Afghanistan War News Updates -- May 27, 2010

BUNKER BUSINESS - A U.S. Army soldier provide security while coalition soldiers examine the inside of an Afghan army ammunition bunker during a visit to remove munitions left over from the Russian occupation in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, May 24, 2010. To prevent harm to Afghan and coalition soldiers, forces left ammunition behind for destruction at a later date. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Christopher DeWitt

Commander Cites Progress and Frustration in Afghanistan -- New York Times

WASHINGTON — The commander in charge of southern Afghanistan acknowledged on Wednesday that “we are not yet where we need to be’’ in the farming zone of Marja, the site of a major offensive in February that sought to flush out the Taliban. The commander, Maj. Gen. Nick Carter, also said that a more complex military operation was on schedule to begin in the city of Kandahar in June.

General Carter, the commander of British forces in Marja and of NATO forces in southern Afghanistan, was effectively asking for more time to show results in Marja, where clashes between the Taliban and American, British and Afghan forces continue. In February, General Carter predicted that it would take three more months to determine if government efforts after the end of the fighting had won over residents.

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More News On Afghanistan

US, NATO Gear Up for Major Offensive in Kandahar -- Voice of America
U.S., NATO Forces Set Sights on Kandahar -- U.S. Department of Defense
NATO: Marjah some 3 months away from success -- AP
British soldier killed in Afghanistan -- The Guardian
UK marine killed in Afghanistan -- BBC
Pakistan Taliban 'attack eastern Afghan district' -- BBC
Afghan War Offensive Demands Security for Kandahar’s Leaders -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Taliban Haunt Nights in a Kandahar Village -- Wall Street Journal
Taliban prisoners in Afghanistan talk to the BBC -- BBC
U.S. puts hopes in bedraggled Afghan police -- L.A. Times
Karzai's brother to scale back role in Kandahar: NATO -- AFP
Afghan Army Chief, Advisor Shape Growing Force -- U.S. Department of Defense

A flawed strategy and a failed war in Afghanistan -- Katrina vanden Heuvel, Washington Post
The Surge is On in Afghanistan -- FOX News
Afghanistan: Reading between the Lines -- middle East Online
Can America win in Afghanistan? -- Reuters
America's Fatal Flaws in Afghanistan -- ABC News/Spiegel Online