Win hearts and minds of people to defeate Taliban

NewsDaily: Hearts and mind hard to reach in Afghan valley
Jul 23, 2010 ... Defeating insurgents in Afghanistan's volatile Arghandab Valley would take ... " There are no friendly villages, there are no hearts and minds here," a ... LONDON, July 17, 2010 (Reuters) — NATO is failing to win hearts and minds in ... on Friday showing most people in Taliban heartlands view foreign ...
http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre66t0sc-us-afgh anistan-valley/

NATO not winning Afghan hearts and minds: poll | Reuters
Jul 17, 2010 ... LONDON (Reuters) - NATO is failing to win hearts and minds in Afghanistan, according to a poll released on Friday showing most people in Taliban ... After having defeated a super power (in no small part to people like ...
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66G0D8201007 17

Afghan war logs: How the US is losing the battle for hearts and ...
Jul 26, 2010 ... Winning hearts and minds in Afghanistan can be uphill work, ... trying to win grassroots support for the west's vision of a peaceful, developing, united Afghanistan. ... "First, the people have no education, so they are not able to ... no way the CF could not find the Taliban and defeat them if the ...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/26/us-bat tle-hearts-minds-afghanistan

On Faith Panelists Blog: Compassion in Taliban territory - Akbar Ahmed
Jul 12, 2010 ... The ordinary people continue to suffer, and the Taliban, which the Pakistani government keeps assuring the west have been defeated, keeps coming back. In an area where the US is so focused in winning "hearts and minds" this strategy ... not for non-muslims except "to win their hearts over to Islam". ...
http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/panelis ts/akbar_ahmed/2010/07/compassion_in_taliban_terri tory.html

Pakistan army's South Waziristan battle fails to win hearts and ...
Oct 25, 2009 ... Thousands flee as Pakistan increases attacks on Taliban stronghold ... tribe is crucial to defeating the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) group, ... Winning the hearts and minds of the people of South Waziristan is ...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pak istan/6423710/Pakistan-armys-South-Waziristan-batt le-fails-to-win-hearts-and-minds-of-tribesmen.html

CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive ...
Sep 28, 2009 ... But how do you win the hearts and minds of people if you bring in more troups, ... The Taliban are occupyers too. It needs to be clarified. ...
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/09/28/u- s-must-win-afghan-hearts-and-minds-commander-says/

'Taliban will present Sangin pullout as defeat' - Channel 4 News
Jul 7, 2010 ... Winning over hearts and minds is an over-used throw away line in the ... alongside our troops when they are dealing with local people. ...
http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/dom estic_politics/aposlosing+in+sangin+is+losing+in+a fghanistanapos/3702877

Looking at Defeat in Afghanistan - nanatehay - Open Salon
Jul 2, 2010 ... Then if they still don't want to give us their hearts and minds, ... We can't win because there is no government to hand over security to. .... It sends a signal to the Afghan people and to the Taliban that we've decided ...
http://open.salon.com/blog/nanatehay/2010/07/01/st alemate_in_afghanistan

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