LONDON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the training of the Afghan security forces is the foundation for the counterinsurgency effort.
LONDON, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Defeating the insurgency in Afghanistan requires the support of the Afghan people for the international effort, said U.S. Gen. Stanley McChrystal in London.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- The U.S. mission in Afghanistan requires a viable and effective strategy that is adequately resourced with U.S. and Afghan troops, U.S. Sen. Carl Levin said.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- State institutions are weak and official corruption is "widespread" in Afghanistan, a confidential report by the top U.S. and NATO commander there concluded.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. and NATO troop commander in Afghanistan said in a confidential report he needs more troops within a year or the conflict likely will end in failure.
BRUSSELS, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- The war effort in Afghanistan is not working, prompting a reconsideration of the current strategy, said top U.S. military commander Gen. Stanley McChrystal.
KABUL, Afghanistan, July 17 (UPI) -- The head of U.S. forces in Afghanistan said despite the ongoing insurgency's aggressiveness, clearing out the militants requires time and patience.
WASHINGTON, July 10 (UPI) -- Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan, believes the Afghan army and police must expand more rapidly than planned, officials say.
KABUL, Afghanistan, June 15 (UPI) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai welcomed U.S. Gen. Stanley McChrystal to Kabul during a ceremony for the new American operations commander.
KABUL, Afghanistan, June 15 (UPI) -- U.S. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal took command of U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan Monday during a ceremony in Kabul.
