US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has left for London to attend the crucial conference on Afghanistan to be attended by over 60 countries, including India which will be represented by Foreign Minister S M Krishna.
"This conference is about further understanding what (Afghan) President (Hamid) Karzai plans to do as he continues to form his government," Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs P J Crowley said.
"It will be about reviewing various milestones and metrics that we are going to put in place so that we can, in fact, help the Afghan Government move forward with its ability to deliver services to its people," he said.
Crowley said at the conference there will be efforts in terms of how the international community is going to be better coordinated, particularly on the civilian side of these reconstruction efforts.
Source:indianexpress.com/
Showing posts with label New Afghanistan Strategy Tonight. Show all posts
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Marching Orders: Obama to Announce New Afghanistan Strategy Tonight
As President Obama prepares to deliver what might be the most important foreign policy address of his career, tonight Afghanistan will officially become his war and he will have to explain it to a war-weary public.
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The White House press secretary says the president has an exit strategy.The president will discuss why more troops are needed to take out al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan and accelerate the U.S. exit strategy from that region, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told "Good Morning America's" Diane Sawyer today.
"We understand that al Qaeda is in Afghanistan and Pakistan plotting those attacks again. ... What the president tonight will announce is an acceleration of our taking on al Qaeda," Gibbs said. "We're committed to ensuring the safety and the security of the American people by taking on al Qaeda and its extremist allies in that very dangerous part of the world. I think the president strongly believes that tonight he will announce a strategy that will accelerate what we're doing in that region of the world and help us get out of Afghanist
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The White House press secretary says the president has an exit strategy.The president will discuss why more troops are needed to take out al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan and accelerate the U.S. exit strategy from that region, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told "Good Morning America's" Diane Sawyer today.
"We understand that al Qaeda is in Afghanistan and Pakistan plotting those attacks again. ... What the president tonight will announce is an acceleration of our taking on al Qaeda," Gibbs said. "We're committed to ensuring the safety and the security of the American people by taking on al Qaeda and its extremist allies in that very dangerous part of the world. I think the president strongly believes that tonight he will announce a strategy that will accelerate what we're doing in that region of the world and help us get out of Afghanist
Source:go.com
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