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...leader welcomed President Obama's election. "Hopefully it signals the return to a model of cooperation that we consider very important," says Westerwelle. But Washington shouldn't expect too much love. Westerwelle is determined to avoid mission creep in Afghanistan. All but a handful of the 4,500 German troops are deployed in the north of the country, away from the fiercest fighting in the south. "We shouldn't risk our successful operations in the north by taking on duties in other areas," he says...
...Afghanistan Wanted: More Troops U.S. military officials suggest that in the coming weeks, General Stanley McChrystal will request additional soldiers to stabilize the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan. That will pose a dilemma for President Obama, who authorized the deployment of 21,000 fresh troops in March. As the U.S. death toll continues to rise, public support for the war has plummeted...
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...Afghanistan is replete with grim reminders for those who would wish to rule it. The British were having a marvelous time in Kabul back in 1841: horse races, picnics, amateur theatrics (something British expats indulge in wherever they go) and lot of good grog and food. Meanwhile, the Afghans were seething over these madcap Victorians. (See pictures of election day in Afghanistan...
...Kandahar. Otherwise, ordinary Afghans have to take their chances with the Taliban and the bandits along the highway. "Three years ago" one foreign academic and longtime Kabul resident told me, "Afghans had hope for the future. Now they don't." (Read a story about how roadside bombs have devastated Afghanistan...