Letters

Afghanistan Assessment

* GEN David H. Petraeus, commander of the international Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and U.S. F orces- Afghanistan, issued the following letter on January 25.

To the soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, coast guardsmen and civilians of the NATO International Security Assistance Force:

I thought it might be useful to provide my assessment of the situation in Afghanistan as we enter 2011.

Up front, I want you to know that you and our Afghan comrades did tremendous work in 2010. Indeed, ISAF and Afghan forces made impressive progress in our mission - a mission that is of enormous importance not just to each of our countries and …