By Barry Grey, wsws.org, June 14, 2010
In the midst of one of the bloodiest weeks for US and NATO forces in the nearly nine-year war in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the overall commander, announced Thursday that major military operations around Kandahar would be delayed until September.
The offensive had been slated to begin this month, but, as McChrystal admitted, the US has been unable to win the support either of tribal leaders and power brokers or of the populace in and around Afghanistan’s second largest city. The town of 450,000 in the heart of the Pashtun-dominated south is the birthplace of the Taliban and remains a key stronghold of the anti-occupation insurgency.
Continues >>
Tags: Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, Taliban, US and NATO forces, war in Afghanistan
This entry was posted on June 15, 2010 at 10:04 am and is filed under Afghanistan, Commentary, Uncategorized, US policy, USA, war. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
Peace and Justice Post
US “surge” in Afghanistan in disarray
By Barry Grey, wsws.org, June 14, 2010
In the midst of one of the bloodiest weeks for US and NATO forces in the nearly nine-year war in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the overall commander, announced Thursday that major military operations around Kandahar would be delayed until September.
The offensive had been slated to begin this month, but, as McChrystal admitted, the US has been unable to win the support either of tribal leaders and power brokers or of the populace in and around Afghanistan’s second largest city. The town of 450,000 in the heart of the Pashtun-dominated south is the birthplace of the Taliban and remains a key stronghold of the anti-occupation insurgency.
Continues >>
Share this:
Related
Tags: Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, Taliban, US and NATO forces, war in Afghanistan
This entry was posted on June 15, 2010 at 10:04 am and is filed under Afghanistan, Commentary, Uncategorized, US policy, USA, war. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.