Taliban

...more troops to combat the Taliban. The prospect of a one-horse race amid the threat of Taliban attacks runs the risk of lowering turnout to farcical levels and undermining Karzai's legitimacy. Turnout in August was as a low as 5 per...

In this article: Hamid Karzai, Gordon Brown, UN, David Axelrod, and Hillary Clinton

...in the previous interview. We're in Afghanistan to stop the Taliban and al Qaeda from coming back into control there because if they do, it will be a base from which they we can attack us again as they did on 9/11. It will destabilize...

In this article: David Axelrod, Bob Schieffer, Barack Obama, Afghanistan, Joe Lieberman, Hamid Karzai, Rush Limbaugh, Face the Nation, and Republican Party

...of thousands more troops to combat the Taliban. Taliban attacks were a major factor in the low turnout in the first round and the group vowed more of the same if the vote goes ahead. "We will not allow the second round to pass off...

In this article: Abdullah Abdullah, Hamid Karzai, Kabul, Gordon Brown, UN, and David Axelrod

...that a president has to deal with. " Aides leave open the possibility that Obama will talk more about Afghanistan later this summer as a new wave of troops ramps up engagement with the Taliban. "His fundamental approach to these things...

In this article: Barack Obama, David Axelrod, George W. Bush, White House, Afghanistan, Pakistani army, Recession, and Joint Chiefs of Staff

...billion dollars. And on his first full day in office Wednesday, the aides said, Obama will also convene his top military brass to map a way out of Iraq and recommit US troops against a resurgent Taliban in Afghanistan. "He will be meeting...

In this article: Barack Obama, Robert Gibbs, Denzel Washington, David Axelrod, Joseph Biden, United States, Stevie Wonder, Abraham Lincoln, George W Bush, and Respondent

...not sure the strategy has changed. I just heard David Axelrod say the main strategy there is to disrupt the Taliban, disrupt Al Qaida, that's the place from which the attack of September 11 emerged. I hope they -- I hope they remain...

In this article: David Axelrod, Rudy Giuliani, Tom Brokaw, Harold Ford Jr., Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Al Qaida, and George W. Bush

...back when the decision was being made on Iraq to oppose the war, and in part, he said he thought that it would help al Qaeda and the Taliban regenerate themselves in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and that's come to pass," Axelrod said.

In this article: Pakistan, Sen. Barack Obama, Benazir Bhutto, Hillary Clinton, Democracy, Robert Gibbs, Pervez Musharraf, David Axelrod, and Afghanistan

...told the CBS news in an interview. Mr. Axelrod said the US has been "in close communication" with the authorities in Pakistan about the concerns it has on the Swat agreement with the Taliban. "The Government there knows what our...

In this article: Barack Obama, David Axelrod, Al-Qaeda, Pakistan, US, Swat, Pakistan, and Washington

...they didn't have enough humvees. They were actually capturing Taliban weapons, because it was easier to get Taliban weapons than it was for them to get properly equipped by our current commander in chief." Asked about the story in the Spin...

In this article: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Jake Tapper, Afghanistan, Iraq, World War II, and Al Qaeda