2009
White House seeks to explain its hesitations on Afghanistan - Times Online
"President Obama is more concerned at “whether there’s an Afghan partner” worth defending, than with the politically fraught question of how many more troops to send, said Rahm Emanuel, Mr Obama’s chief of staff and a central figure in White House deliberations on Afghanistan."
Afghanistan and Pakistan: Obama's faltering war | The Economist
Rising bloodshed is threatening the security of Afghanistan and Pakistan. In the first of two articles, we look at America’s military options in Afghanistan
Afghan poll saga hits US troop plan / FT.com
The timing of Barack Obama’s much-awaited decision on how many new troops to send to Afghanistan has been thrown into further doubt amid mounting global speculation that Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, may face a second round election run-off.
Crisis looms in Kabul over Karzai election results | guardian.co.uk
Frantic diplomacy under way as report looks set to give Afghan president less than 50% of the vote, forcing run-off
2007
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