It is a professional maxim, and sound piece of personal wisdom, that the greatest gift one person can give another is clear expectations. In that respect, the leadership of the NATO coalition in Afghanistan has not been particularly generous of late: the past two weeks have seen surprisingly public outbreaks of discord at the highest levels of the British and American security establishments.
If the Coalition Government is serious about Britain’s economic vitality, it will drop the immigration quota and focus on producing more high-value jobs and the workers to fill them.
The NATO/Afghan coalition in the Helmand province reported the first significant resistance of Operation Moshtarak today. It is foreseeable that Taleban fighters can and will use asymmetrical means of warfare – snipers, booby-traps, and civilian-shields, among others – to slowtest
The London conference on Afghanistan this week may be too soon to answer how fit to govern Hamid Karzai is, but it is surely not too early to ask it.
In-depth analysis of President Obama’s overnight speech on Afghanistan from our foreign policy expert in the States.
Analysis of President Obama’s forthcoming announcement of up to 30,000 more troops for Afghanistan: the impact on the country, on NATO and on Britain.
