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I believe that Obama is going about Afghanistan the wrong way. Getting rid of these generals is not a wise move. Putting in new generals will give you fresh perspective but they will have to spend a few months getting to know the area (the lay of the land) and getting to know their contacts. Only them will they became effective in helping to bring this conflict to a close if it is possible.

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U.S. Pullout a Condition in Afghan Peace Talks

Leaders of the Taliban and other armed groups battling the Afghan government are talking to intermediaries about a potential peace agreement, with initial demands focused on a timetable for a withdrawal of American troops, according to Afghan leaders here and in Pakistan. Ref. Source 3

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Obama's Pick to Lead Afghan War Linked to Abuse of Prisoners & Secret Assassination Unit

Lieutenant General Stanley McChrystal formerly served as commander of the Joint Special Operations Command from 2003 to 2008. During that time, he oversaw a secretive program to hunt down and assassinate suspected terrorists around the globe. Last year, lawmakers delayed Stanley McChrystal's nomination for a key position because of questions about prisoner abuse by forces under his command. Many of the reports of abuse center on Camp Nama, a US base near Baghdad's airport where Special Operations troops ran an interrogation and detention center. Ref. Source 8

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Afghan clash 'kills police chief'

A provincial police chief and at least six other officers are killed in a clash with US-trained Afghan forces in Kandahar, reports say. Ref. Source 4

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There is a 1,000 marine surge (four companies) in Southern Afghanistan to flush out rebels before the Afghan Presidential election, however one marine was abducted.

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British Officer Killed

The highest ranking Army officer to be killed since the Falklands War is one of the two latest casualties in Afghanistan, the MoD says. Ref. ABC News

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Obama's War: Thousands of Marines Battle in Helmand in Major U.S. Offensive

In Afghanistan, a powerful truck bomb killed at least 25 people today, including up to 16 schoolchildren, in a province just south of Kabul. The latest bloodshed coincided with a major American military offensive in Helmand province in the south. US forces last week launched what's being described as the largest Marine offensive since the Vietnam War. Some 4,000 Marines and hundreds of Afghan troops are targeting areas in the Helmand River Valley to wrest it from Taliban control. We go to Kabul to speak with Wall Street Journal journalist, Anand Gopal. Ref. Source 9

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Obama Calls for Probe into 2001 Massacre of at Least 2,000 Suspected Taliban POWs by US-Backed Afghan Warlord

President Obama's comments follow initial statements from other officials in his administration Friday who said the Department of Defense and the FBI had no jurisdiction over the mass killing by a US-backed warlord, General Abdul Rashid Dostum. A Pentagon spokesman told the Associated Press, "There is no indication that US military forces were there, or involved, or had any knowledge of this, so there was not a full investigation conducted because there was no evidence that there was anything from a DoD perspective to investigate." The infamous Dasht-e-Leili massacre is back in the news in the wake of new evidence published in a New York Times report last Friday that shows the Bush administration blocked at least three federal investigations into the alleged war crimes. The article by journalist James Risen notes that "American officials had been reluctant to pursue an investigation because the warlord, General Abdul Rashid Dostum, was on the payroll of the CIA and his militia worked closely with United States Special Forces in 2001." Dostum served as a defense official in the Karzai government. Last year he was suspended for threatening a rival at gunpoint and lived in Turkey in exile. But ahead of the August 20th elections, Karzai has invited him back to the country and reinstated him as military chief of staff. Democracy Now! first covered the massacre six years ago when we aired the award-winning documentary from Jamie Doran Afghan Massacre: Convoy of Death. Ref. Source 5