Marine assault finds few Taliban (MalaysiaNews.net)
By Deb Riechmann ASSOCIATED PRESS KABUL, Afghanistan | U.S. Marines and Afghan troops killed at least seven Taliban fighters during the first U.S.-led offensive since President Obama announced a new …
Obama’s Afghanistan Policy: Separating Taliban, al-Qaeda (Time Magazine)
Obama’s foreign policy takes a narrower view of American power — we can’t fight everyone all at once
Karzai: U.S. must have patience if Afghanistan not ready (CNN)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Sunday the United States and its allies must have patience if his country is not ready to assume control of its own security by July 2011, when U.S. troops would begin leaving under President Obama’s plan.
Karzai to unveil Afghan cabinet on Tuesday (AFP via Yahoo! Canada News)
KABUL (AFP) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai, facing massive Western pressure to clamp down on corruption, is to unveil at least part of his long-awaited cabinet to parliament for approval on Tuesday, an official said.
Ongoing offensive kills 15 Taliban militants in S. Afghanistan (People’s Daily)
Afghan army backed by the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) eliminated 15 Taliban militants since launching operation in southern Afghan province of Helmand, spokesman for the local administration said on Sunday. “During the joint operation launched Friday, so far 15 Taliban militants have been killed in Nawzad district,” Daud Ahmadi told Xinhua. He also stressed that there …
$10 million is smuggled out of Afghanistan daily, official says (Los Angeles Times)
The culprits are drug cartels and corrupt officials and businesses, Finance Minister Omar Zakhilwal says. U.S. and Afghan officials believe much of the cash is going to the Taliban. An estimated $10 million a day is smuggled out of Afghanistan, most of it through Kabul’s international airport, rather than through secret routes over the mountains or across the desert, the country’s finance …
Karzai to unveil Afghan cabinet in days (AsiaOne)
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – Afghan President Hamid Karzai will unveil his new cabinet within days, a spokesman said on Sunday, adding that efforts to start talks with Taliban insurgents and implementing anti-corruption measures were underway.
Washington to closely monitor Afghan aid: Clinton, Gates (Space War)
Washington (AFP) Dec 6, 2009 – Washington will closely monitor future financial aid to Afghanistan to ensure it does not “aid and abet bad behavior” by the Kabul government, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in an interview aired Sunday.
Will US drones start attacking Mullah Omar in Pakistan? (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Pakistani press is rife with reports that the US will expand its drone attacks into Balochistan Province where the Taliban leader is thought to be hiding.
Karzai to unveil Afghan cabinet (Brisbane Times)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai will submit a list of cabinet members to parliament, amid massive Western pressure to root out corruption, a spokesman says.
Karzai calls for ‘patience’ from U.S. (UPI)
KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 6 (UPI) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai asked the United States and its allies for patience if his country can’t take over responsibility for its security by July 2011.
