Obama faces conflicting pressures on Afghanistan drawdown - USA Today

Brisbane Times Obama faces conflicting pressures on Afghanistan drawdown USA Today This city has seen this show before — in 2009, when President Obama spent months wrestling with what to do in Afghanistan before deciding to boost troop levels by 30000 in an effort to deny al-Qaeda a safe haven and prevent the Taliban from regaining ... 'Al Qaeda may speed up US withdrawal from Afghanistan'Hindustan Times Taliban talks: the new mirage in AfghanistanReuters (blog) Rogers Taliban talks a 'disaster'Politico (blog) The Hindu -New York Times -CBS News all 400 news articles »