An interpreter working with the Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul crosses a creek on the way to Omarkhel village for a shura in Zabul province, Afghanistan, May 22, 2010. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Manuel MartinezExpect Violent Summer In Afghanistan, Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal Says -- New York Daily News
WASHINGTON - It's going to be a long, hot summer in Afghanistan as the last of the extra troops President Obama ordered into harm's way arrive for the biggest offensives yet.
For the first time in the history of the nearly nine-year U.S.-led war, military leaders aren't sugarcoating the untold bloodshed to come in the sunny season that best suits Taliban hit-and-run tactics.
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More News On Afghanistan
McChrystal squares up to big challenges -- Financial Times
Kandahar strategy draws criticism -- Financial Times
National Review: Mixed Signals On Afghan Surge -- NPR
Insurgency will dissolve rather than be broken: Vance -- CTV
U.S. adopts reintegration strategy to subdue Afghan insurgency -- Washington Post
NATO reveals new command structure in Southern Afghanistan -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Britain will not 'lose our nerve' on Afghanistan: Fox -- Yahoo News/AFP
Liam Fox raises prospect of British troops starting to leave Afghanistan next year -- The Guardian
In Visit to Kandahar, Karzai Outlines Anti-Taliban Plan -- New York Times
Afghan President Appeals for Support in Southern Afghanistan -- Voice of America
Afghanistan's Karzai publicly endorses NATO's Kandahar operation -- Washington Post
Karzai: Ramping Up Security Is a 'Go' for Kandahar -- New York Times/AP
Afghan President Karzai Rallies His Troops -- ABC News
U.S. Backs Karzai on Security -- Wall Street Journal
Rice: NYT article 'fallacious' -- Politico
Karzai Is Said to Doubt West Can Defeat Taliban -- New York Times
Report: US finds mineral riches in Afghanistan -- AP
US geologists find $1trillion of mineral reserves in Afghanistan -- The Telegraph
U.S. Discovers $1T in Afghan Mineral Deposits -- FOX News
Afghanistan ‘holds $1 trillion in mineral deposits’ -- Times Online
U.S. Identifies Vast Riches of Minerals in Afghanistan -- New York Times
Afghanistan has 'stunning' mineral trove, Pentagon says -- Las Vegas Review/AP
Massive Afghanistan Lithium Deposit (As In Batteries) Could Alter Nation's Economy -- Gizmodo
Afghanistan to complete first railway by end of year -- The Telegraph
Ahmed Wali Karzai, an ally and obstacle to the U.S. military in Afghanistan -- Washington Post
Afghanistan war: the conflict by numbers for the U.K. -- The Telegraph
U.S. Afghanistan war deaths -- Washington Post
A surge of problems in Afghanistan -- Jackson Diehl, Washington Post opinion
McChrystal faces 'Iraq' moment -- Gareth Porter, Asia Times opinion
Taking Stock in Afghanistan -- New York Times editorial
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