Afghanistan War News Updates -- October 1, 2009

President Obama discusses Afghanistan with his national security team
in Washington Sept. 30. (White House)

Obama, War Council Review Afghanistan Strategy -- L.A. Times

The White House session comes as the top U.S. official at the U.N. mission in Afghanistan is dismissed in a dispute over the handling of Afghan vote fraud allegations.

Reporting from Washington - President Obama, amid political contretemps at home and expanding international turmoil over the disputed Afghan election, summoned his war Cabinet to the White House on Wednesday for a high-stakes review of his Afghanistan strategy.

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More News On Afghanistan

Several Afghan Strategies, None a Clear Choice -- New York Times
Obama, Top Advisers Discuss Afghanistan Strategy -- Voice of America
Advisers split complicates Obama's Afghan decision -- AP
White House split on second Afghan troop surge -- Times Online
Obama Officials Mull Future in Afghanistan -- CBS News
Top officials and Obama advisers study Afghan war -- AP
Obama hears opinions on new strategy in Afghanistan -- Reuters
Obama convenes high-stakes Afghanistan meeting -- Political Intelligence
Gates Doubts US's Afghan Strategy -- Wall Street Journal
Afghanistan Talks Focus on Means, Not Ends, Press Secretary Says -- US Department of Defense

On War, Obama Could Turn to GOP -- Washington Post
On Military Policy, Conservatives Find Something to Like in Obama -- FOX News
House Dems' Afghan anxieties -- Politico
GOP: Let Generals Testify on Afghan War -- Washington Times

US general says Afghan violence increasing -- AP
Success in Afghanistan cannot be taken for granted, warns Gen Stanley McChrystal -- The Telegraph
U.S. general says Afghan insurgency growing -- Reuters

Afghan Suicide Bomber Strikes Foreign Convoy -- Voice of America
Airstrike Kills Eight in Afghanistan -- New York Times
NATO: Airstrike killed Afghan women, children -- CNN
US soldier, 22 Taliban killed in Afghanistan (Roundup)-- M&C
U.S. 'Copter Forced Down By Rocket In Afghanistan -- New York Times
FACTBOX: Security developments in Afghanistan -- Reuters
The top 15 terrorist groups in Afghanistan -- San Francisco Chronicle
'Different' Afghan strategy urged -- BBC
UK will only send more troops to Afghanistan 'if they are properly equipped' -- The Guardian
Germany says no plan now to boost troops in Afghanistan -- Reuters

UN Secretary-General Fires Top American at Afghan Mission -- Voice of America
Diplomat Fired in Clash Over Addressing Afghan Vote Fraud -- Washington Post
Sacked Envoy Peter Galbraith Accuses UN of 'Cover-up' on Afghan Vote Fraud -- Times Online

Commentaries And Analysis

Afghanistan's People Have Advice for US -- l.A. Times
Obama Can't Outsource Afghanistan -- Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal
Obama: Don't give up on Afghanistan -- John Hughes, Christian Science Monitor
Two Arguments for What to Do in Afghanistan -- Time Magazine