Abdul Rahim Wardak

For Obama, A Mixed Report Card From Afghanistan by Quil Lawrence Rodrigo Abd/AP Children and an Afghan policeman look at a U.S. soldier patrolling the outskirts of Kandahar. President Obama's review of U.S. policy in Afghanistan will be unveiled soon. Although the administration is formulating an exit strategy, Afghans and other observers say it would be a mistake for the U.S. to leave the country in its current state. On a visit to Afghanistan this week, Secretary of Defense...Read Full Story

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates, third from left, meets Afghanistan Defence Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak, third from right, at the Pentagon. Source: AP AFGHANISTAN has appealed for the United States to provide security assistance beyond 2014, the date by which President Barack Obama wants to withdraw US combat troops. Afghan Defence Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak held talks at the Pentagon to look at future relations, despite recent tensions between the two governments over...Read Full Story

US, Afghanistan Plan for Military Relationship After 2014 Al Pessin Pentagon  February 23, 2011 Photo: AP Defense Secretary Robert Gates greets Afghanistan Defense Minister of National Defense Abdul Rahim Wardak at the Pentagon, February 23, 2011 The American and Afghan defense chiefs met Wednesday at the Pentagon and said they are working to develop a bilateral relationship that will extend beyond the hoped-for end of NATO’s combat role in Afghanistan four years...Read Full Story

US, Afghanistan Plan for Military Relationship After 2014 Al Pessin Pentagon  February 23, 2011 Photo: AP Defense Secretary Robert Gates greets Afghanistan Defense Minister of National Defense Abdul Rahim Wardak at the Pentagon, February 23, 2011 The American and Afghan defense chiefs met Wednesday at the Pentagon and said they are working to develop a bilateral relationship that will extend beyond the hoped-for end of NATO’s combat role in Afghanistan four years...Read Full Story

February 23, 2011 5:20AM Download this show How To Leave Afghanistan Bing West served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs under President Ronald Reagan.  West has just released a very detailed book on the war in Afghanistan entitled “The Wrong War: Grit, Strategy And The Way Out Of Afghanistan”. Afghanistan on Wednesday appealed for the United States to provide security assistance beyond 2014, the date by which President Barack Obama wants to withdraw US...Read Full Story