There are nearly 100,000 troops in the Afghan army, which is projectedto grow to 136,000 next year. Photo AFP
U.S. Intelligence: 'Time Is Running Out' In Afghanistan -- McClatchy News
KABUL — As the U.S. and its allies try to overcome logistical hurdles and rush some 40,000 more troops to Afghanistan in 2010, intelligence officials are warning that the Taliban-led insurgency is expanding and that "time is running out" for the U.S.-led coalition to prove that its strategy can succeed.
The Taliban have created a shadow "government-in-waiting," complete with Cabinet ministers, that could assume power if the U.S.-backed government of Afghan President Hamid Karzai fails, a senior International Security Assistance Force intelligence official said in Kabul, speaking only on the condition of anonymity as a matter of ISAF policy.
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More News On Afghanistan
Taliban insurgency seen expanding in Afghanistan -- Miami Herald/McClatchy News
Intel Official: 'Time Is Running Out' in Afghanistan -- ABC News
Afghan civilian casualties up 10%: UN -- AFP
Karzai Says International Raid Hit Civilians -- Wall Street Journal
Attack Puts Afghan Leader and NATO at Odds -- New York Times
U.S. airstrike reportedly kills 10 Afghan civilians -- L.A. Times
Afghan Officials Claim Coalition Airstrike Kills 10 Civilians -- Voice of America
NATO acknowledges deaths in Afghanistan -- CNN
Better pay boosts morale in Afghan army -- AFP
Afghan soldier shoots US, Italian troops: NATO -- The Nation
Canada to ship 20 tanks to Afghanistan as pullout looms -- Canada.com
AFGHANISTAN: Refugee returns in 2009 lowest since 2002 -- IRIN
Afghanistan 'determined' to hold parliament poll -- AFP
Soldier killed in Afghanistan to be named: report -- AFP
UK soldier killed in Afghanistan explosion -- BBC
Soldier from SF dies in Afghanistan -- San Francisco Chronicle
Soldier who grew up in San Jose killed in Afghanistan on Christmas -- Mercury News
US Military Deaths in Afghanistan Region at 860 -- New York Times/AP
Commentaries And Analysis
Holding our nerve in Afghanistan -- Jim Dutton
U.S. and Allies Must Detain Afghan Prisoners -- Max Boot, Washington Post
Afghanistan Strategy Should Also Focus on Improving Quality of Life -- Stanley A. Weiss, Los Angeles Times
Ghosts of failed empires could emerge from 'graveyard' to haunt US president -- Irish Times
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