Pat Tillman died in Afghanistan in 2004 after giving up a lucrative NFL career to serve in the Army. Mary Tillman was responding to remarks made Tuesday by the general nominated to lead Allied forces in Afghanistan, who apologized before a ...Read More
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Leaders of the Senate’s defense andhomeland security committees said they plan to investigate why aterrorism task force led by the FBI didn’t tell the Pentagonabout e-mail exchanges between Fort Hood shooting suspect NidalMalik Hasan and extremist ...Read More
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown have turned the focus of Afghan war planning toward an exit strategy, publicly declaring that the U.S. and its allies can't send additional troops without a plan for getting ...Read More
Mr Obama said a decision would be announced within "several weeks"
President Barack Obama says he is "very close" to deciding whether to send more troops to Afghanistan and will announce his decision within "several weeks".
Mr Obama also told CNN ...Read More
Gordon Brown has pledged to send a further 500 personnel
The UK government is to try to persuade some of its allies to send 5,000 more military personnel to Afghanistan.
Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth is to lobby some of the International ...Read More
Western governments have suddenly transformed Afghan President Hamid Karzai from tainted candidate into legitimate victor.
A key factor was the decision by his main opponent, Abdullah Abdullah, to withdraw from the second round of voting and not to boycott it.
A boycott ...Read More
"President Barack Obama is considering a scaled-down version of the war plan advanced by his top Afghanistan commander, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, U.S. officials say," the AP says. "Such a narrowed military mission would increase American forces to accomplish the commander's ...Read More
The United States should follow Britain's lead on Afghanistan, tying a modest troop increase to a major expansion of local forces and an anti-corruption drive in Kabul, a US senator said Thursday. Senate Armed Services Committee chairman Carl Levin, a top ...Read More
* Bill includes provision to woo Taliban fighters * Plan is to emulate Iraq program * Obama plans to meet military commanders on Friday (Adds Obama's meeting with joint chiefs, quotes, details) WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (Reuters) - The defense bill President Barack Obama ...Read More
WASHINGTON—A war plan that asks President Barack Obama to commit tens of thousands of additional U.S. forces to Afghanistan is too ambitious, a top Senate Democrat said Monday.
Sen. John Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the White ...Read More
The following is a rush transcript of the October 25, 2009, edition of "FOX News Sunday With Chris Wallace." This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. CHRIS WALLACE, HOST: Joining us now to discuss the ...Read More
Anders Fogh Rasmussen says a broader strategy is needed
Nato chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen says defence ministers broadly support the strategy for Afghanistan outlined by the international commander there.
Gen Stanley McChrystal is thought to want around 40,000 extra troops as ...Read More
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia—The top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan planned an unexpected appearance Friday at a meeting of NATO defense ministers focused on making Afghan security forces responsible for fighting the war there.
Officials said Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal was to brief ...Read More
WASHINGTON — New efforts aimed at persuading low-level Taliban fighters to lay down their arms have become the centerpiece of U.S. and Afghan government strategy as the White House debates whether to boost troop levels there..
Officials are looking at programs ...Read More
(For other news from the Reuters Washington Summit, click here) WASHINGTON, Oct 19 (Reuters) - President Obama should wait until the Afghan election process is concluded before deciding whether to send more U.S. troops to Afghanistan, the leading Senate Democrat on ...Read More
