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Taliban, Afghan President Warn U.S. TroopsOn The Radar Soldiers cautioned after Leon Panetta's runway scare in Afghanistan. |
Leon Panetta in Afghanistan: Attack FailedOn The Radar An attacker drove toward the runway as the defense secretary's plane landed. |
PBS NewsHour: Afghan Civilian Killings Give Taliban 'Valuable Propaganda,' Analyst SaysWeb content At the U.N. Monday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemned the killing of 16 Afghan civilians near Kandahar, calling the alleged attack by a U.S. soldier "inexplicable." Gwen Ifill, RAND Corporation's Seth Jones and New America Foundation's Steve Clemons discuss the additional strain on already tense U.S.-Afghan relations. |
Soldier's Alleged Rampage in Afghanistan Leads to ViolenceOn The Radar Taliban militants opened fire on Afghan official visiting the massacre site. |
U.S. Officials Debate Speeding Afghan PulloutOn The Radar The Obama administration is discussing whether to reduce American forces in Afghanistan by at least an additional 20,000 troops by 2013, reflecting a growing belief within the White House that the mission there has now reached the point of diminishing returns. |
U.S. Soldier's Alleged Deadly Rampage: Taliban Vow RevengeOn The Radar The Taliban has vowed revenge against "sick-minded American savages" after a U.S. soldier was accused of going on a deadly shooting rampage Sunday. The group said it would "take revenge from the invaders and the savage murderers for every single martyr," according to a statement posted on its website, the Times of London reported. |
Attack May Derail Effort to Force Taliban Into TalksOn The Radar The outrage from the back-to-back episodes of the Koran burning and the killing on Sunday of at least 16 Afghan civilians imperils what the Obama administration once saw as an orderly plan for 2012: to speed the training of Afghan forces so that they can take the lead in combat missions, all while drawing the Taliban into negotiations to end more than a decade of constant war. |
Gen. John Allen Stands by U.S. Apology for Koran BurningOn The Radar Gen. John Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, said today he does not regret the apologies he and President Obama issued for the Koran burning incident, arguing that the move -- rare for a U.S. commander in chief -- was the right thing to do and that it had saved American lives. |
U.S. Commander in Afghanistan – “We owe them” the ApologyOn The Radar GENERAL ALLEN: “WE OWE THEM” THE APOLOGY…Martha RADDATZ is the only journalist – print or broadcast – to travel with General John Allen, the Commander of U.S. and allied forces in Afghanistan. It’s obviously timely – coming in the aftermath of the Koran burnings and killings of six U.S. soldiers. |
Strife Spurs Rethinking of Afghan MissionOn The Radar As violence continued Monday in Afghanistan over the accidental burning of Qurans by U.S. troops last week, American military officials and analysts are beginning to question whether the United States needs to change its mission of training Afghan soldiers and police, a key plank of President Obama's withdrawal strategy. |
