An Afghan vehicle cleared a NATO checkpoint run in part by French Foreign Legion forces northeast of Kabul this month. The United States is seeking more help from NATO in Afghanistan. Jerome Delay/APU.S. Seeks 10,000 Troops From Its Allies in Afghanistan -- New York Times
WASHINGTON — The United States is scrambling to coax NATO allies to send 10,000 additional troops to Afghanistan as part of President Obama’s strategy for the region. Those countries appear willing to provide fewer than half that number, American and allied officials said Wednesday.
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More News On Afghanistan
Obama to Unveil his Afghan Strategy Tuesday at West Point -- L.A. Times
Obama to Deliver Prime-Time Address on Afghanistan Tuesday -- Wall Street Journal
Obama will unveil Afghan troops move at West Point -- AP
Obama won't be cornered into using Oval Office; President drafts West Point for Afghanistan address -- New York Daily News
US President Expected to Announce Afghanistan Policy Tuesday -- Voice of America.
INTERVIEW-Afghan envoy sees security handover in five years -- Reuters
U.S. will be out of Afghanistan by 2017: White House -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Remarks on Afghanistan spur concern insurgents will try to outlast U.S. -- McClatchy News
Will talk of Afghan 'off-ramps' prompt Taliban to hang tough? -- McClatchy News
Patrols and turkey in Afghan war zone -- AP
Marines' Afghan Thanksgiving: Mom, send fire extinguisher -- McClatchy News
Taliban Leader's Holiday Message: No Peace Talks, 'Focus on the Invaders' -- ABC News
Taliban Leader Says US Faces Defeat in Afghanistan -- L.A. Times
Afghan Taliban Chief Rejects Talks With Government -- Voice of America
Kabul Raises Pay to Bolster Police -- Wall Street Journal
US Troops Experiment with New Strategy for Afghanistan -- David Axe, Voice of America.
German army chief resigns over Afghanistan air strike -- The Guardian
German military chief resigns over Afghan air strike -- Reuters
German General Relieved of Duties Over Afghan Airstrike -- Wall Street Journal
In Kabul, U.N. workers cope by cooking -- McClatchy News
Foreign Helicopter Missing in East Afghanistan -- New York Times/Reuters
Commentaries And Analysis
Is Obama About to Make a Huge Mistake Over Afghanistan Troop Surge? -- Huffington Post
Should we pay higher taxes to cover the cost of Afghan war? -- McClatchy News
President vs. Party on Troop Increase -- Michael D. Shear and Paul Kane, Washington Post
Q+A: Obama faces political peril with Afghan policy -- Reuters
Is corruption in Afghanistan too deep to root out? -- Reuters
Troop surge no guarantee of success -- Toronto Star