War in Afghanistan
Obama announces escalation of war in Afghanistan, Pakistan
By Alex Lantier, March 28, 2009
The policy announced by President Obama represents a massive increase in military violence not only in Afghanistan, but also in Pakistan.
Obama lays out Afghanistan war strategy
By James Cogan, March 11, 2009
The desperation at the heart of the Obama administration’s plans for the escalation of the war in Afghanistan was laid bare in the interview that the president gave to the New York Times last Friday...
Obama and US commander discuss military intervention in Mexico
By Bill Van Auken, March 10, 2009
Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Michael Mullen briefed President Barack Obama over the weekend on the so-called drug war in Mexico and the prospect of increased US military involvement in the c...
Obama’s Afghan “surge” sows seeds of new wars
February 24, 2009
The Obama administration’s Afghan troop “surge” adds a new, explosive dynamic to the decades-old geopolitical rivalry between India and Pakistan and will intensify the great power competition fo...
Obama expands US military intervention in Pakistan
By Barry Grey, February 23, 2009
The Obama administration is significantly expanding the US military role in Pakistan beyond that pursued by the Bush administration, according to a front-page article published February 21 by the New ...
Obama orders 17,000 more troops to Afghanistan
By Barry Grey, February 19, 2009
In a brief written statement issued by the White House, President Obama signaled that the escalation in Afghanistan would be combined with an intensified military intervention across the border in Pak...
Afghanistan: Attacks in Kabul expose US occupation’s deepening crisis
By Bill Van Auken, February 12, 2009
Wednesday’s attacks on government ministries in the heart of Kabul underscore the mounting resistance to the occupation of Afghanistan, just as Washington prepares to escalate its intervention in th...
US-Russia tensions escalate over closure of Afghan supply base
By Bill Van Auken, February 6, 2009
The threatened closure of a key Pentagon supply base in the former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan, with serious implications for the Obama administration’s planned escalation of the war in Afghanista...
Obama set to launch military “surge” in Afghanistan
By Barry Grey, February 5, 2009
President Barack Obama is set to formally authorize the dispatch of 10,000 to 12,000 additional US combat troops to Afghanistan, the beginning stage of a military “surge” that will likely add 30,0...
Bowing to the right on Inauguration Day
January 22, 2009
While millions gathered in Washington Tuesday to celebrate Bush’s departure and the advent of what is universally presented as “change,” the words spoken by Barack Obama pointed to a continuatio...
British defence secretary prepares escalation in Afghanistan
By Harvey Thompson, January 21, 2009
Britain’s defence secretary John Hutton delivered the UK government’s sharpest public criticism of its European NATO allies and called for an increase in troop deployment to the most dangerous par...
US to double military forces in Afghanistan
By Bill Van Auken, December 22, 2008
US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Michael Mullen announced Saturday that the Pentagon will nearly double the number of US troops in Afghanistan. The announcement is in line with the policy adv...
