Matthew Hoh

Skeptics reject President Barack Obama's expected decision to ramp up the Afghanistan war as a misguided bid to fix a muddled mission, arguing it will draw America deeper into a quagmire.

Resigned diplomat argues US troops should not be involved in Afghanistan's 'civil war'. A Foreign Service officer who resigned in protest over U.S. policy in Afghanistan says America shouldn't be bogged down in "a civil war" in South Asia.

Carnage in Pakistan and America's bloodiest month in Afghanistan are sharpening President Barack Obama's dilemma on troop deployments while stoking political demands for swifter action.

Carnage in Pakistan and America's bloodiest month in Afghanistan are sharpening President Barack Obama's dilemma on troop deployments while stoking political demands for swifter action.

US President Barack Obama is nearing the end of his Afghanistan war review, the White House said, as a report said the administration may pick a plan to secure 10 major population centers.

US President Barack Obama is nearing the end of his Afghanistan war review, the White House said, as a report said the administration may pick a plan to secure 10 major population centers.

The State Department tried to diffuse the embarrassing resignation of a diplomat who publicly criticized the Afghan war, saying his views were being "taken very seriously."

Washington is settling on a new-look Afghan strategy to secure 10 major population centers, a newspaper said Wednesday, as President Barack Obama neared a decision on whether to hurl thousands more troops into the fray.

US officials are settling on a new-look Afghan strategy to secure 10 major population centers, a media report said Wednesday, as President Barack Obama neared a decision on whether to hurl thousands more troops into the fray.

US officials are settling on a new-look Afghan strategy to secure 10 major population centers, a media report said Wednesday, as President Barack Obama neared a decision on whether to hurl thousands more troops into the fray.

US President Barack Obama is nearing the end of his Afghanistan war review, the White House said, as a report said the administration may pick a plan to secure 10 major population centers.

Washington is settling on a new-look Afghan strategy to secure 10 major population centers, a newspaper said Wednesday, as President Barack Obama neared a decision on whether to hurl thousands more troops into the fray.

Washington is settling on a new-look Afghan strategy to secure 10 major population centers, a newspaper said Wednesday, as President Barack Obama neared a decision on whether to hurl thousands more troops into the fray.

Carnage in Pakistan and America's bloodiest month in Afghanistan are sharpening President Barack Obama's dilemma on troop deployments while stoking political demands for swifter action.

Marine-turned-diplomat resigns post in Afghanistan, questions why US is fighting. A former Marine who fought in Iraq and became a diplomat in a Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan has resigned in a high-profile protest of the Afghan war.

Marine-turned-diplomat resigns post in Afghanistan, questions why US is fighting. A former Marine who fought in Iraq, joined the State Department after leaving the military and was a diplomat in a Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan has become the first U.S. official to resign in protest of the Afghan war, the Washington Post reported early Tuesday.

US President Barack Obama is vowing that despite criticism that he is dithering, he will not rush a fateful decision on whether to send tens of thousands more troops to Afghanistan.

A State Department diplomat disillusioned with US involvement in Afghanistan has become the first US official known to resign in protest over the eight-year war, The Washington Post said Tuesday.

The State Department on Tuesday tried to diffuse the embarrassing resignation of a diplomat who publicly criticized the Afghan war, saying his views were being "taken very seriously."

A diplomat disillusioned with US involvement in Afghanistan has become the first US official known to have resigned in protest over the eight-year war, The Washington Post said Tuesday.