Afghanistan – Afghan drug trade troubles Taylor (The Biloxi Sun Herald)
Afghan drug trade troubles Taylor (The Biloxi Sun Herald)
BILOXI U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor talked about the war in Afghanistan, health care, insurance and other issues Monday at a town hall meeting.
Did Karzai Meddle in Afghan Fraud Probe? (ABC News)
Abdullah campaign: Afghan president trying to undermine fraud investigations.
Obama: Afghanistan decision in ‘coming weeks’ (AP via Yahoo! News)
President Barack Obama said his decision on the U.S. strategy in Afghanistan will be made in “the coming weeks.” While military and security decisions will be an important element in that strategy, Obama said “another element is making sure we’re doing a good job in building capacity on the civilian side.”
Colonel Razziq: ‘Godfather’ of the Afghan border (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Colonel Abdul Razziq is a sworn enemy of the Taliban and reigns supreme along southern Afghanistan’s mountainous border with Pakistan. He is someone foreign forces cannot ignore.
US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 794 (AP via Yahoo! News)
As of Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009, at least 794 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Tuesday at 10 a.m. EDT.
Seven steps to a secure Afghanistan (The Christian Science Monitor)
Work with Karzai, stop calling the Taliban ‘terrorists,’ weigh in on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, convene a security meeting on Al Qaeda, focus on Kashmir, make sure to target terrorists in Afghanistan, and take on the heroin trade.
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