U.S. General Stanley McChrystal, has reportedly called for 40,000 extra troops and wants counter-insurgency to be concentrated on urban areas. Nikola Solic/Reuters Taliban Under Attack In Area Where U.S. Soldiers Killed -- Yahoo News/Reuters
ASADABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Foreign and Afghan forces launched an assault on Monday against a group of Taliban in an area of eastern Afghanistan where the militants killed eight American soldiers at the weekend, an official said.
Saturday's attacks in remote Nuristan province near the Pakistani border were the deadliest on U.S. forces in more than a year.
Nuristan's governor, Jamaluddin Badr, said foreign and Afghan troops besieged a group of Taliban in an area of the province's Kamdesh district on Monday, but did not give further details.
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Two ISAF soldiers killed in Afghanistan: NATO -- AFP
Taliban under attack in area where U.S. soldiers killed -- Reuters
Worst Losses for a Year as Taleban Storm NATO Outpost -- Times Online
Afghanistan Assault Points Out US Vulnerabilities -- L.A. Times
Attacks on Remote Posts Highlight Afghan Risks -- New York Times
Deadly Attack By Taliban Tests New Strategy -- Washington Post
Afghan firefight highlights tough choice for NATO: analysts -- National Post
McChrystal Planned to Move Soldiers Killed in Afghan Siege -- Christian Science Monitor
Eight U.S. Troops Are Killed in Afghanistan Battle -- Wall Street Journal
Mountain raid by Taliban leaves eight American soldiers dead -- The Independent
McChrystal Faulted On Troop Statements -- Washington Post
Obama Furious at General Stanley McChrystal Speech on Afghanistan -- The Telegraph
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Adviser says troops only part of Afghan policy -- AP
Army Chief Warns of 'Terrifying Prospect' of Failure in Afghanistan -- Daily Telegraph
Give Us More Troops, British Forces Tell Bob Ainsworth in Afghanistan -- Times Online
New Afghan vote rules may ensure Karzai victory -- Washington Post
I Was Ordered to Cover Up President Karzai Election Fraud, Sacked UN Envoy Says -- Times Online
Ousted UN official stands by election complaint -- AP
'Sample audit in Afghan vote gets under way' -- AFP
US diplomat claims UN tried to gag him -- The Telegraph
One in three votes for Karzai fraudulent, says US diplomat -- The Guardian
Diplomat says UN muzzled criticism of Afghan vote -- Reuters
What I Saw at the Afghan Election -- Peter W. Galbraith, Washington Post opinion
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Commentaries And Analysis
American Strategy of Winning Trust of Afghan People is High Risk -- Times Online
Analysis: Campaign vow meets harsh Afghan reality -- Yahoo News/AP
Obama Can’t Make Russian Mistake in Afghanistan -- Albert R. Hunt, Bloomberg
Leaking for National Security -- John R. Guardiano, American Spectator
Barack Obama fury at General Stanley McChrystal speech: the fog of war -- The Telegraph
No Rush to Escalate -- E.J. Dionne Jr., Washington Post opinion
Is US strategy in Afghanistan working? -- Christian Science Monitor
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