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(Part I - Afghanistan Series) Obama and Afganistan (www.thenation.com)
I have put together a 5 Part Series on the current situation in Afghanistan. This is so because the Obama administration believes that Afghanistan is where the action should lie. Not Iraq. It has also sent a special envoy Richard Holbrooke to the region. (And it is of quite some interest to us in India as well.)
However a lot people have their concerns about a war in Afghanistan. This set of articles looks at the Afghan issue from in this context.About this article: Obama's advisers say, a military surge is necessary not to "win" the war in Afghanistan but to stabilize the situation and to convince the Islamist insurgent leaders to come to the bargaining table. Is this a dangerously flawed strategy, one that could unravel Obama's presidency?