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Lieutenant Colonel Davis, Death and Deception in Afghanistan - Huffington Post


Afghanistan War Costs Dip as Surge Troops Leave, Pentagon Says - Businessweek


White House Sends Confused, Unhelpful Message to NATO Allies on Afghanistan - The Heritage Foundation


U.S. brigadier general dies in Afghanistan - CNN


Afghanistan – Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #1 - Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 - Reliefweb.int


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Lieutenant Colonel Davis, Death and Deception in Afghanistan - Huffington Post
God help this country when someone sits in this chair who doesn't know the military as well as I do. Today, the New York Times reports that an active duty Army officer, Lieutenant Colonel Daniel L. Davis, has submitted a classified report to members of ...
U.S. brigadier general dies in Afghanistan - CNN
(CNN)-- U.S. Brig. Gen. Terence Hildner died in Kabul of apparent natural causes, officials said, making him the highest ranking officer to die in Afghanistan. He was 49. Hildner, who was commander of the 13th Expeditionary Sustainment Command ...
Afghanistan – Complex Emergency Fact Sheet #1 - Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 - Reliefweb.int
As of January 23, severe cold temperatures and avalanches associated with heavy snowfall had resulted in 43 deaths in Badakhshan Province in northeastern Afghanistan, according to the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
White House Sends Confused, Unhelpful Message to NATO Allies on Afghanistan - The Heritage Foundation
The mixed messages coming from the Obama Administration last week on the future of combat operations in Afghanistan have left our allies confused, the Afghan people anxious, and the insurgency stronger. On Wednesday, Defense Secretary Leon ...
Local lawmakers weigh in on Afghanistan - Wichita Falls Times Record News
WASHINGTON – Wichita Falls Rep. Mac Thornberry was concerned when he heard talk of U.S. forces ending their combat role in Afghanistan as soon as mid-2013 instead of the end of 2014. But Thornberry's preference is to have no arbitrary timeline ...
Afghanistan War Costs Dip as Surge Troops Leave, Pentagon Says - Businessweek
Feb. 2 (Bloomberg) -- The Pentagon’s monthly spending in Afghanistan dipped to $5.3 billion in October and November, down from an average of $7.8 billion a month in the fiscal year that ended in September, according to data compiled by the ...
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Afghan police detain 156 suspected terrorists - Philippine Star Online
KABUL (Xinhua) -- Afghan police arrested 156 persons on charge of involvement in subversive activities during series of operations over the past one week, Interior Ministry said in a statement released here on Monday. "The National police during series of ...
Clinton doubts France will accelerate Afghan pullout - YAHOO!
... Friday he may accelerate the withdrawal of France's 3,600 troops from Afghanistan after an Afghan soldier shot dead four unarmed French troops during a sports session inside a base. Sarkozy suspended French military training and joint combat ...
Army drops charges against US soldier in Afghan deaths - Taipei Times
The US Army on Friday dropped all charges against the fifth soldier it had accused of killing Afghan civilians for sport during a 2010 deployment. Army Specialist Michael Wagnon, 31, had been charged with the unlawful killing of one Afghan civilian in ...
Afghan soldier who killed French troops was our recruit, Taliban say - The Guardian
"Some of them have already accomplished their missions." French officials said an Afghan man in army uniform suddenly turned and opened fire on unarmed French soldiers during a sports training exercise on Thursday, killing four and wounding 16 others.
Charges dropped in Afghan probe - The Spokesman-Review
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – The Army on Friday dropped all charges against the fifth soldier it had accused of murdering Afghan civilians for sport during a 2010 deployment. Spc. Michael Wagnon, 31, of Las Vegas, had been charged with ...
Charges dismissed against soldier in Afghan sport killing case, military says - CNN
(CNN)-- Charges have been dismissed against an Army soldier accused in what prosecutors described as a conspiracy to kill Afghan civilians for sport and then cover it up, the military said Friday. The charges against Spec. Michael S. Wagnon were ...
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Taliban blamed for rising Afghan deaths - United Press International
KABUL, Afghanistan, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- Taliban and other anti-government groups are to blame to most of the rising civilian death toll in Afghanistan, a U.N. report said. The U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan and the Office of the U.N. High ...
Civilian casualty numbers in Afghanistan rise again, UN reports - UN News Centre
The number of civilian casualties resulting from the conflict in Afghanistan has risen for a fifth consecutive year, the United Nations reported today, blaming a change in tactics by the Taliban and other anti-Government forces for the higher death toll.
FACTBOX - Key political risks to watch in Pakistan - Reuters India
Political leaders, many of whom are seen as incompetent ... one of NATO's deadliest foes in Afghanistan and thought to largely operate from North Waziristan. Islamabad has repeatedly said its forces were overstretched and it cannot afford ...
Other voices: Hard to reconcile Obama's initiatives on Afghanistan - Pioneer Press
The aim, officials said, was to induce Taliban leaders to accept what they have repeatedly rejected: talks with the Afghan government and a peace settlement based on the current Afghan constitution, including its protections for women.
Pak for Afghan-led reconciliation process in Afghanistan: PM - MSN India
... will "support any reconciliation process which was Afghan-led and Afghan-owned and did not cause instability in Pakistan", he said. The premier appreciated the Qatari government s initiatives for facilitating efforts for peace in Afghanistan. Gilani ...
Taliban blamed for 77% of Afghan civilian deaths - Sacramento Bee
The report said 410 civilian deaths, or 14 percent of the 2011 total, were caused by operations by "pro-government forces," or Afghan, U.S. and international security forces – a drop of 4 percent from 2010. A further 279 deaths, or 9 percent ...
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German parliament resolves drawdown of Afghan mission - Deutsche Welle
said he believes that the Afghan economy will experience an economic shock after international forces withdraw. The withdrawal, he said, would have serious implications for security policy. "Also, the income source 'international community' will ...
Miami Reserve Soldiers Headed for Afghanistan - NBC Miami
the families of 175 soldiers prepared to say goodbye amid the pomp and circumstance that surrounded the deployment ceremony for a battalion heading to Afghanistan. At a time when the country is preoccupied with the state of the economy ...
Asia to power world economy in 2012 - KPNews.com
"It's not easy but I am hopeful that the international community will continue to assist Afghanistan," Kuroda said. As for his native Japan, the ADB chief said two things could affect the economy in coming years — the exchange rate and electricity costs.
Miami Reservists Headed for Afghanistan - msnbc.com
the families of 175 soldiers prepared to say goodbye amid the pomp and circumstance that surrounded the deployment ceremony for a battalion heading to Afghanistan. At a time when the country is preoccupied with the state of the economy ...
Afghanistan: Coffins for the U.S. and NATO, Contracts for China - Truthdig
As things now stand, once the income from opium production is deducted, 97 percent of Afghanistan’s GNP comes from foreign aid. A whole new economy is needed. After China’s National Petroleum Corporation signed its recent oil agreement with ...
Letter: Obama leading way to better economy - Florida Today
Now, this “cat herder” in chief is leading the way to a better economy while trying to pay the bills ... to the lowest levels ever without paying for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the passing of the unfunded prescription drug plan.
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Afghanistan War Costs Dip as Surge Troops Leave, Pentagon Says - Businessweek
Feb. 2 (Bloomberg) -- The Pentagon’s monthly spending in Afghanistan dipped to $5.3 billion in October and November, down from an average of $7.8 billion a month in the fiscal year that ended in September, according to data compiled by the ...
Afghanistan committed to TAPI pipeline project - Pakistan News Service
ISLAMABAD: Afghan dignitaries, Thursday, called on Federal Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources (MP&NR) Dr Asim and discussed economic linkages, which were key to strengthening of bilateral relations development of both the countries Mohammad ...
Dinner to Mark End of Iraq War - Hispanic Business
With U.S. forces still fighting in Afghanistan, the Obama administration has chosen to mark the end of the Iraq War with something more modest than a ticker-tape parade -- a state-dinner-like event at the White House later this month feting a ...
Special Forces Teams Armed With 'Kill Lists' Are Headed To Afghanistan - The Business Insider
For more than a decade U.S. tactics in Afghanistan have relied upon large conventional Army units working alongside Afghan military and police forces, sweeping hot-spots, and installing local governments. It's proven successful, but unsustainable as the U ...
Business Hurt by Anti-Pollution Drive in North Afghan City - Environment News Service
MAZAR-e SHARIF, Afghanistan, February 3, 2012 (ENS) - The authorities in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif are running a major campaign to cut pollution, but factory owners and truck drivers forced out of the city as part of the cleanup ...
Phila. military unit catering Afghanistan Super Bowl parties - The Business Journal
That’s what U.S. troops in Afghanistan will be doing with the help of Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, which is based in Philadelphia. The unit of the Fort Belvoir, Va.-based Defense Logistics Agency is responsible for, among other ...
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