Italian and U.S. soldiers inspect the site of a blast that struck vehicles with the NATO-led force in Kabul, killing at least 16 people. September 17, 2009. AFPWhite House's Report Card On Afghan War Also Focuses Heavily On Pakistan -- Radio Free Europe
(RFE/RL) -- U.S. President Barack Obama says the U.S. goal in Afghanistan and Pakistan is to "disrupt, dismantle, and defeat" the Al-Qaeda terrorist network in both countries, and to prevent it from ever returning there.
That objective now forms the framework for the way the White House will evaluate progress in the region.
Back in March, when he announced his new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Obama said the United States would not "blindly stay the course." Instead, Obama said a clear system of measuring progress would be developed -- a kind of report card that also will hold officials accountable for corruption.
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MORE NEWS ON AFGHANISTAN
Obama: No Immediate Decision on Afghanistan Resources -- Wall Street Journal
Obama Says He Won't Rush Afghanistan Troop Decision -- L.A. Times
Obama: No 'immediate' decision on more troops to Afghanistan -- AFP
Obama: No 'pending' decision on troops to Afghan -- AP
Obama Says Decision on Troop Levels in Afghanistan Will Not Be Rushed -- Washington Post
Obama: No plans for additional troop increase in Afghanistan -- CNN
Obama holds fire on more troops for Afghanistan -- ABC News (Australia)
Obama Delays Decision on Afghanistan Troops as Criticism Grows -- Bloomberg
Obama: No Immediate Decision on Troops For Afghanistan -- New York Times
Obama says he wants to get it right on Afghanistan -- Boston.com
U.S. not yet settled on next stages, strategy for Afghan mission: Obama -- Canadian Press
List of Afghan war guidelines -- Strait Times
Obama Offers Ways to Rate Efforts in Afghan Region -- New York Times
Obama to Rate War Progress in Afghanistan -- Washington Times
Obama team presents benchmarks for Afghan war -- AFP
Afghan war benchmarks focus heavily on Pakistan -- AP
Allies search for 'third way' strategy in Afghanistan -- Canadian Press
US holds back on Afghan troop plans -- Financial Times
White House holds off on decisions on Afghanistan -- AP
Obama Delays Afghanistan Troop Decision as Criticism Deepens -- Bloomberg
Sources: McChrystal Wants Up to 40,000 More Troops in Afghanistan -- FOX News
Car bomb in Kabul kills 6 Italians, 10 Afghans -- Yahoo News/AP
Afghanistan blast kills at least 16 -- CNN
Kabul Suicide Attack Kills 16 -- Voice of America
Suicide car bomb kills 16, wounds dozens in Afghan capital -- L.A. Times
Suicide Bomber Kills Six Italian Soldiers in Attack on NATO Convoy in Kabul -- Times Online
Italy vows to stay the course in Afghanistan -- AP
In pictures: Kabul convoy attack -- BBC
FACTBOX: Security developments in Afghanistan -- Reuters
Many Allies of US Share Pain of Afghan War’s Toll -- New York Times
NATO Says US Airstrike in Kunduz Killed 30 Civilians -- Wall Street Journal
Behind the Taliban's Resurgence in Afghanistan -- Time Magazine
FACTBOX-Military deaths in Afghanistan -- Reuters
US Military Deaths in Afghanistan Region at 757 -- New York Times/AP
AFGHANISTAN'S ELECTION
First Full Afghan Tally Gives Karzai 54% of Vote -- Washington Post
Afghan president defends vote, admits some bias -- Yahoo News/AP
Karzai Unlikely to Claim Afghan Election Victory Soon -- Christian Science Monitor
Afghan Opposition Candidate Waits for Results, Though Not Patiently -- L.A. Times
Karzai Insists on ‘Integrity’ of Vote -- New York Times
Afghan Presidential Candidates Explore Alliances -- Wall Street Journal
Afghan Recount Presents Huge Task -- New York Times
Preparations for new Afghanistan vote begin -- The Guardian
COMMENTARIES AND EDITORIALS
Too Much at Stake to Abandon Afghanistan -- Peter Brookes, China Post
Obama's False Allies on Afghanistan -- Matthew Yglesias, American Prospect
Afghanistan is not Vietnam ... Yet -- Washington Times editorial
Rethinking Bagram -- Washington Post editorial
UN Turns Blind Eye to Afghan Election Fraud -- Boston Globe editorial
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