WASHINGTON AFP Washington is settling on a newlook Afghan strategy to secure 10 major population centers a newspaper said Wednesday as President Barack Obama neared a decision on whether to hurl thousands more troops into the fray Obamas advisers after weeks of indepth meetings are coalescing around a strategy aimed at protecting about 10 top population centers in Afghanistan The New York Times said The strategy would fall short of a full strategy against the Taliban and other elements but still seek to foster stability the newspaper said quoting unnamed senior officials Stressing the president had yet to make a decision the Times said the debate was not about whether to send more troops but how many more would be needed to safeguard most vital parts of the country The report mentioned four brigades of about 4500 troops each that might form part of the new strategy Cities would include Kabul Kandahar Kunduz Herat and Jalalabad the Times said The strategys core if could be open to criticism the newspaper noted as it recognizes the Taliban as an indigenous force that cannot be completely eradicated There was no immediate White House comment on the report Obama will meet the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Friday to hear input on future Afghan and Pakistan policy from all branches of the armed services as he edges towards a fateful decision on whether to deploy thousands more troops Multiple signs that Obama may be nearing a decisive moment followed the deaths of eight more US soldiers on the making October the bloodiest month for American forces since the war began in 2001 Six United Nations staff were killed meanwhile on Wednesday in a brazen attack on a guesthouse there a UN spokesman said heightening concern that even the Afghan be secured from emboldened rebel violence White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told reporters on Air Force One that Obamas meeting with the joint chiefs was a sign the president was getting certainly toward the end of the policy review Gibbs repeated that Obama would make a final decision on Afghanistan and General Stanley McChrystals request for at least 40000 more troops in the coming weeks Obama is under intense pressure as rising violence in Afghanistan brings more US fatalities and a dip in popular support for a conflict that has now dragged on for eight years Speculation is rife in Washington over whether Obama will reveal his hand before heading off on an eightday trip to Asia on November 11 Last week Obama said that he may make up his mind before the Afghan rerun election on November 7 but may not announce his decision The US capital was also buzzing after of a diplomat who publicly criticized the Afghan war Article Diplomat resigns over Afghanistan Matthew Hoh 36 was the senior State Department official in Zabul province a hotbed of Taliban militancy until last month when he became the first US official known to have resigned in protest at the conflict In a letter to his superiors Hoh described the United States as a supporting actor in decadesold civil war adding that he had lost of and confidence in the US mission Gibbs said Obama had read the Washington Posts report on Hohs resignation but had not seen the letter himself Senator John Kerry meanwhile who last week helped convince Afghan President Hamid Karzai to embrace the runoff vote after a first round further stirred the pot on Obamas decision A week after saying it would be common sense for Obama to put his decision on hold until after the Afghan election on byłby zdziwiony tym jeśli Obama nie announce jego decyzję przed dla Azji na 11 listopada prezydenta pozostawia Washington na 11 listopada i pozostaje w tym regionie na osiem dni z w Chinach Singapur Japonii i South Korea Obama po jest oskarżony o przez byłego Dick Cheney powiedział wojskowych odbiorców na Florydzie że nigdy nie będzie on decyzji poprosić Amerykanie do ryzyka ich życia w wojnie połowa światowego away ataków na USA żołnierzy w żądane przez talibów wystąpił na dzień po 14 żołnierzy i agentów narkotyków zmarł w ulega awarii do 53 liczba USA martwe w tym miesiącu