on-obamas-options-in-afghanistan/

Why Canadians won't get an Afghanistan torture inquiry
Examiner.com
There has been nothing so transparently self-serving as the manipulation of the ongoing House Committee investigation into the possible torture of prisoners …
www.examiner.com/x-30675-Ottawa-Liberal-Examiner~
y2009m11d27-Why-We-Wont-Get-Our-Torture-Inquiry

Lerterland: Afghanistan and polling
By David R. Adler
Steve Coll is always a must-read on Afpak and he sounds a cautionary note on Afghanistan and polling. (See my post from this morning.) Citing a new Oxfam poll, Coll observes that its findings, “like all polling in very poor developing …
lerterland.blogspot.com/2009/11/afghanistan-and-polling.html

Where is Afghanistan going? | WHYY News and Information | WHYY
By Dave Heller
Shopping will not be the main priority for most Americans during this holiday season. Most are concerned about the impact of the health care reform in their lives, followed closely by President Obama's decision on committing more troops …
whyy.org/cms/news/what-are-we-thinking/
2009/11/27/where-is-afghanistan-going/24192

Inouye wants more Afghanistan war funds considered by authorizers …
By Roxana Tiron
The Hawaii senator said he expects to see a request in the form of an emergency war supplemental in spring. without proper debate and scrutiny.
thehill.com/homenews/senate/69575-inouye-
wants-more-war-funds-considered-by-authorizers

Afghanistan: The surge arrives – Inkless Wells – Macleans.ca
By Paul Wells
Canada's only national weekly current affairs magazine.
www2.macleans.ca/2009/11/27/afghanistan-the-surge-arrives/

BLACKFIVE: Thanksgiving in Afghanistan (at Kandahar)
By blackfive@gmail.com (Pundit Review Radio)
He recently spent time in Afghanistan working with, training and fighting alongside Afghan Soldiers and is now focused on putting his 4 year Political Science degree to work by writing about foreign policy, military security policy and …
www.blackfive.net/main/2009/11/
thanksgiving-in-afghanistan-at-kandahar.html

27 November, 2009

Canadian Troops In Afghanistan To Focus On Rebuilding
AHN
Kandahar, Afghanistan (AHN) – Canadian troops in Afghanistan will concentrate on reconstruction and development with the pending arrival in the country of …
www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7017112601

German Minister Resigns Over Afghanistan
Wall Street Journal
The attack took place three weeks before Germany's general elections amid a heated debate about the country's mission in Afghanistan, which has become…
online.wsj.com/article/SB12593256941
2266363.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Pakistani forces kill 15 militants in Khyber region
Reuters
Militants in the Khyber area, part of a region regarded as a global militant hub, have been carrying out attacks on Western forces' supplies to Afghanistan …
www.reuters.com/article/homepageCrisis/idUSISL540081._CH_.2400

NATO Forces Find Crash Site of Helicopter in Afghanistan
FOXNews
KABUL — NATO says its forces have located the crash site of a helicopter chartered by an international military contractor that was missing in Afghanistan …
www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,577171,00.html

Merkel ally urged to step down over Afghan deaths
Reuters
Jung, now labor minister, had repeatedly denied civilians were killed in the attack, which has strengthened opposition to Germany's presence in Afghanistan …
www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE5AP15020091127

US buildup seen as helpful in 2 Afghan provinces
The Associated Press
PUL-I-ALAM, Afghanistan — On what is more akin to a sunny winter's stroll, US troops proudly tread on a newly asphalted road, past a refurbished mosque and …
www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/A
LeqM5iQnYRDtiNsQTUsYPc6tQ2UK1Cl6wD9C7QR380

US allies may offer up to 5000 troops for Afghanistan
AFP
BRUSSELS — US allies are expected to announce reinforcements of 4000 to 5000 troops for Afghanistan once President Barack Obama commits to deploying extra …
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article
/ALeqM5jSx_33Qx4NxXXL-K5owrOses9KSA

Soldiers in Afghanistan Enjoy Turkeys They Raised
ABC News
By DENIS D. GRAY AP Writer AP A US soldier receives food during a Thanksgiving Day lunch at the US base of Bagram north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, …
abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=9186398

Anti-Taliban leader slain, Pakistan raids kill 15
AFP
Eid officially begins in Pakistan on Saturday but began in Afghanistan on Friday and some people in Bajaur, which lies close to the border, celebrated the …
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/
ALeqM5hog98JUD7dgmQ9sGWRNdcCxEljaw

Understand the strategic choices for Afghanistan and Pakistan
Augusta Chronicle
Brand-new — excellent book on the challenges of Afghanistan that includes some solid history. If you are interested in an in-depth analysis of the…
chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/11/27/op__557127.shtml

Downing Street Says “ Afghanistan
By blognumberten
Asked if people should expect the Prime Minister to make a statement just after President Obama had made his announcement on Afghanistan, the PMS said that she would not speculate on the timing of any announcement or statement by the …
downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2009/11/26/7707

BBC – World Tonight: Afghanistan: decision time for Obama
I mention it because it's worth taking into account as we prepare for President Obama's announcement next Tuesday evening (Wednesday morning if you're in the UK) on his plans for future military deployments in Afghanistan. …
www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/worldtonight/2009
/11/afghanistan_decision_time_for.html

US supports Indian role in Afghanistan – Pakistan Defence Forum By Ruag On Afghanistan, Obama finds friend in India WASHINGTON, November 26, 2009 (AFP) – US President Barack Obama, faced with a wary Western public days.
www.defence.pk/forums/india-defence/
40054-us-supports-indian-role-afghanistan.html

Will Obama Give Our Troops in Afghanistan a Guiding Light? “ Right …
By Ellie Velinska
After months of dithering on Afghanistan President Obama will announce his decision on Tuesday. Why wait? May be he didn't want to spoil our holidays? Judging from the speeches NATO and British officials gave this week and the leaks …
www.rightpundits.com/?p=5066

Afghan Journal “ Blog Archive “ Afghanistan: the Gods of war | Blogs |
By jonathon.burch
If you have sat in on any “shura”, or tribal meeting, in Afghanistan attended by foreign military officers, one of the most common things you are likely to hear from the soldiers is that there was nothing noble about the Taliban and …
blogs.reuters.com/afghanistan/2009/
11/27/afghanistan-the-gods-of-war/