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Crime Blotter
November 23, 2009
WASHINGTON—Rohullah Farooqi Lodin and Hashmatullah Farooqi were each sentenced today in Alexandria, Va., to four years in prison for their roles in a scheme to offer $1 million in bribes to a U.S. Army contracting official in Afghanistan, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of...
Congressional Desk
November 14, 2009
McKeon: "Time is of the Essence and Failure to Seize the Initiative Risks Failure"
Washington, D.C.— The Army´s top officer said he backs an increase in U.S. forces in Afghanistan despite his long-standing concerns about military readiness. According to a Wall Street Journal story fr...
William Lambers
November 13, 2009
School feeding is a silent, but very critical aspect of reconstruction for any country.
David Swanson
November 13, 2009
Even on its own terms defending the wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan and Iraq as validated by experts is a miserable failure.
John W. Sammon
November 08, 2009
Everybody expresses shock at the killings on the army base. Media outlets across the country ask "why?" So do soldiers at the base themselves.
Why did this happen?
I have the answer. America is a violent country. The base where the killings happened, the very base itself, represents the resort...
Gary Ater
November 06, 2009
A version of an idea from the right-wing conservative, George Will, just might be the best approach.
Arthur L. Ekrem
November 03, 2009
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Congressional Desk
October 26, 2009
Deployment of Additional Troops to Afghanistan Gains Key Endorsement
Washington, D.C.—General Stanley McChrystal´s call for the deployment of additional troops to Afghanistan gained a key endorsement over the weekend. As the commander of NATO´s International Security Assistance...
Michelle Malsbury, BSBM, MM
October 25, 2009
As leaders in America convene to discuss what to do about Afghanistan why hasb't anyone asked the people of Afghanistan what they want? For an insightful perspective from those in the region please read this article in its entirety.
John Albert Graham
October 18, 2009
Former Foreign Service Officer John Graham suggests how lessons learned from Vietnam could yet lead us to success in Afghanistan.
Congressional Desk
October 12, 2009
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, voiced his support for Army General Stanley McChrystal, Commander of U.S. and Coalition forces in Afghanistan, and called for the Obama administration to support General McChrystal´s reques...
Congressional Desk
October 12, 2009
"´Wait and See´ is not a war strategy and certainly not an approach that our senior military commanders are recommending."
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, made the following comments regarding the 8th annive...
Jann Burner
October 10, 2009
Why Are We in Afghanistan? Do we really need multiple thousands of boots on the ground? Is there another alternative?
Richard Boegner
October 10, 2009
It was a sound decision.
The US and NATO have been present in Afghanistan since 2001, and yet, the situation continues to deteriorate.
The time had come to reassess the mission, clarify its goals, and devise a strategy capable of realizing these objectives. All relevant parties would be consulted:...
John W. Sammon
October 06, 2009
Personally, I think it´s hopeless, though our military leaders use vague terms like we´re making "progress," we need to "turn it around"---what that is we never know because with these double-speak phrases they never specify, or we´ve "turned a corner," or there´s a "light at the end of the tunnel,"...
Peter H. Scrooby
October 05, 2009
8 U.S. troops where killed in a battle Saturday October 3rd in Kamdesh district of the Nuristan Province of Afghanistan, bringing the death toll of US troops to 16 for the month of October.
Robert Paul Reyes
October 04, 2009
"Insurgents stormed remote outposts in eastern Afghanistan killing eight Americans in the deadliest battle in more than a year near the border with Pakistan, the U.S. military said Sunday.
The fighting took place in Nuristan province's Kamdesh district in high mountains along the eastern border...
Ralph E. Stone
September 29, 2009
Former president Jimmy Carter, who has monitored elections around the world, recently commented: "Hamid Karzai has stolen the recent [Afghan] election." Because of widespread fraud allegations, an election recount is presently being conducted in Afghanistan. At a minimum, President Obama should no...
Gary Ater
September 28, 2009
There is no military solution in Afghanistan. It´s time to step back, review and consider another approach.
Nicola Nasser
September 26, 2009
For too long now the Middle East has been paying in blood for U.S. experimental and contradictory foreign policies
United Macedonian Diaspora
September 21, 2009
The Republic of Macedonia´s decision to deploy an additional 80 troops to Afghanistan was applauded by the United Macedonian Diaspora (UMD) today. The plan calls for Macedonian troops to be paired with their U.S. counterparts from the Vermont National Guard - the first such pairing of American troops with forces from a non-NATO country.
Crime Blotter
September 18, 2009
WASHINGTON—Delmar Dwayne Spier, the chief executive officer and managing director of United States Protection and Investigations, LLC (USPI), today pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to conspiracy, major fraud and wire fraud arising from an alleged scheme to def...
Joe Fleishman
September 16, 2009
U.S. - Afghan relation is once again facing challenge on the concern of Afghanistan´s Presidential election. Most of the western observers believe Afghanistan´s election was not fair and significant irregularities were took place. U.S. is taking these allegations seriously. But Afghan President Hamid Karzai totally denounced the allegation.
Congressional Desk
September 14, 2009
WASHINGTON - The commander of US forces in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, may cut the number of support staff to free up US troops for combat against Taliban insurgents, US officials said.
"The idea is use troops more effectively," a US defense official, who spoke on condition of a...
Stafford Williamson
September 13, 2009
HUGE plantations: Mexico and Colombia cooperate on building jatropha/castor/palm oil to diesel plant in Chiapas, included.
Winnipeg Wimps out? Or do they? Go slow, or really just smoother transition?
The Universe is out of sync. I agree with George Will and argue with Fareed Zakaria on Afghanistan. (Mercury IS in retrograde, I am told.)
One-eyed Jacks and Single Arm windmills, betting big but with us "odds".
Ramzy Baroud
September 11, 2009
Left out of the options under consideration in "Obama's war" is the only one with any chance of success.
Despite assurances to the contrary in Washington and a major policy speech in London, one need not quibble with the obvious fact that the situation is deteriorating beyond repair in Afgha...
Gary Ater
September 09, 2009
The past empires of Greece, Persia, France and Russia all tried to unify and control Afghanistan, and they all failed at an unbelievable expense to their militaries and their fortunes.
Will it be any different with the United States?
September 05, 2009
The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) is sending a team to the north of the country where an overnight air strike by NATO forces against stolen trucks has reportedly led to dozens of civilian deaths.
Peter Galbraith, the Deputy UN Special Representative in Afghanistan, said ...
Earl Ofari Hutchinson
August 30, 2009
In August 2007 Senator Barack Obama fresh on the presidential campaign trail made an impassioned promise at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars to wage what he dubbed the war that has to be won. The war is the war in Afghanistan. He promised to quickly get out of Iraq, corral America´s allies in a partnership to wipe out the terrorists and their mass destructive weapons, end corruption, hold free elections, and insure a stable government in Afghanistan.
Two years later and a shell out of $230 billion dollars, and more than 700 US dead, not one of these goals have been met.
Dalga Khatinoglu
August 25, 2009
The elections held in Afghanistan on Aug. 20 are very similar to the presidential elections held in Iran on June 12.
The candidates' pre-election debates lively aired via TV channels, their speech about the planned falsifications before the presidential elections, the people's active participatio...
Newswire Services
August 21, 2009
More than 40 Pennsylvania Army National Guard soldiers from 228th Brigade Support Battalion, Company B; Headquarters Company 55th Brigade Combat Team; and Headquarters Company, Brigade Special Troops Battalion, Company A and B, will be recognized at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 23, during a Freedom Salute...
Crime Blotter
August 10, 2009
WASHINGTON—Two dual Afghan/U.S. citizens today pleaded guilty for their roles in a scheme to offer $1 million in bribes to a U.S. Army contracting official in Afghanistan, announced Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Lanny A. Breuer and U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente of the East...
Congressional Desk
August 09, 2009
Friday brought to a close the deadliest month of fighting in Afghanistan for U.S. troops since the war´s start eight years ago. As he did every other day of the month, President Barack Obama said nothing about it.
Casualties are mounting in Afghanistan because of a resurgent enemy offe...
Michael Levy
July 10, 2009
The UK and France have taken action this week to limit speculation in oil prices. The US government is also seeking a way to limit oil price speculation. It is obvious that lower oil prices can help most corporations and also help people in the price of gas they pay at the pump, which in turn can en...
Joe Fleishman
July 09, 2009
U.S. and Britain have started massive campaign against Taliban guerrillas in Afghanistan. This latest offence came after Taliban insurgence increased in recent months and U.S. and NATO forces are often came under frequent attack by Taliban snipers and suicide bombers.
Joseph Raglione
July 04, 2009
Gentle readers of the American Chronicle, and to my friends around the world, I quickly need your help to stop the Prime Minister of Canada from sending Canadian Bombers to Afghanistan. When G.W.Bush was removed from office within the U.S., his clone in the form of P.M. Harper continued to hold, by ...
Ralph E. Stone
June 30, 2009
What is the cost of the Iraq and Afghanistan war so far and what are the California tradeoffs? As of June 30, 2009, in Iraq 4,321 Americans have died as have from 92,435 to 100,911 civilians and another 2 million civilians have been displaced. In Afghanistan, 709 Americans have died and, although a...
Abdulhadi Hairan
June 29, 2009
Afghan Adabi Baheer, or the Writers' Association of Afghanistan, has been a platform for Afghan poets, writers, and intellectuals to read their poems, short stories and research papers, express their views on national and international issues, and discuss contemporary literary trends since it was established in Peshawar, Pakistan, some 15 years back.
Kimberly A Dvorak
June 26, 2009
San Diego – Entertaining the troops in Afghanistan proved to be an eye-opening experience for professional volleyball players.
"The Fourth of July will definitely have more meaning this year," says Matt Olson, a San Diego native and professional AVP beach volleyball player. Olson was one of four ...
Michelle Malsbury, BSBM, MM
June 18, 2009
Iran is not the only country holding elections this year. Afghanistan is too. The people of Afghanistan want change, just like the people of America wanted in the 2008 elections. To learn more about the people of Afghanistan please read my article in its entirety.
Greg Reeson
June 03, 2009
The United States is in the early stages of a concerted effort to salvage the war in Afghanistan. A new commander has been charged with executing a fresh strategy, the number of U.S. military personnel committed to the fight is set to nearly double, air strikes by unmanned drones have expanded in fr...
Stafford Williamson
June 01, 2009
Many would say that in Afghanistan, drugs equal power, but here's a suggestion that creating local "power" (by growing fuels) may be a way to shift power away from the Taliban, smugglers and drug traffikers (oh, yes, and corrupt officials, the last governor had NINE TONS of opium IN HIS OFFICE).
Sharp Aquos 40" couldn't blast it's own way out of wet paper bag.
Strong performances shore up "okay" story, and fine directing in Angels and Demons. But is the ending satisfying? Well, I might have picked a different one, but ....
Michael Allen Robinson
May 29, 2009
A Republican Breakfast Club in Colorado gets briefed on conditions in Afghanistan by one who knows.
Michael Webster, Investigative Reporter
May 24, 2009
The international and Afghan forces then seized the poppy seeds, along with tar opium, processed morphine, heroin and hashish The statement said the troops had "seized the single-largest drug cache by Afghan-led forces in Afghanistan to date".
Helmand, where thousands of NATO military forces helped Afghanistan troops, is the main producer of Afghan opium, which accounts for more than 90 per cent of the world's supply.
Newswire Services
May 21, 2009
An Atheist public policy group has called upon Congress to investigate the unauthorized distribution of bibles by U.S. military troops in Afghanistan.
The incident was revealed on the Al Jazeera television network, and consisted of video shot by a U.S. filmmaker. It shows military chaplains at ...
M. Orhan Tarhan
May 16, 2009
Afghanistan is a mountainous country of uneducated Muslim inhabitants that was of no great importance to the United States until 9/11. When it became obvious that the Taliban was protecting Osama bin Laden, it suddenly became very important.
The Bush Administration sent a few hundred troops to h...
Dr. Tanvir Orakzai
May 15, 2009
When US invaded Afghanistan in 2001 to tackle crisis in Middle East, it was repeating an old story that started 2300 years ago by Alexander the Great under similar circumstances.
David Swanson
May 14, 2009
It could be a plan to exit by 2092; it would just have to be a plan of some sort, and Secretary Gates could take up to seven months to write it.
Abdulazez Al-Motairi
May 13, 2009
Al-Shabab and Terrorits Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys are funneling heavy weaponry into Mogadishu via Port City of Kismayo in preparation for major assault on TGS and UN Peacekeepers from African Union. While the world is focusing on Piracy.
Eritrean President Issayas Afewarki is supplying arms and weapons to terrorists in Somalia to destroy and overpower Sheikh Sharif Ahmed Government.
International Desk
May 09, 2009
The United Nations opened its 20th office in the northern Sar-i-Pul province of Afghanistan today, continuing the world body's drive to promote development across the strife-torn nation.
"I consider this opening to be especially important, because it reflects one of our most important objectives ...
