"Afghanistan: progress to report "

Conference of Defence Associations' media round-up. Excerpt:

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Ann Scott Tyson for the Washington Post reports on the likelihood of a new holistic and security-focused approach in Afghanistan that will strive to destroy al-Qaeda within the region and marginalize the Taliban.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/02/AR20090602038...

Gordon Lubold for Christian Science Monitor writes on the one year window the American public will allow for improvements in Afghanistan, which is a very tight timeline in counterinsurgency.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0603/p02s01-usmi.html

Kim Sengupta for The Independent reports on the concerns of senior British Army commanders that British credibility with the US will be placed at risk if more troops are not sent to Afghanistan.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/army-fury-at-refusal-to-bolste...

BBC News and Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker for the New York Times outline an American report that candidly identifies errors related to the May air strikes. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8080440.stm
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/03/world/asia/03military.html
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