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War-Funding Puzzle Stumps Dems
by David RogersWASHINGTON - House Democratic
support for the war in Afghanistan has eroded to a point where
President Barack Obama is now so reliant on Republican votes that he’s
backtracking from his own party’s efforts to add new education fundin...
Angry House Lawmaker Cuts Aid to Afghanistan; War Funding Not Affected
by Susan CornwellA key U.S. House
of Representatives Democrat said on Monday she is cutting billions of
dollars in aid to Afghanistan from spending legislation because she is
outraged over reports of corruption and donor aid being flown out the
country...
War by Other Means: Aid as a Weapon
by Jean MacKenzie KABUL, Afghanistan - To recast the 19th-century military strategist
Carl von Clausewitz's enduring axiom of war, economic aid has become
"the continuation of war by other means."
Nowhere is this more obvious than in "T...
Obama Losing Hill Liberals on War
by Jonathan Allen and Marin CoganAs President
Barack Obama reaffirms his Afghanistan policy, he’s also emboldening
critics in Congress who think he should use a shakeup in commanding
generals to change the course of what they believe is an intractabl...
US Private Security in Afghanistan "Pay Off Warlords, Taliban"
by Pratap ChatterjeeWASHINGTON -
Every day, as many as 260 trucks filled with supplies for U.S. troops -
from muffins to fuel to armoured tanks - are driven from the
Pakistani port of Karachi across the Khyber pass into Afghanistan.
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The Runaway General
by Michael Hastings How'd I get screwed into
going to this dinner?" demands Gen. Stanley McChrystal. It's a Thursday
night in mid-April, and the commander of all U.S. and NATO forces in
Afghanistan is sitting in a four-star suite at the Hôtel ...
Timing of Leak of Afghan Mineral Wealth Evokes Skepticism
by Jim LobeWASHINGTON - The timing of the publication of a major New York Times story on the vast untapped mineral wealth that lies beneath Afghanistan's soil is raising major questions about the intent of the Pentagon, which released the information.G...
Afghans Beware! US Military Touts Mineral Reserves in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON - A team of U.S. geologists and Pentagon officials has discovered vast mineral wealth in Afghanistan, conceivably enough to turn the scarred and impoverished country into one of the world's most lucrative mining centers, The New York Times r...
Civilian Deaths Rise as Afghan Fight Intensifies