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Despite 2009 “Surge” Taliban Remains Force to be Reckoned with in Afghanistan

Published by Jasmin Ramsey

Foreign Policy’s Stephen Walt highlights a chart by Belfer Center fellow Matt Waldman showing that as the US-led 2009 “Surge” in Afghanistan proceeded, US casualties increased. The pace in 2012 is also roughly similar to the toll from the previous two years: Equally important,… Continue Reading →

Broadwell Defended Petraeus’ Village Destruction Policy

Published by Gareth Porter

via IPS News Paula Broadwell, whose affair with Gen. David Petraeus brought his career to a sudden end last week, had sought to help defend his decision in 2010 to allow village destruction in Afghanistan that not only violated his… Continue Reading →