Our failure in Afghanistan
Tags: AFGHAN War, 2001-; STRATEGY; TALIBAN; NORTH Atlantic Treaty Organization -- Armed Forces
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- ON HIS OWN. Baker, Aryn; Newton-Small, Jay; Fazly, Walid // Time International (South Pacific Edition);6/11/2012, Vol. 179 Issue 23, p12
The article looks at President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan and the issues he faces as of 2012, based on an interview conducted by the publication. It notes that most U.S. and other North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) troops are scheduled to be withdrawn from Afghanistan by 2014, leaving...
- ON HIS OWN. BAKER, ARYN; NEWTON-SMALL, JAY; FAZLY, WALID // Time International (Atlantic Edition);6/11/2012, Vol. 179 Issue 23, p16
The article looks at President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan and the issues he faces as of 2012, based on an interview conducted by the publication. It notes that most U.S. and other North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) troops are scheduled to be withdrawn from Afghanistan by 2014, leaving...
- Talk of the Taliban. // Newsweek (Pacific Edition);6/19/2006, Vol. 147 Issue 25, p3
The article presents an interview with Canadian Brigadier General Patrick White, who is in charge of the 6,000 NATO troops patrolling southern Afghanistan. White says that the recent increase in Taliban attacks is a sign the group's power is weakening and that they fear the power of the new...
- Talk of the Taliban. // Newsweek (Atlantic Edition);6/19/2006, Vol. 147 Issue 25, p5
The article presents an interview with Canadian Brigadier General Patrick White, who is in charge of the 6,000 NATO troops patrolling southern Afghanistan. White says that the recent increase in Taliban attacks is a sign the group's power is weakening and that they fear the power of the new...
- A Propaganda War. Motlagh, Jason // U.S. News & World Report;11/17/2008, Vol. 145 Issue 11, p42
The article focuses on the Afghan War. The resurgence of the Taliban in 2008 is attributed in part to a sophisticated public relations and propaganda campaign conducted by the movement. The Taliban use video tapes and sound recordings to publicize their attacks on North Atlantic Treaty...
- When the war was lost. Sands, Chris // New Statesman;10/8/2007, Vol. 136 Issue 4865, p18
In this article the author examines the Afghan war and the role of Great Britain in it in 2007. He describes the increasingly dangerous conditions in the capital Kabul, as an insurgency movement formed to fight the forces of the North Atlantic Treaty organization countries. The author suggests...
- A full-scale war and a first foreign policy test for Premier Brown. // New Statesman;9/18/2006, Vol. 135 Issue 4810, p4
In this editorial the authors discuss the military situation in Afghanistan as it existed in 2006 and find it in dire straits. NATO forces were engaged in intense conflict with a resurgent Taliban and were fighting without benefit of a coherent strategy or adequate equipment. According to the...
- NATO Clarifies Afghan Transition Plan. Weitz, Richard // World Politics Review;3/5/2013, p1
The article discusses the Afghan transition plan of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) which was discussed during the NATO defense ministerial meeting in February 2013. A follow-on force ranging from 8,000 to 12,000 troops was considered during the meeting. Under the current plan,...
- The Best News Out of Afghanistan. Klein, Joe // Time International (South Pacific Edition);6/4/2012, Vol. 179 Issue 22, p15
The article discusses the war in Afghanistan as of June 2012, focusing on the proposed withdrawal of all North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) troops from the country by the middle of 2013, as well as the lessons to be learned from the U.S. military's involvement in Afghanistan in the years...
