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Afghan War Review: Slow Progress at a 'Very High Price'
By David Wood - Politics DailyNine years since U.S. forces struck into Afghanistan to destroy the 9/11 terrorists, almost all of the war's objectives remain unreached. In a few significant ways -- notably the stability of Pakistan's nuclear-armed government -- things have gotten worse. Al-Qaeda remains a dangerous threat to the United States, according to senior intelligence estimates. A record number of U.S. troops are on the ground in Afghanistan, and the Taliban continue to kill Americans and Afghans in increasing numbers. Billions of dollars of U.S. aid has powered an alarming rise in corruption, increasingly cited by ...
Afghans Are War-Weary, Ready for Negotiations with Taliban, Poll Finds
By David Wood - Politics DailyA glimmer of good news this morning for the White House Afghan war strategy team: an extensive new poll finds that in Helmand and Kandahar provinces, where Gen. David Petraeus has focused his forces, Afghan residents say their security has improved dramatically. More than two-thirds of residents in southern Afghanistan, where the Taliban-led insurgency has been the strongest and most violent, now say their security is "good'' -- a dramatic leap from the 14 percent who thought so a year ago. But as President Obama's national security team prepares to roll out its long-awaited Afghan war ...
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