 Stars and Stripes | US to elevate Special Operations forces' role in Afghanistan Washington Post The US military is planning to elevate the role of Special Operations forces in Afghanistan as it shifts away from a combat focus to a mission that places greater emphasis on advising Afghan forces and raids to kill top insurgent leaders, ... US Plans Shift to Elite Units as It Winds Down in Afghanistan US to boost Special Forces in Afghanistan - reports US to expand Special Operations forces' role in Afghanistan |
 Globe and Mail | A decade after going to war in Afghanistan, the wins are fading Globe and Mail Whether the 10 years of fighting and dying in Afghanistan was worth the Canadian blood spilled and bullion spent remains in doubt because Afghanistan's future is so uncertain. Yet now is a time for assessment, even if the moment is not being officially ... Obama administration's Afghanistan endgame gets off to bumpy start Leaving Afghanistan War in Afghanistan: Sacrifices in vain? |
 New York Daily News | Brig. Gen. Terence J. Hildner of Fairfax dies in Afghanistan of apparent ... Washington Post A one-star US Army general from Fairfax County was found dead in his Kabul sleeping quarters Friday, and Defense Department officials said he is the highest-ranking officer to die during the war in Afghanistan. An investigation is pending into Brig. US brigadier general dies in Afghanistan U.S. Brigadier general is highest-ranking soldier to die in Afghanistan US Army: Brigadier general has died in Afghanistan |
 BBC News | Afghanistan bomb blast outside police station kills 7 Los Angeles Times REPORTING FROM KABUL -- A powerful car bomb detonated outside a police station in the southern city of Kandahar killed seven people on Sunday, including five police officers and a child, Afghanistan provincial officials said. Afghanistan: Nine dead in Kandahar car bomb attack Karzai: Car Bombing Kills 9, Wounds 19 in S. Afghanistan Afghan Suicide Attack Targets Police in Kandahar |
Afghanistan tour unites Ind. siblings Louisville Courier-Journal Daniel Allyn asking if it would be possible for the siblings to meet while they were serving in Afghanistan. Their meeting came after they worked out their travel plans in the turbulent nation. “I tried to connect the dots through official means,” Hale ... |
 Salem-News.Com | Was it worth it? Canadians reflect on the war in Afghanistan Globe and Mail Chris Alexander – former Canadian ambassador to Kabul, then the UN's deputy special representative to Afghanistan until 2009 and now a Conservative MP. WAS THE WAR WORTH THE COST? – The mission was worth the cost because it toppled a repressive regime, ... Freezing to Death in Afghanistan |
Opium: Afghanistan's new front line The Independent Poor, uneducated and lacking access to proper medical care, she turned to the fix-all panacea in rural Afghanistan: opium. Smoking the drug, she was told, would keep her calm, stop any bleeding and allow her to carry to full term. |
 Stars and Stripes | In Afghan War, Officer Becomes a Whistle-Blower New York Times WASHINGTON — On his second yearlong deployment to Afghanistan, Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis traveled 9000 miles, patrolled with American troops in eight provinces and returned in October of last year with a fervent conviction that the war was going ... In Afghan war, an officer becomes a whistle-blower |
 Globe and Mail | US eyes earlier Afghanistan pullout The Australian THE Obama administration has plans to end the US combat role in Afghanistan next year, more than 12 months earlier than scheduled. US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta revealed an accelerated timetable for winding down the war in Afghanistan yesterday ... Afghanistan: Leon Panetta signals end to US combat role Cost drives NATO bid for smaller Afghan army Australian troops may remain in Afghanistan beyond 2014 |
 The Moderate Voice | Winter at an Afghan Refugee Camp: 'Is It Sugar From God?' New York Times (blog) Most of the refugees here are from Helmand Province, in southern Afghanistan, and many are from the Sangin district there, which was and still is one of the most violence-prone areas in Afghanistan. Some have been in the camp as long as seven years. Children Freezing to Death: Another Horrific Side of the Afghanistan War Winter Takes Toll on 22 Afghan Children |
Google News