I didn't see David Cameron's speech today, but I did just catch what the BBC described as the 'highlights' on the BBC's Today at Conference. Did Cameron really devote a whole section of his speech to "Our brave soldiers in Afghanistan' and not once mention those that he voted to send to fight, and maybe die, in Iraq? Perhaps the war in Iraq is no longer popular enough...

President Barack Obama made an unannounced visit to Baghdad today, marking a new chapter in his strategy to wind down the unpopular war in Iraq and shift the United States' military focus to Afghanistan.

The Prime Minister has said that the death of the Royal Marine - which took the toll to 300 - should prompt questions about why British troops are still in Afghanistan, and how long they should remain there.

Prime Minister David Cameron makes an unannounced visit to UK troops serving in Afghanistan.

OK, this isn’t an all inclusive thing but it certainly can be argued that from hte point of view of the US the current wars in Iraq ind Afghanistan are incredibly cheap. Nicholas Kristoff tells us that: The U.S. will spend more on the war in Afghanistan this year, adjusting for inflation, than we spent

I continue to enjoy Dave Osler’s blog just because of the quality of his writing, but sadly the comments threads are increasingly bereft of sentient life. Recently Dave raised the question of “why Iraq is not a rerun of Afghanistan” He makes some intelligent points about the political differences, As far as the situation can be read

Conservative leader David Cameron visits British troops serving in southern Afghanistan.

This week, the media reported the death of the 100th UK soldier killed in action in Afghanistan and Gordon Brown’s plans to increase troop numbers in the country to 8,000 by next spring.The numbers of UK troops killed in Iraq is 176, even though there was almost four times as many involved at the height of the Iraq war than are now deployed in Afghanistan. Despite all the problems since its ...

The idea of switching troops from Iraq to Afghanistan seems deceptively simple. In fact the problems of re-deploying Britain's over-stretched army will pose the main constraint on how many more soldiers can be sent if, as expected, President elect Barack Obama mobilises Nato countries to send reinforcements to Afghanistan. Although ministers are still vague about the timetable of Britain'...

President Barack Obama is facing warnings that the US risks repeating some of its errors in Iraq as the new administration turns its focus to Afghanistan, where Nato forces are engaged in a conflict which has already lasted longer than the Second World War.