Afghanistan War News Updates -- October 11, 2009

A commander on a hillside in the Kunar Province of Afghanistan. Jared Moossy/Redux

Obama's Afghan Meetings A Public Spectacle -- Washington Times

President Obama's weeks-long review of U.S. strategy in Afghanistan has turned the normally secretive process of deciding how many troops to deploy to a war zone and how best to use them into an oddly public affair that has been pored over day after day by television analysts, scrutinized by his critics and sized up by the nation's allies and enemies.

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More News On Afghanistan

Afghanistan bomb kills British soldier at army firing range -- Times Online
US soldier killed by IED in Afghanistan: NATO -- Yahoo News/AFP
US, Afghan troops kill 16 insurgents: NATO -- Times Of India/AFP
15 Taliban rebels arrested, 50 rifles seized in N Afghanistan -- China View
Taliban cannot be split from al-Qaeda, Obama warned -- The Telegraph
Afghan official: Foreigners bolstering Taliban -- AP
A Dogged Taliban Chief Rebounds, Vexing US -- New York Times
Barack Obama Ready to Pay Afghan Fighters to Ditch the Taliban -- Times Online
Taliban influence in N Afghanistan to cripple NATO mission -- China View
Taliban 'Daisy Chain' Kingpin Captured in Afghanistan Dawn Raid -- Times Online
Weapons failed US troops during Afghan firefight -- AP
McCain: big troop buildup needed in Afghanistan -- AP
UN official says 'widespread fraud' in Afghan vote -- Yahoo News/AP
Afghan vote count sparks feud in U.N. -- Washington Times

Commentaries And Analysis

Can the War in Afghanistan Still Be Won? -- Newsweek
Are Obama advisers downplaying Afghanistan dangers? -- McClatchy News
Afghanistan: What Americans really think -- Christian Science Monitor
Obama Wanted a Petraeus. Buyer Beware. -- Greg Jaffe, Washington Post opinion
Two Wrongs Make Another Fiasco -- Frank Rich, New York Times opinion
In the Afghan War, Aim for the Middle -- Richard N. Haass, Washington Post
All is Not Yet Lost -- Dr. Nasim Ashraf, Washington Times opinion
3 reasons not to rush more troops to Afghanistan -- Lawrence Korb

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