Anzeichen für gezielten Anschlag auf die Bundeswehr. Taliban ändern Strategie, weil sie militärisch an Boden verlieren. Das Treffen im Gouverneurspalast von Kundus war generalstabsmäßig geplant.
Tag, Uhrzeit und Ort waren erst spät festgelegt worden. Deutsche Spürhunde und Sprengstoffspezialisten hatten das Gebäude in der nordafghanischen Provinzhauptstadt noch am Samstag intensiv überprüft.
Achtergrond over de zelfmoordaanslag in de stad Kunduz van zondag 19 juni 2011, op een konvooi met de ISAF-commandant van Kunduz kolonel Norbert Sabrautzki.
In: Die Welt: Knapp entkommen. (20-06-2011)
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Duitse overheid niet eerlijk over kracht Taliban in Noord-Afghanistan
Duitse regering zegt dat er vooruitgang is, maar “het loopt fout in Afghanistan”
Onheilspellende tekenen voor Noord-Afghanistan
Commandant Smits: “Kunduz veiliger dan Uruzgan”
“Kunduz onveiliger dan bij hoorzitting en debat voorgesteld”
maandag 20 juni 2011
vrijdag 17 juni 2011
Pentagon vraagt Obama extra troepen langer in Afghanistan te houden
Het Pentagon heeft Obama gevraagd om de aanwezigheid van de soldaten die hij als versterking naar Afghanistan heeft gestuurd tot de herfst van 2012 te verlengen.
Dat meldt The Wall Street Journal. De Amerikaanse president had in december 2009 nog 33.000 Amerikaanse soldaten extra naar Afghanistan gestuurd in de strijd tegen de Taliban.
Met de troepenversterking bevinden zich nu ongeveer 100.000 Amerikaanse soldaten in het land.
"The military is asking President Barack Obama to hold off on ending the Afghanistan troop surge until the fall of 2012, in a proposal that would keep a large portion of the 33,000 extra forces in the country through the next two warm-weather fighting seasons."
The wall Street Journal: Deadline to End Surge: Pentagon: Wait Until Fall 2012 to End Afghanistan Troop Boost
Dat meldt The Wall Street Journal. De Amerikaanse president had in december 2009 nog 33.000 Amerikaanse soldaten extra naar Afghanistan gestuurd in de strijd tegen de Taliban.
Met de troepenversterking bevinden zich nu ongeveer 100.000 Amerikaanse soldaten in het land.
"The military is asking President Barack Obama to hold off on ending the Afghanistan troop surge until the fall of 2012, in a proposal that would keep a large portion of the 33,000 extra forces in the country through the next two warm-weather fighting seasons."
The wall Street Journal: Deadline to End Surge: Pentagon: Wait Until Fall 2012 to End Afghanistan Troop Boost
donderdag 16 juni 2011
Over Amerikaans vertrek Afghanistan
President Barack Obama’s top general in Afghanistan has given a range of options for withdrawing American forces as a July deadline for starting the drawdown approaches. And an early hint of some troops cuts began to emerge Thursday.
Petraeus, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, has long been expected to give Obama multiple options for how to begin bringing U.S. forces home.
The Washington Post: Obama, top US commander in Afghanistan discuss troop withdrawal; Initial troop cuts emerge
Petraeus, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, has long been expected to give Obama multiple options for how to begin bringing U.S. forces home.
The Washington Post: Obama, top US commander in Afghanistan discuss troop withdrawal; Initial troop cuts emerge
zondag 12 juni 2011
How the Taliban are taking control of Kunduz, the Bundeswehr's Afghan nightmare
(19-08-2009) Six years ago, German soldiers came to Afghanistan's Kunduz province to carry out reconstruction work. Now they are engaged in a bitter struggle with the resurgent Taliban, who are trying to sabotage Thursday's presidential election. Many local people no longer believe the Europeans can help them.
Today the region has turned into a battleground, and the Germans, who never wanted to get involved in combat, are in the thick of it. The Taliban have returned, and they are gaining more and more support among the local population.
Der Spiegel: How the Taliban Are Taking Control of Kunduz, The Bundeswehr's Afghan Nightmare (19-08-2009)
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The Washington Post: As Taliban makes comeback in Kunduz province, war spreads to northern Afghanistan (19-3-2010)
Today the region has turned into a battleground, and the Germans, who never wanted to get involved in combat, are in the thick of it. The Taliban have returned, and they are gaining more and more support among the local population.
Der Spiegel: How the Taliban Are Taking Control of Kunduz, The Bundeswehr's Afghan Nightmare (19-08-2009)
Zie ook:
The Washington Post: As Taliban makes comeback in Kunduz province, war spreads to northern Afghanistan (19-3-2010)
Taliban comeback in Kunduz province, war spreads to northern Afghanistan
(The Washington Post, 19-3-2010) For most of the past eight years, Kunduz has been relatively peaceful, far removed from the insurgency in the Taliban heartlands of Kandahar and Helmand.
But the past year has brought such a dramatic Taliban comeback in Kunduz that Gen. McChrystal is planning to shift some of the ongoing troop reinforcements to the north of the country, the first significant American deployment to the region since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001.
The Washington Post: As Taliban makes comeback in Kunduz province, war spreads to northern Afghanistan (19-3-2010)
Het plan voor de aanvullende 30.000 troepen die Obama naar Afghanistan wilde sturen was gericht op het zuiden en oosten van het land, waar de Taliban het sterkst zijn.
Maar Amerikaanse functionarissen zeggen volgens de krant dat 3.000 van deze troepen verlegd worden naar operaties in het noorden om het contingent Duitse militairen te versterken, dat uit ongeveer 1.100 soldaten bestaat en meer gericht is op wederopbouw dan op het bestrijden van opstandelingen.
But the past year has brought such a dramatic Taliban comeback in Kunduz that Gen. McChrystal is planning to shift some of the ongoing troop reinforcements to the north of the country, the first significant American deployment to the region since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001.
The Washington Post: As Taliban makes comeback in Kunduz province, war spreads to northern Afghanistan (19-3-2010)
Het plan voor de aanvullende 30.000 troepen die Obama naar Afghanistan wilde sturen was gericht op het zuiden en oosten van het land, waar de Taliban het sterkst zijn.
Maar Amerikaanse functionarissen zeggen volgens de krant dat 3.000 van deze troepen verlegd worden naar operaties in het noorden om het contingent Duitse militairen te versterken, dat uit ongeveer 1.100 soldaten bestaat en meer gericht is op wederopbouw dan op het bestrijden van opstandelingen.
donderdag 2 juni 2011
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