 Telegraph.co.uk | More US troops may help but not solve Afghanistan Reuters - Some are not convinced more troops are the answer and all believe that the problems facing Afghanistan require much more than military solutions. ... Video: Candidates' Goals For Mideast Obama vs. McCain: A tough attack Less Iraq, more Afghanistan takes Obama down safer path |
 Earthtimes (press release) | Civilian risks cut down on airstrikes in Afghanistan International Herald Tribune, France - By Thom Shanker Dawn was breaking over Afghanistan one day this month as US Air Force surveillance planes locked in on a top-ranking insurgent commander as ... 7 Taliban militants killed in Afghanistan Memorial Service Drives Home Rising Violence in Afghanistan 'In This Business, Three Years is a Long Time' |
 Seattle Times | Afghanistan might be tougher job than Iraq: Obama AFP - JERUSALEM (AFP) — Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama said Afghanistan might end up being tougher to subdue than Iraq, days after visiting both war ... Video: Obama: Iraq Now Needs a Political Solution Freedom Rider: Death to Afghanistan Obama: Surge Doesn't Meet Long-Term Goals |
 MSN India | Obama is saying the wrong things about Afghanistan Salon - July 23, 2008 | Barack Obama's Afghanistan and Iraq policies are mirror images of each other. Obama wants to send 10000 extra US troops to Afghanistan, ... Video: Obama: Step Up Effort Against Taliban, Al-Qaida The Pakghani Front Better Indo-Pak ties vital for US interest in Afghan: Obama |
 BBC News | Big changes for Afghanistan after US election, predicts expert ABC Online, Australia - MARK COLVIN: Precarious and urgent; those were the words the US Democratic Presidential hopeful Barack Obama chose to describe Afghanistan on his visit to ... Video: Obama Vows 'vigor' in Terror Fight Afghanistan moves back to centre-stage Barack Obama: Redeploy troops to Afghanistan from Iraq |
 BBC News | Taliban arrest in Pakistan raises Western hopes Reuters - A statement issued by British forces in Afghanistan late on Tuesday said Mullah Rahim, operational commander of Taliban forces in Helmand, had surrendered ... Mullah Rahim, the most senior Taleban leader in Helmand, is arrested Top Taliban Leader Surrenders to Pakistan Taliban Captures Remote District in Southern Afghanistan |
 Boston Globe | Pakistan winds up operation in northwest, says military AFP - And Kabul has accused Pakistan of backing Taliban insurgents waging a bloody insurgency against international troops in Afghanistan. • Top general wise to speak frankly Pakistan vows not to allow militants to plot attacks Militants kill Pakistani tribal elder |
 Times Online | Bin Laden driver 'knew 9/11 aim' BBC News, UK - Mr Hamdan, who was captured in Afghanistan in November 2001, is the first prisoner to be tried by the US for war crimes since World War II. ... Video: Bin Laden driver on trial at Guantanamo Hamdan did not share Bin Laden's views, says defence Prosecutors Begin Arguments in Hamdan Case |
 Boston Globe | Afghanistan 'urgent,' Obama says Boston Globe, United States - "The situation in Afghanistan is perilous and urgent," he said, calling the country the "central front in the war against terrorism. ... Obama to focus on Afghanistan in foreign policy Back to Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN PRECARIOUS; Vow to pursue war with vigor |
One British soldier killed in S Afghanistan Xinhua, China - LONDON, July 23 (Xinhua) -- One British soldier was killed and two others were injured in an attack during their routine patrol in southern Afghanistan, ... British soldier dies in Afghanistan UK Soldier Is Killed, Two Wounded in Afghanistan Firefight British soldier killed in Afghanistan |