Bruce Riedel

US envoy in testy vote meeting with Karzai: source

Afghan President Hamid Karzai and US envoy Richard Holbrooke engaged in a testy exchange over recent elections, a source said, underscoring potentially cooler US ties if Karzai wins another term.
 

US envoy in 'testy' election meeting with Karzai

A testy meeting between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and US envoy Richard Holbrooke over last week's election highlights the fractious ties between Kabul and Washington, analysts and diplomats say.
 

US envoy in 'testy' election meeting with Karzai

A testy meeting between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and US envoy Richard Holbrooke over last week's election highlights the fractious ties between Kabul and Washington, analysts and diplomats say.
 

US envoy in testy vote meeting with Karzai: source

Afghan President Hamid Karzai and US envoy Richard Holbrooke engaged in a testy exchange over recent elections, a source said, underscoring potentially cooler US ties if Karzai wins another term.
 

Mehsud killing a major blow to Taliban: analysts

With a shattering stroke from the sky, the United States appeared Friday to have dealt a major setback to extremist forces by killing the charismatic leader of the Pakistani Taliban.
 

Mehsud killing a major blow to Taliban: analysts

With a shattering stroke from the sky, the United States appeared Friday to have dealt a major setback to extremist forces by killing the charismatic leader of the Pakistani Taliban.
 

Mehsud killing seen as major blow to Taliban: analysts

With a shattering stroke from the sky, the United States appeared Friday to have dealt a major setback to extremist forces by killing the charismatic leader of the Pakistani Taliban.
 

Mehsud killing seen as major blow to Taliban: analysts

With a shattering stroke from the sky, the United States appeared to have dealt a major setback to extremist forces by killing the charismatic leader of the Pakistani Taliban.
 

Pakistani Taliban chief Mehsud 'dead'

Pakistan said Friday it believed Baitullah Mehsud, the charismatic commander of the Pakistani Taliban, had been killed in a US drone attack in a major blow for the Islamist militants.
 

Widening Afghan mission, Obama narrows goals

US President Barack Obama has vowed a broad new approach on Afghanistan but ironically has also narrowed the goals -- replacing democratizing zeal with a more straightforward mission to defeat Al-Qaeda.
 

Widening Afghan mission, Obama narrows goals

US President Barack Obama has vowed a broad new approach on Afghanistan but ironically has also narrowed the goals -- replacing democratizing zeal with a more straightforward mission to fight Al-Qaeda.
 

Obama Afghan strategy not just about bullets, bombs

The new Afghan war strategy unveiled Friday by US President Barack Obama goes beyond "bullets and bombs" to a plan to overhaul international aid to Afghanistan and Pakistan.