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A surge of US troops into Afghanistan will reverse the momentum of Taliban insurgents and ensure their ultimate defeat, the commander of the NATO-led mission vowed on Tuesday.
The general in charge of the war in Afghanistan said Tuesday he expects to know by this time next year whether the new troop buildup is reversing Taliban momentum and he believes he will be able to draw down forces in 2011 without asking for more.
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.
A Taliban shadow government of police chiefs, judges, administrators and governors already has ruling authority in Afghanistan, officials said.
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.
LAGHMAN, AFGHANISTAN -- Like nearly all provinces in Afghanistan, this one has two governors.
The Obama administration warned that if Pakistan does not act aggressively, the U.S. will use more force on the Pakistani side of the border, officials said.
A massive car bomb tore through an army building in an eastern Pakistani city Tuesday, killing 12 people in the third attack in 24 hours as the nation battles a fierce Taliban insurgency.
The dusty bazaar in this remote town in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province was once teeming with Taliban fighters and drug smugglers who used it as a central transit point in their journeys to and from nearby Pakistan.
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The top U.S. diplomat and military commander in Afghanistan expressed their full support Tuesday for President Obama's decision to send 30,000 U.S. reinforcements to the country but cautioned that the new war plan faces key risks if the Afghan government underperforms and neighboring Pakistan fails...
LAHORE, PAKISTAN -- Bombings in two Pakistani cities killed 46 people Monday, as militants struck back in the wake of an army offensive against a Taliban stronghold in the northwest near the Afghan border.
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.
Twin blasts at a market in eastern Pakistan killed up to 48 people as militants struck back amid an army offensive against the Taliban, but the country's president said the bombings would not deter the government in its campaign.
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates reassured Afghans on Tuesday that Washington would not abandon them abruptly, and said a withdrawal due to begin in 2011 could be spread over several years to train Afghan troops.
The Afghan government says police have killed a local Taliban commander involved in kidnapping road construction workers and planting bombs in a northern district.
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