Read more Afghanistan war stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/27184/afghanistan-war.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:07:12 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74707/report-obama-will-send-34k-troops-to-afghanistan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama has made his choice on Afghan strategy after months of deliberations and will announce it next week, administration sources tell McClatchy . The president finalized his decision to send another 34,000 troops in meetings last night, and plans to address the nation on the choice next Tuesday, prior...http://www.newser.com/story/74707/report-obama-will-send-34k-troops-to-afghanistan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:57:34 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74613/4-us-troops-killed-in-afghan-attacks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFour US troops have been killed in southern and eastern Afghanistan in the last 24 hours. Three were killed by bombs yesterday and today, while a fourth was killed in a firefight. The casualties bring the death toll for the month to 15. October, when 58 US fighters were killed,...http://www.newser.com/story/74613/4-us-troops-killed-in-afghan-attacks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Nov 2009 3:59:30 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74320/obama-approval-rating-dips-below-50.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLess than half of Americans polled approve of President Obama’s performance for the first time. A new Quinnipiac survey has his job approval rating at 48%, with 42% disapproving. Other polls have his rating at 53% and 56%, and a Quinnipiac pollster admits the new number “is not statistically different"...http://www.newser.com/story/74320/obama-approval-rating-dips-below-50.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 18 Nov 2009 11:40:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74212/in-afghanistan-debate-obama-focuses-on-exit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Obama administration’s extended ruminations on an Afghan surge aren’t really over how many troops to send in—they’re about how they’ll get those troops out. Obama’s main problem with the initial military plan was that it seemed too open ended, administration sources tell Gerald Seib of the Wall Street...http://www.newser.com/story/74212/in-afghanistan-debate-obama-focuses-on-exit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Nov 2009 8:15:15 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74115/afghan-rocket-misses-french-general-kills-3-kids.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA rocket attack intended for a French general instead killed three children and wounded 20 others in a busy market northeast of Kabul today. Insurgents fired into the marketplace hoping to hit a meeting between Brig. Gen. Marcel Druart and tribal elders from Tagab Valley, where France is in the...http://www.newser.com/story/74115/afghan-rocket-misses-french-general-kills-3-kids.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Nov 2009 8:40:35 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74057/afghan-calculus-40k-troops-equals-40b.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen President Obama rejected advisers' recommendations on Afghan troops and insisted they be retooled with exit strategies, he had the war's long-term financial costs in mind, an insider tells the New York Times . While military strategy gets the headlines, the financial constraints also are weighing heavily. Some specfics: Gen. McChyrstal's...http://www.newser.com/story/74057/afghan-calculus-40k-troops-equals-40b.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 14 Nov 2009 16:04:25 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74019/morale-down-in-afghanistan-army.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMorale is down and psychological problems rampant among troops in Afghanistan, who face a shortage of mental health professionals to help them deal with the stress of war. Only 5.7% of soldiers described their unit's moral as high or very high, down from 10.2% in 2007 and 10....http://www.newser.com/story/74019/morale-down-in-afghanistan-army.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 13 Nov 2009 18:00:35 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73898/us-to-karzai-clean-up-corruption-or-nothing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama is gravely serious about pressuring Hamid Karzai to reel in Afghan corruption—but has almost zero “or else” options. The most logical threat to entice Karzai to clean up his government, pulling out US troops, is “stupid,” a former ambassador tells the New York Times , as it would...http://www.newser.com/story/73898/us-to-karzai-clean-up-corruption-or-nothing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Nov 2009 11:59:42 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73901/mia-dog-a-ok-after-year-in-afghanistan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn Australian military bomb-sniffing dog that went missing during a firefight in Afghanistan in September 2008 has been reunited with one of her trainers. An American soldier found Sabi wandering near a remote base last week and realized the black Lab wasn’t a stray when she responded to commands. “She’s...http://www.newser.com/story/73901/mia-dog-a-ok-after-year-in-afghanistan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Nov 2009 11:46:43 CST