West’s portrayal of Afghan war deceptive – group http://tinyurl.com/4uu9kzy
Turning the tide in southern Afghanistan : http://blogs.reuters.com/afghanistan/
India,Pakistan and their growing nuclear arsenal http://blogs.reuters.com/afghanistan/
Over a cup of tea, U.S. ambassador defends night raids to Ghazni leaders on http://reut.rs/g2Cp6s
Suicide bombings in Pakistan: the bloodiest year on http://reut.rs/fEeGOb
An address for the Taliban in Turkey ? on http://reut.rs/hYwH6Z
Foreign troop toll in Afghanistan in 2010 nears 700
KABUL (Reuters) – The number of foreign troops killed in Afghanistan in 2010 neared 700 with two more confirmed on Saturday, by far the deadliest year of the war underscoring the renewed focus on when international forces will leave.
The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force said one of its troops was killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan, the heartland of the Taliban, and another in an attack by insurgents in the volatile east.
Kabul silent over Obama’s Afghan war review http://tinyurl.com/26wjut5
Little encouragement for Afghans seen in U.S. review http://tinyurl.com/2bx62pd
South Asia morass awaits Holbrooke’s successor
KABUL/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Richard Holbrooke’s successor as Washington’s special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan will inherit intractable problems not even the “bulldozer” of U.S. diplomacy was able to resolve.
The increasingly unpopular war in Afghanistan, inseparably intertwined with Pakistan where Taliban fighters have so long been able to seek sanctuary, has baffled U.S. diplomats, politicians and military commanders for nine years.
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