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Despite 2009 “Surge” Taliban Remains Force to be Reckoned with in Afghanistan

From On November 20, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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Foreign Policy’s Stephen Walt highlights a chart by Belfer Center fellow Matt Waldman showing that as the US-led 2009 “Surge” in Afghanistan proceeded, US casualties increased. The pace in 2012 is also roughly similar to the toll from the previous two years:

Equally important, the final column (based on figures [...]

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Broadwell Defended Petraeus’ Village Destruction Policy

From On November 15, 2012 · Leave a Comment

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Paula Broadwell, whose affair with Gen. David Petraeus brought his career to a sudden end last week, had sought to help defend his decision in 2010 to allow village destruction in Afghanistan that not only violated his own previous guidance but the international laws of war.

But her efforts had [...]

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