Pentagon Says ‘Fundamental Strategy’ In Afghanistan Is Sound — Washington Post
The Pentagon said Monday that it will not change its “fundamental strategy” in Afghanistan despite a week of crises that have worsened the strained partnership between the Afghan government and U.S. and NATO forces.
U.S. officials acknowledged that tensions remain high in Kabul and that distrust has not dissipated since last weekend’s killing of two U.S. military officers inside the Afghan Interior Ministry, apparently by a rogue Afghan security officer.
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US: Afghanistan turmoil won’t change US war plan — Yahoo News/AP
Pentagon: Protests Will Not Alter Afghan Mission — Voice of America
‘Cowardly’ Afghanistan Attacks Won’t Deter U.S., Pentagon Says — Bloomberg Businessweek
US keeps withdrawal timeline despite Koran row — ABC News (Australia)
US will not alter troop withdrawals despite Koran protests — The Telegraph
US Strategy In Afghanistan Questioned Amid Violence — NPR (audio)
With Panetta facing Senate panel, new questions on Afghan future — MSNBC
Officials Reaffirm Commitment to Afghan Strategy — US Department of Defense
Afghan attacks over Koran burning renew debate on U.S. drawdown — L.A. Times
Coalition, Afghans Work Together to Capture Insurgents — US Department of Defense
War in Afghanistan 28, February, 2012 — War On Terror News
Afghan bomb blasts kill 14 people — Iol News
Suicide attack near NATO base kills 9 Afghans in response to Koran burnings — Washington Post
Afghan Violence not Disrupting Ops, DoD says — Military.com
US ties with Afghans in crisis after violence — AFP
U.S. Murders at Heart of Afghan Ministry Raise Questions — New York Times/Reuters
Rioting on the wane in Afghanistan, but U.S. military advisers not ready to return to ministry posts — FOX News
U.N. yanks staff from northern Afghanistan — UPI
Afghan president condemns fatal bombing at military airfield — CNN
U.S. shouldn’t speed up Afghanistan pull out: ambassador — Yahoo News/Reuters
PJ Media: White House Won’t Release Obama’s 3 Page Apology Letter to Hamid Karzai — FOX News
Sprawling air base in western Afghanistan reflects hopes, perils of massive buildup — Stars and Stripes
Torture, Riots, Burnt Korans: One Afghan Jail’s Dark History — Spencer Ackerman, Danger Room
Cultural Cluelessness Threatens U.S. Commando Strategy — David Axe, Danger Room
If Afghans Want to Reject the U.S. and Embrace Theocracy, That’s Their Right — Max Fisher, The Atlantic
As the west plans its pullout from Afghanistan, many desperate Afghans are also looking for an exit — Emma Graham-Harrison, The Guardian
Violence suggests ‘Afghans hate us, and we don’t trust them’ — McClatchy News
“Tipping Point?” — Mark Thompson, Time
Afghanistan’s true outrage — Hamida Ghafour, Globe and Mail
Apologies in Afghanistan — Amy Davidson, New Yorker
Afghanistan: The Friendship That Went Up in Flames — Sami Yousafzai and Ron Moreau, Newsweek
No Easy Exit From Afghanistan — International Herald Tribune
Understanding the rage in Afghanistan — James Carroll, Philly.com
Afghanistan on edge — L.A. Times editorial
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