Afghanistan War News Updates -- September 3, 2010

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates comments to the press during a joint press conference with President Hamid Karzai at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 2, 2010. DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jerry Morrison

Gates: More Casualties In Afghanistan To Be Expected, Allied Strategy Will Work -- Voice of America

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday that nearly all of the American surge forces have arrived in Afghanistan to press the new strategy President Barack Obama announced in December. At a news conference in Kabul with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Gates predicted more U.S. and Afghan casualties, but he said the strategy will work.

Secretary Gates said the U.S. and allied effort in Afghanistan finally has the right resources "to begin delivering tangible, lasting results." He said, however, that progress will not come without cost.

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Gates: U.S. won't turn back on Afghanistan -- UPI
Gates Says U.S. Forces in Afghanistan for 'Years' to Come -- FOX News

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SAS soldiers are killing Taliban fighters on 'industrial scale' -- Daily Record
Gates, Karzai Differ On Target Of NATO Air Strikes -- Radio Free Europe

Taliban facing financial crisis: US General -- Hindustan Times
Afghan Taliban faces 'cash flow' problem: US general -- AFP
Afghan insurgents' opium earnings cut in half, says U.S. general -- Globe And Mail
Taliban in Financial Trouble, General Says -- U.S. Department of Defense
Marine general says Taliban drug trade faltering -- AP

Afghanistan Gains Come at High Price, General Says -- U.S. Department of Defense
Petraeus Plans for Start of US Withdrawal from Afghanistan Next Year -- Voice of America
U.S. to start NATO talks on Afghan transition: Petraeus -- Reuters
2010 already deadliest year for U.S. troops in Afghanistan -- CNN
Afghanistan a 'quaqmire,' CIA officer says -- UPI

Karzai tells Afghans not to panic in rush for withdrawals -- Washington Post
Afghanistan assures bank customers amid graft fears -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Karzai Kin Asks U.S. to Bolster His Bank -- Wall Street Journal
Depositors Panic Over Bank Crisis in Afghanistan -- New York Times

FACTBOX-Some issues in Afghanistan's parliamentary election -- Reuters
Karzai calls aide's arrest reminiscent of Soviet times -- Washington Post
US Withdrawal from Iraq Looms Over Afghan War -- Voice of America
Our distracted commander in chief -- Charles Ktauthammer, Washington Post
Afghanistan, July, 2010 (Photo Gallery) -- Boston.com
US military deaths in Afghanistan at 1,172 -- Washington Post/AP