Afghanistan

GOLESTAN, AFGHANISTAN -- The Marine Corps Osprey, an unwieldy, gray contraption that flies like an airplane but lands like a helicopter, raced through the sky before it slowed to a hover and alighted several hundred yards from this tiny village.
 
McChrystal saying little about delay on troops: Obama is engaged in 'thoughtful process,' general tells lawmakers (Post, November 27, 2009)
 
President vs. party on troop increase: Caucus wouldn't back a costly expansion of Afghan war (Post, November 26, 2009)
 
War speech to outline escalation and exit: Obama set to address nation next week on his Afghanistan plan (Post, November 25, 2009)
 
McChrystal and U.S. ambassador to testify on Afghanistan war: Obama, advisers confer again; troop decision may come next week (Post, November 24, 2009)
 
Afghanistan investigating 5 current and former cabinet members (Post, November 24, 2009)
 
Afghanistan investigating 5 current and former cabinet members (Post, November 24, 2009)
 
Fine Print: Bad Karzai, good Karzai (Post, November 24, 2009)
 
The Sunday Take: Partisan divide widens as Obama considers Afghanistan policy (Post, November 22, 2009)
 
As deployment nears, nerves fray: For some in platoon that lost three in on-base attack, anxiety is heightened (Post, November 21, 2009)
 
Poll finds guarded optimism on Obama's Afghanistan plan (Post, November 18, 2009)
 
U.S. gives tour of new Afghan detention center: Military calls complex an improvement for detainees' conditions (Post, November 16, 2009)
 
In eastern Afghanistan, a vital road-building mission: French and Afghan troops move to secure a dangerous area (Post, November 16, 2009)
 
Afghan roadside bombs a new priority for U.S.: Defense secretary stresses differences from devices in Iraq (Post, November 15, 2009)
 
Afghanistan, Fort Hood casualties mourned: Funeral for DEA agent in Va.; services in Okla., Ind. for shooting victims (Post, November 15, 2009)
 
U.S. soldiers' morale down in Afghanistan: Obstacles to getting mental health care cited in Army survey (Post, November 14, 2009)
 
Weak allies limit Obama's options: WAR PLANS HINDERED
Afghanistan, Pakistan may prove unreliable
(Post, November 13, 2009)
 
U.S. envoy resists increase in troops: CONCERNS VOICED ABOUT KARZAI
Cables sent as Obama weighs deployment options
(Post, November 12, 2009)
 
U.S. envoy resists increase in troops: CONCERNS VOICED ABOUT KARZAI Cables sent as Obama weighs deployment options (Post, November 12, 2009)
 
In Afghanistan, Taliban surpasses al-Qaeda: Shifting power dynamic could influence where U.S. focuses firepower (Post, November 11, 2009)
 
Afghans say 20 died in NATO airstrike: U.S. says its troops were attacked, cites fewer casualties (Post, November 8, 2009)
 
Probe of suspect's motive begins: WEB POSTINGS SPUR QUESTIONS
Officials may not have heeded warning signs
(Post, November 7, 2009)
 
Unassuming on the surface, but roiling within (Post, November 7, 2009)
 
More than 25 troops wounded during search: Friendly fire may be to blame in incident in western Afghanistan (Post, November 7, 2009)
 
Brown rebukes Karzai's government on corruption: Changes demanded as British support for Afghanistan war wanes (Post, November 7, 2009)
 
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