Mar 25th, 2009 - Bloomberg
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March 26 (Bloomberg) -- Prime Minister Kevin Rudd pledgedAustralian troops will remain in Afghanistan “for the longhaul,” even as more than two-thirds of voters said in a pollthis week they were against sending more soldiers there.
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Pakistan's Tribal Areas Pose Test for New US Strategy
Mar 26th, 2009 - VOA News
One of the most difficult issues facing the Obama administration as it shapes its new strategy for stabilizing Afghanistan and Pakistan, is what to do in western Pakistan's Taliban-dominated tribal region...
Obama Continuing 'Robot War' In Pakistan
Mar 26th, 2009 - The Huffington Post
Washington and Islamabad are "drawing up a fresh list of terrorist targets for Predator drone strikes" in Pakistan, according to the Wall Street Journal. Militants crossing the border into Afghanistan would still be in the drones' bullseyes...
Sources: More US troops for Afghan war
Mar 26th, 2009 - Yahoo! News
WASHINGTON – Defense officials say President Barack Obama is set to approve sending additional U.S. military trainers to Afghanistan as part of a revamped war strategy to be unveiled Friday.
New Afghan local force to guard against Taliban
Mar 26th, 2009 - Reuters
MEHTAR LAM, Afghanistan (Reuters) - The first recruits graduated on Thursday to a new Afghan community force the U.S. military hopes will boost local security against the Taliban and do for Afghanistan what Sunni militias did in Iraq. The U.S...
Further Military Commitment in Afghanistan May Be Toughest Sell Yet
Mar 25th, 2009 - FOXNews
WASHINGTON -- Dumping billions of dollars into a war overseas was already unpopular before President Obama was elected, so upping the ante in Afghanistan in the midst of a global recession will be a very tough sell for this administration...
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