Feeds
Tristesse Jones will probably never drive a tractor or guide a combine through rows of soybeans at harvest time.
U.S. policy in Afghanistan is clearly at a crossroads and a surge of troops -- similar to the one in Iraq - is being debated. Richard Engel, NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent, analyzes the situation.
Five months after President Barack Obama ordered a dramatic increase in American civilian experts in Afghanistan to undergird a new military push, the so-called civilian surge is moving too slowly, U.S. officials and outside experts warn.
If Y.E. Yang's hot pink pants and theatrics didn't get Tiger Woods' attention Saturday at the PGA Championship, his ball-striking and shot-making sure did.
The request crackled over the radio in the police station in this remote Afghan valley: four officers needed to accompany U.S. Marines on an overnight patrol.
Accommodating weather and a boost in the number of maple trees tapped are being credited for a bumper 2009 maple syrup crop.
Newly arrived U.S. forces in southern Afghanistan will target insurgents crossing into the country from Pakistan and be a "game changer" in a region long dominated by the Taliban, a top commander said Tuesday.
The top U.S. general in Afghanistan reached out to influential Afghan tribesmen in regions where U.S. troops will soon deploy, apologizing for past mistakes and saying he is now studying the Quran, the Muslim holy book.
Personal and business bankruptcy filings surged last year as the economy spiraled downward, new data showed Thursday, a trend experts say they expect to continue in 2009.
Lindsey Vonn won her second straight World Cup downhill title to lead an American surge in the snow Saturday, raising early expectations for the United States at next year's Vancouver Olympics.
Close to 3,000 American soldiers who recently arrived in Afghanistan to secure two violent provinces near Kabul have begun operations in the field and already are seeing combat, the unit's spokesman said Monday.
Afghanistan's southern rim, the Taliban's spiritual birthplace and the country's most violent region, has for the past two years been the domain of British, Canadian and Dutch soldiers.
If you think they're out to get you, you're not alone. Paranoia, once assumed to afflict only schizophrenics, may be a lot more common than previously thought.
Experts say Hurricane Ike's storm surges are less severe than originally predicted and the worst is probably over.
Forecasters warned of "certain death," a possible 25-foot surge of water that would wash across the Texas and Louisiana coast, wiping away towns in a white-capped, churning mess of debris.
In the rural outskirts of Baghdad, where the war seems distant in Iraq's new period of relative calm, a prominent Sunni tribal chief makes no bones about what is lacking in the drive to turn security improvements into lasting economic and political reform.
As dire forecasts about runaway oil prices become reality, it’s impossible to know how much higher they’ll go. But the impact of the price surge already is being widely felt. And if prices go much higher, the damage to the U.S. economy will be deeper and wider than the fallout from the run-up so far.
The FBI is grappling with growing numbers of public corruption cases and a surge in mortgage fraud investigations, FBI Director Robert Mueller said Thursday, wondering aloud whether Americans are "becoming more crooked."
The U.S. military buildup has brought some relief from bombs and bullets to Baghdad's shattered neighborhoods. But it has failed so far to reach its overarching purpose: getting Iraqis to agree to the political compromises that Washington consider crucial for any lasting stability.
The Pentagon has notified more than 35,000 Army soldiers to be prepared to deploy to Iraq beginning this fall, a move that would allow commanders to maintain the ongoing buildup of troops through the end of the year if needed.
The Senate gridlocked on the Iraq war in a sharply worded showdown Saturday as Republicans foiled a Democratic bid to repudiate President Bush's deployment of 21,500 additional combat troops.
President Bush has authorized U.S. forces in Iraq to take whatever actions are necessary to counter Iranian agents deemed a threat to American troops or the public at large, the White House said Friday.
Buyouts are having a banner year. The volume of acquisitions announced this year breaks the record set in 2000, as the dollar total reached an all-time high last week, even before a slew of takeover announcements were made Monday that pushed it even higher.
Any Afghan 'Surge' Is a Snare and a Delusion And corruption is viewed as one of the key obstacles in dealing with the resurgent Taliban in Afghanistan.
BBC NEWS | South Asia | Explosion at Nato base in KabulThe BBC's Martin Patience assess the damage caused by the blast A car bomber has struck outside a Nato base in the Afghan capital Kabul, injuring three foreign soldiers and three Afghan civilians, officials say.
Barack Obama demands exit strategy in AfghanistanWhite House officials said that in a meeting with Pentagon chiefs Mr Obama had made clear he wants his decision on troop reinforcements to offer a strong suggestion of when and how responsibility for security would be turned over to the Afghans.
Obama's advisers at war over Afghan conflictThe delay was prompted in part by a last-minute bombshell from the US ambassador in Kabul.
Top Obama Advisers Favor Adding Troops in AfghanistanWASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, Adm.
Special Operations Chiefs Quietly Sway Afghanistan PolicyTwo senior military officers from the shadowy world of Special Operations are playing a large and previously unreported role in shaping the Obama administration's Afghanistan and Pakistan strategy, a move that underscores that the internal debate has moved past a rigid choice b …
Keeping Afghanistan Safe From DemocracyThe most idiotic thing being said about America's involvement in Afghanistan is that the best way to protect the 68,000 U.S. troops there now is by putting an additional 40,000 in harm's way.
On Afghanistan, time's upSo what's the delay now? The White House says an an nouncement on whether President Obama will give Gen. Stanley McChrystal the 40,000 troops he's asked for in Afghanistan is weeks away.
McChrystal Doesn't Get It—Does Obama?Puppet politics as usual... Aren't the puppets now talking about war in Iran now?
Counterinsurgency Doctrine and the Global JihadInteresting thoughts of a retired Marine: "There have been some phony arguments put forth for another "surge" in Afghanistan. We need not a surge of troops, we merely need to let our forces there do what needs to be done - kill the enemy.
Hoyer still undecided on troop surgeHouse Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) remains undecided on an Afghanistan troop surge, reflecting the discomfort many Democrats have with the looming decision President Barack Obama faces on the war.
Two Wrongs Make Another FiascoLet's be clear: Those who demanded that America divert its troops and treasure from Afghanistan to Iraq in 2002 and 2003 — when there was no Qaeda presence in Iraq — bear responsibility for the chaos in Afghanistan that ensued.
Gen. David H. Petraeus voice harder to hear in Obama White HouseWASHINGTON — Gen. David H. Petraeus, the face of the Iraq troop surge and a favorite of former President George W.
Gibbs calls out Cantor on Afghanistan - TheHill.comsaying that Republicans like Cantor weren't as impatient when former President George W. Bush was considering the Iraq surge strategy.
General Stanley McChrystal demands 40,000 more troops for AfghanistanGeneral McChrystal handed made his request for more troops even though President Obama had failed to endorse his strategy for Afghanistan, which was laid out in a report delivered more than a week ago. Mr Obama is coming under pressure not to send more troops.
Obama Considers Strategy Shift in Afghan War WASHINGTON — President Obama is exploring alternatives to a major troop increase in Afghanistan, including a plan advocated by Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. to scale back American forces and focus more on rooting out Al Qaeda there and in Pakistan, officials said Tuesday.
Afghan rift bared as US military chief challenges Barack ObamaDeep rifts at the heart of Western policy on Afghanistan were laid bare yesterday when President Obama's top military adviser challenged him to authorise a troop surge that his most senior congressional allies have said they will oppose.
Only Decisive Force Can Prevail in Afghanistan :: Lindsey Graham, Joseph Lieberman, and John McCain:Growing numbers of Americans are starting to doubt whether we should have troops in Afghanistan and whether the war there is even winnable. We are confident that not only is it winnable, but that we have no choice. We must prevail in Afghanistan.
Workplace suicides surge 28%Workplace suicides surged 28% last year, the Labor Department said Thursday, as experts said anxious workers watched colleagues depart in a rash of layoffs and dealt with survivor's guilt.
What Obama didn't mentionA couple of surprising words were missing from President Barack Obama's 55-minute news conference on Wednesday: "Iraq" — and "Afghanistan."
Air force compensates farmer for hen massacreThe Swedish armed forces has agreed to compensate a poultry farmer in northern Sweden after an air force exercise caused the death of 31 chickens.
What Does Obama's Afghan Command Change Mean?For the first such change in wartime since Harry Truman replaced General Douglas MacArthur during the Korean War in 1951, Barack Obama is replacing General David McKiernan in Afghanistan.
Karzai demands US air strikes end Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, has renewed his call to end US air strikes in Afghanistan, which he said killed as many as 130 civilians earlier this week.
Taliban prepare for U.S. surgeAfter two weeks of interviews with Taliban, close observers and Afghan government officials from some of the province's most troubled districts, a picture emerges of what to expect from what may be the most intense fighting season in years – and places nervous civilians squarel …
Log In | Register
