News Stories relating to "afghanistan"

In the June 19th issue of the UK magazine "The Spectator," John C. Hulsman and Jaakko Kooroshy state their opinion that the "good news" of trillions in mineral wealth in Afghanistan is just part of the propaganda war of Obama and General Petraeus, as they try desperately to keep voters positive about a war that seems like a hopeless quagmire....

Retired Army nonlethal weapons expert Col. John Alexander offers his thoughts on whether or not we are actually using the right strategy to efficiently defeat terrorism. In this thought-provoking article, first published in the Las Vegas Sun, he discusses the need for a strategy that will win the hearts and minds of terrorists and their...

Colin Powell recently announced that we expect to have completed our mission and be out of Afghanistan before the winter. This may be a veiled threat to the Taliban that they should not try to wait us out, because if there is American military activity on the ground in Afghanistan in the winter, troops will run into the problem that has always...

A heavy strike on Kandahar has led to speculation from witnesses on the ground that US helicopters and ground forces may have been involved.

The Pentagon has responded that an AC-130 "Spectre" gunship was in use in the area, and the staccato pounding of its large cannons may have caused the reports of helicopters. The AC-130 was last...

In a letter to House and Senate leaders today, President Bush stated that the US would deploy ground forces in connection with the war on terrorism. He added, in an interview after the letter was sent, "Whether or not we are going to put troops on the ground (in Afghanistan), I'm not going to tell you."

British Defense Secretary Geoff...

President Bush has announced that air strikes have begun against targets in Afghanistan. Explosions are being heard in Kabul, Kandahar and Jalalabad, and appear to be concentrating on Taliban and al-Qa'ida installations, and communications and power systems.

The electricity was off in most of the country until approximately 10:00PM...

US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is making a tour of the middle east in what BBC Correspondent Tom Carver is saying is a process of "laying out the case for military action."

The trip was arranged within the past two days at the request of President Bush. Rumsfeld will stop in Saudi Arabia, Oman, Egypt and Uzbekistan. He will...

Anne Strieber's new diary entry explores the importance of the Wahhabi sect in the current conflict, and points out that this sect, which began in Saudi Arabia, is extremely intolerant and has a long history of violence. It is also an extremely important force in Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States. All the terrorists in the Attack on America were...

Afghan cities are ghost towns. Refugees are pouring out of the country, despite attempts at border control by surrounding countries. As many as eight million Aghans may soon be at risk of starvation soon, and one and a half million are at immeidate risk.

Now, lower level Taliban officials and soldiers are quitting, and military...

The UK Ministry of Defense refuses to discuss reports that a Special Air Service (SAS) Reconnaisance Unit disturbed Taliban soldiers a few miles from Kabul and exchanged fire with them.

The Mail on Sunday and the Sunday Times are reporting that a four man SAS unit escaped unhurt after the clash. Both papers are also reporting that the...