Bringing dread to Kandahar
In Kandahar, the Taliban's most powerful weapon has become the calculated assassination. The tools of this murder campaign are rudimentary -- ropes, knives, old rifles -- but the results have been devastating. The slayings take aim at the goal of the U.S. military's planned summer offensive in Kandahar: to build a credible local government that responds to the needs of the people.
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This Story Envisioning a new era of diplomacy Article | WEST POINT, N.Y. -- President Obama on Saturday offered a glimpse of a new national security doctrine that distances his administration from George W. Bush's policy of preemptive war, emphasizing global institutions and America's role in promoting democratic values. This Story Afghan government falls short in Kandahar Article | KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN - Despite months of American prodding, the Afghan government has failed to fill dozens of key positions in Kandahar, leaving an ineffectual local administration that U.S. officials fear will cripple the battlefield progress the military says it is making in the Taliban stro... |
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