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Obama's War: Mission in Afghanistan


Photos: Afghan strategy tested on the ground
The Afghan district of Nawa, where the number of U.S. troops has gone from about 100 to 1,100, offers a ground-level perspective into the debate over U.S. force levels and counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan.
Obama's War: McChrystal's Petri dish
In Helmand, a model for success?
Before a battalion of U.S. Marines swooped into this dusty farming community along the Helmand River in early July, almost every stall in the bazaar had been padlocked, as had the school and the health clinic. Thousands of residents had fled. Government officials and municipal services were nonex...
 
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world/photo A Suspicious Border
In recent months, senior U.S. and Pakistani officials have stepped up efforts to tame the area along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, used by the Taliban as a base to fire rockets and smuggle weapons.
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world/photo U.S. Pushes Into Taliban Strongholds
U.S. Marines launched a pre-dawn mission in Afghanistan's volatile Helmand province in an effort to wrest control of the area from Taliban insurgents.
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world/photo Captain Courts Trust in Afghanistan
U.S. Army Capt. Michael Harrison faces two enemies in Afghanistan: the Taliban, and the overwhelming frustration that the Afghan people feel toward U.S. forces.
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world/photo Obama's New Strategy for Afghanistan
After three years of USAID-led Afghan reconstruction, the Obama administration plans to implement a new approach to help resuscitate Afghanistan's deteriorating agricultural economy, aimed at producing more food to improve quality of life and reversing a sense of hopelessness that has contributed to Taliban recruitment.
Obama's War | Sticker Shock: Civilian, Military Officials at Odds Over Resources Needed for Afghan Mission (Post, October 8, 2009)
 
In Kandahar, a Taliban on the Rise: U.S., NATO Struggle to Check Insurgents in Key Afghan Area (Post, September 14, 2009)
 
Pentagon Worries Led to Command Change: McKiernan's Ouster Reflected New Realities in Afghanistan -- and Washington (Post, August 17, 2009)
 
A Fight for Ordinary Peace: U.S. Marines deployed across an Afghan river valley are waging war on insurgents not by targeting their bases but, rather, by protecting communities. (Post, July 12, 2009)
 
Afghan-Pakistani Hostility Impedes U.S. Troops (Post, July 5, 2009)
 
Marines Meet Little Resistance in Afghan Push (Post, July 3, 2009)
 
A Personal Touch in Taliban Fight: In the Afghan Mountains, a Company Commander Strives to Gain the Trust of Frustrated Villagers (Post, June 22, 2009)
 
Obama's War : Starting Over on Development: U.S. Pursues a New Way To Rebuild in Afghanistan (Post, June 19, 2009)
 
Administration Is Keeping Ally at Arm's Length: Skepticism of Afghan Leader Shapes Policy (Post, May 6, 2009)
 
Photos: Operation Khanjar (www.washingtonpost.com, July 11, 2009; 6:49 PM)
 
Photos: Fighting Insurgents in Helmand Province (www.washingtonpost.com, July 6, 2009; 3:32 PM)
 
Photos: Helmand's Hope (www.washingtonpost.com, July 11, 2009; 6:14 PM)
 
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