U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry, right, and Nasir A. Andisha, Acting Director General of Fifth Political Department (US, Canada, Latin America, Australia and New Zealand), at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul on Thursday. McClatchy NewspapersEikenberry Assures Afghans U.S. Will Stay Beyond 2011 -- McClatchy News
KABUL, Afghanistan — U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry Thursday further signaled that a strong American military presence will remain in Afghanistan long after July 2011, when President Obama plans to end his troop surge.
Speaking at the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Relations before a group of diplomats, non-governmental organizations and Afghan citizens, Eikenberry drove home the Obama administration's sometimes contradictory message.
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Commentaries And Opinions
U.S. lacks a defined mission in Afghanistan -- Laurie R. Blank And Amos N. Guiora, Salt Lake Tribune
Iraq, Afghanistan demonstrate the unpredictability of war -- Victor Davis Hanson, Mercury News
Why the Anti-War Movement in America Betrays Itself -- Peter Baofu, Pravda
Winning the War in Afghanistan -- The Honorable John S. McCain, Heritage Foundation
No good reason to be in Afghanistan -- CNN