Sunday, June 20, 2010

Afghanistan War News Updates -- June 20, 2010



Gates: Afghanistan Progress A 'Tough Pull' -- FOX News

The Afghan army will be ready to assume primary responsibility for security only in parts of Afghanistan so a big drawdown of U.S. troops may not take place in July 2011, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday.

Gates said progress in Afghanistan is being made, but not as rapidly as defense officials planned. The secretary attributed that to the U.S. military taking longer on "shaping of the environment" before engaging troops.

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More News On Afghanistan

Gates: Afghanistan a 'tough pull,' but improving -- Yahoo News/AP
Gates sees progress in Afghan war -- Reuters
Gates: War in Afghanistan is a 'Tough Pull' -- Voice of America
Gates Urges More Afghan Funding -- Wall Street Journal

Troop pullout in Afghanistan set for next summer -- AP
US officials downplay July 2011 withdrawal from Afghanistan -- AFP
Gates downplays Biden pledge, Afghan violence -- Politico

Afghan Civilians Said to Be Killed in an Airstrike -- New York Times
Afghanistan blasts kill 3, injure 19 -- CBC
Blasts Rock S. Afghanistan in Weekend Violence -- New York Times/AP
Blasts, rocket attack kill five Afghans -- AFP
Blasts hit south Afghanistan in weekend attacks -- Washington Times

Afghan forces' apathy starts to wear on U.S. platoon in Kandahar -- Washington Post
By War or Peace, No Easy Exit From Afghanistan -- New York Times
U.S. Hopes Afghan Councils Will Weaken Taliban -- New York Times
Afghanistan, Pakistan Plan Peace Talks With Insurgents On Fears Of Abrupt US Withdrawal -- Huffington Post
Defying the Taliban, One (bad) Movie at a Time -- New York Times
How IEDs Are Wrecking NATO's Afghanistan Strategy -- Huffington Post
Bombs hidden in puish carts rock Afghanistan, underscoring continued security threat -- FOX News/AP
US hesitant about endorsing LSE report on ISI-Afghan Taliban links -- Sify news

Report of the Secretary-General - United Nations (pdf file)
U.N. report on Afghanistan notes surge in attacks, killings -- Washington Post
Afghanistan violence is soaring, U.N. says -- L.A. Times
UN says security in Afghanistan has not improved -- AP
Afghanistan hit by 'alarming' rise in bombings: UN -- Yahoo News/AFP

Next for Afghanistan, the Curse of Plenty? -- Donal G. McNeil, New York Times
Obama's mixed Afghanistan messages -- Doyle McManus, L.A. Times
An NCO recognizes a flawed Afghanistan strategy -- George Will, Washington Post
In Britain's exhausting Boer War, a parallel for Afghanistan -- Washington Post editorial

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