Pakistan: Show us the money!

This is a non-starter for D.C., I reckon: Shaukat Tarin, Pakistan’s finance min­is­ter, has urged the US to chan­nel its assis­tance through Pak­istani agen­cies instead to save on high inter­me­di­a­tion costs incurred by US coun­ter­parts. … “What­ever aid [the US is] giv­ing must have full impact on the ground which is why they should route as much […]

US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 699 - Washington Post

KY3US mil­i­tary deaths in Afghanistan region at 699Washington Post10, 2009, at least 699 mem­bers of the US mil­i­tary had died in Afghanistan, Pak­istan and Uzbek­istan as a result of the US inva­sion of Afghanistan in late …Three Camp Leje­une Marines kill…

Afghanistan's presidential election campaign an exercise in peril - Los Angeles Times

Wash­ing­ton PostAfghanistan’s pres­i­den­tial elec­tion cam­paign an exer­cise in per­il­Los Ange­les Time­sPres­i­dent Hamid Karzai, in hat, arrives for a rally in Gardez, Afghanistan. Karzai, who has sur­vived sev­eral assas­si­na­tion attempts dur­ing his tenure, …

More US troops for Afghanistan: Are they inevitable? - Christian Science Monitor

News Chan­nel 7More US troops for Afghanistan: Are they inevitable?Christian Sci­ence Mon­i­tor­Wash­ing­ton — The 21000 US troops promised to Afghanistan have still not all arrived, …Emerg­ing GOP Line: Don’t ‘Rums­feld’ Afghanistan­The Washington…

US hears from Taliban on kidnapped soldier - WTOL


MiamiHerald.com
US hears from Tal­iban on kid­napped sol­dier
WTOL
It was a US air strike that sup­pos­edly killed Pakistan’s Tal­iban head last week. There have been con­flict­ing reports over whether he’s actu­ally dead,
Amer­i­can Sol­dier remains in Tal­iban cus­todyFOXNews


Tal­iban: Await­ing US response on cap­tured troopThe Asso­ci­ated Press
Tal­iban wait­ing for response before decid­ing what to do with BergdahlKMVT
KBCI CBS 2 -Wash­ing­ton Times
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US troops killed in Afghanistan and Africa - Washington Post

US troops killed in Afghanistan and AfricaWash­ing­ton PostBy AP AP Anthony M. Light­foot could always be spot­ted glued to a tele­vi­sion set, play­ing video games. He beat the Super Mario Bros. game at when he was 4, …US troops killed in Afghanistan and A…

US 'pretty' sure Taliban chief Mehsud dead - Washington Times


Wash­ing­ton Times
US ‘pretty’ sure Tal­iban chief Mehsud dead
Wash­ing­ton Times
By Elena Beca­toros AP | Mon­day, August 10, 2009 ISLAM­ABAD | The US and Pak­istan are almost cer­tain a US mis­sile strike killed the head of Pakistan’s Tal­iban

Taliban kill Pakistan militia leader: officials - AFP


Telegraph.co.uk
Tal­iban kill Pak­istan mili­tia leader: offi­cials
AFP
PESHAWAR, Pak­istanTal­iban stormed the home of a pro-government Pak­istani mili­tia leader and killed him Wednes­day as clashes between troops and Islamists
INDIAPAK­ISTAN: Tal­iban Face Another MutinyStrat­egy Page


Pak­istan Injects Pre­ci­sion Into Air War on Tal­ibanNew York Times
Pak­istani Pledge to Rout Tal­iban In Tribal Region Is Put on HoldWash­ing­ton Post
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Influx of Afghan Taliban Worries Pakistan - CBS News

Influx of Afghan Tal­iban Wor­ries Pak­istan
CBS News
“To the best of our knowl­edge, Tal­iban move freely across the bor­der. Some­times the Afghan Tal­iban, the Pak­istan Tal­iban coor­di­nate, some­times they don’t.
Pak­istan raises con­cern over US Afghan offen­siveThe Asso­ci­ated Press


Pak­istan demands US intel­li­gence, ammu­ni­tionAFP
Pakistan’s ‘mock war’ on Tal­ibanThe Aus­tralian
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"It was always a bad year to get out of Vietnam"

Com­pare and con­trast: Obama’s Viet­nam: “Viet­nam analo­gies can be tire­some. To crit­ics, espe­cially those on the left, all Amer­i­can inter­ven­tions after Viet­nam have been poten­tial “quag­mires.” But some­times clichés come true, and, espe­cially lately, it seems that the war in Afghanistan is shap­ing up in all-too-familiar ways. The par­al­lels are dis­turb­ing: the pres­i­dent, eager to […]