As it was to be expected in an operation as large as Operation Moshtarak which is under way in southern Afghanistan, some deaths have already occurred among the coalition forces. And then, and while the first phase of the operation had been declared a success, the mission was marred by the deaths of 12 civilians in a NATO missile strike. Read the rest of this entry »

In an interview with USA TODAY, Marine Maj. Gen. Richard Mills said that the US troops have driven the Taliban from most towns and villages in the Afghan province of Helmand. In his words, “They’ve taken on the Taliban, the insurgency, right in the heartland and they’ve defeated them.” Read the rest of this entry »

President Obama is back from his Asian tour and the United States waits for his decision on the Afghanistan war. Eventually it would come and we will hear the positive and negative reaction to whatever he makes up his mind to do. In the meantime it is not as if the military and the administration are paralyzed. Read the rest of this entry »

Two months after the Afghan people voted to choose a president and after it became know that fraud had been perpetrated, US and European officials lobbied for Mr Karzai to accept the fraud ruling believing a credible government is critical for overcoming the Taliban. Read the rest of this entry »

One of the most astonishing news of the day and according to Times, was the revelation of the payments that Berlusconi’s government made to the local Taliban warlords of the area the Italian troops were stationed in Afghanistan to keep things quiet. Read the rest of this entry »

Today as bells tolled throughout New York City and mourners observed the moment in silence, people honored the nearly 3,000 nationals of over 90 countries who died in the terrorist attacks in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania. People of all walks of life, from the president of the United states on remembered the dead. Read the rest of this entry »

The first reports we had were of an air strike by US fighter jets that appeared to have killed Afghan civilians last Friday. Since then we have learn that there were German troops who had ordered the attack on two tankers. The bombing by the US jet created many dead and injured people. And then the information or misinformation began. Were they civilian casualties or Taliban fighters? Read the rest of this entry »