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Finding al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and rolling back a resurgent Taliban are necessary steps toward winning the war in Afghanistan, the top U.S. commander there told a Senate committee Tuesday.
What's Your Reaction? WASHINGTON — The general in charge of the war in Afghanistan said Tuesday there are "no silver bullets" for success there but that he expects to know by this time next year whether the troop build up is reversing the Taliban's momentum.
Stanley McChrystal, the general in charge of the war in Afghanistan said Tuesday there are "no silver bullets" for success there but that he expects to know by this time next year whether the troop build up is reversing the Taliban's momentum.
Candor is, sadly, in short supply in Washington, particularly when government officials discuss shortcomings related to Afghanistan before congressional committees.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Tuesday it will be at least 15 years before his government can bankroll a security force strong enough to protect the country from the threat of insurgency.
Questioned by skeptical lawmakers, the U.S. general running the war in Afghanistan said Tuesday he did not get as many troops as he wanted and must work under a schedule he did not recommend, but he insisted the Obama administration's revamped strategy is the best way to win.
The general in charge of the war in Afghanistan said Tuesday there are "no silver bullets" for success there but that he expects to know by this time next year whether the troop build up is reversing the Taliban's momentum.
The senior American general in Afghanistan is predicting success for President Barack Obama's revamped war strategy and telling Congress it's the best available approach, even though it differs from what he originally sought.
Challenged on whether the surge timeline is "truly dependent on conditions on the ground," the top commander in Afghanistan told a House panel Tuesday that if more troops are needed, he will request them.
Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, told Congress Tuesday that he's confident he now has both the strategy and resources he needs in Afghanistan. Ambassador Karl Eikenberry, initially wary of a troop increase coming before a crackdown on corruption, said he's satisfied that Afghan President Hamid Karzai has expressed the right intentions.
US Defence Secretary Robert Gates flew into Kabul on Tuesday for talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and commanders about Washington's new strategy to send 30,000 extra troops to fight the Taliban.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates, traveling in Afghanistan, plans to carry the message to Afghans and U.S. troops that the United States "is in this thing to win."
The top U.S. general in Afghanistan says the Taliban — up to 27,000 fighters in the country's south — is his main focus.
Taliban insurgents have got to be "very worried" over a US move to surge 30,000 troops into Afghanistan as they had hoped to force allied forces to retreat, a top Pentagon official said Monday.
(RTTNews) - The number of British troop casualties in Afghanistan this year reached 100 Monday, when a member of the 1st Battalion The Royal Anglican Regiment was killed in a late night Taliban attack in southern Afghanistan.
Washington - The US troop buildup in Afghanistan will make significant progress in turning back the Taliban and securing the country by the coming summer, General Stanley McChrystal, the top commander, predicted Thursday. By next summer I expect t...
