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Christian Science Monitor
| 8 months ago
Afghan forces may protect the lives of Western troops increasingly targeted by "insider attacks," but it raises troubling new questions about President Barack Obama 's strategy to stabilize Afghanistan .
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USA Today
| 8 months ago
The coalition command in Afghanistan says that a suspension in some joint operations between American and Afghan forces is temporary and will not hurt affect the campaign to trains and build Afghan security forces. "There's no backing off from that...
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Washington Post
| 8 months ago
Afghanistan, senior Taliban commanders have shifted toward a new battlefield strategy, one less focused on reclaiming lost territory and more on winning the next phase of the 11-year-old war. U.S. military and intelligence officials believe that...
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Inquirer.net
| 8 months ago
Female car bomber kills 12 in Kabulofficials 7:47 am Wednesday, September 19th, 2012 Graphic map showing the location in Kabul, Afghanistan where 12 people were killed in a suicide attack including 9 foreigners. Kabul on Tuesday, killing 12 people,...
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Mail Online UK
| 8 months ago
18 September 2012 British soldiers will continue to patrol with Afghan troops even though Nato has scaled back joint missions following a series of deadly attacks by rogue soldiers and policemen. The recent spate of green on blue' killings in which...
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The Sun UK
| 8 months ago
RAF troopers fired off a barrage of 10,000 bullets as they destroyed a Taliban death squad that stormed Camp Bastion, The Sun can reveal. The heroes were backed up by a British Apache chopper as they waged a vicious five-hour firefight against the...
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The independent
| 8 months ago
The decision announced yesterday to cut back on joint operations undertaken by international and Afghan forces raises crucial questions about the key plank of the exit strategy from the 11-year war which has proved costly in lives and money. The move...
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The Daily Star
| 8 months ago
Agencies Kashmiri Muslims shout slogans during a protest in Srinagar, India, against the Innocence of Muslims video clip. Fears that a wave of anger in the Muslim world could spread to Europe mounted Tuesday as it emerged that a French magazine was...
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The Globe & Mail
| 8 months ago
Story video French soldiers arrive at the scene of a suicide bombing, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghan soldiers they are training, has put the entire strategy of Afghanizing the conflict in question. Over the weekend, four...
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Reuters
| 8 months ago
Topics An Afghan protester shouts slogans near burning tyres during a demonstration in Kabul September 17, 2012. Afghan forces may protect the lives of Western troops increasingly targeted by "insider attacks," but it raises troubling new questions...
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The Guardian
| 8 months ago
normal service will resume shortly If the decision to suspend joint operations sticks, it strikes at the heart of the exit strategy Editorial Classes have been suspended...That is what we have been told in a series of mutually contradictory and...
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Passaic Valley Today
| 8 months ago
Afghan forces to mitigate the threat of insider attacks means fewer boots on patrols and a shift in how the U.S.-led coalition will fight the war in Afghanistan. It's unclear whether the coalition's exit strategy can succeed with less partnering with...
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Indian Express
| 8 months ago
A suicide bomber killed 14 people on Tuesday including 10 foreigners, most of whom worked as flight crew members under contract with the US government, officials said. The attack brought to at least 28 the number of deaths attributed to unrest...
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Epoch Times
| 8 months ago
Afghan security forces after several so-called green on blue insider attacks killed foreign soldiers. The global protests were triggered by an anti-Islam video, but the head of the international coalition stressed the move is only temporary. Several...
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SF Gate
| 8 months ago
Afghanistan (AP) Islamic militants sought Tuesday to capitalize on anger over an anti-Islam video that was produced in the United States, saying a suicide bombing that killed 12 people in Afghanistan was revenge for the film and calling for attacks...
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BBC
| 8 months ago
UK defence secretary insists 'Afghan strategy unchanged' 18 September 2012 Last updated at 15:02 ET The Defence Secretary, Philip Hammond, has told MPs that there has been no change in strategy in Afghanistan and that British military operations...
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The Guardian
| 8 months ago
Kabul, A US marine training Afghan soldiers in Kunar province...Photograph: John D McHugh/Guardian Nato 's exit strategy in Afghanistan appeared to be in serious jeopardy on Tuesday, after it emerged that the US military command had set fresh limits...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 8 months ago
Tuesday in operations with Afghan forces in response to a surge of so-called insider attacks on foreign servicemen, but said the restriction was temporary and would not derail a 2014 handover of security to Afghans.
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
| 8 months ago
A provocative U.S.-made video that is offensive to Muslims led to more protests and violence in Asia Tuesday, including the deaths of 12 people in a suicide bombing. In Indian-controlled Kashmir, soldiers and protesters clashed in the streets in the...
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United Press International
| 8 months ago
Afghanistan has ordered cutbacks in U.S. troops' joint operations with Afghan military and police forces in reaction to "insider attacks."...Allen resulted from commanders' conclusion that the attacks have undermined U.S. trust in local Afghan allies,...
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United Press International
| 8 months ago
Embassy in Kabul announced Tuesday that routine services there were suspended as a result of security threats in the Afghan capital. Afghan rebel group Hezb-e-Islami claimed responsibility for a suicide attack in Kabul that left at least 14 people...
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BBC
| 8 months ago
Nato's decision to scale back joint operations with Afghan security forces is a "prudent and temporary measure", its secretary general has said. Speaking in Brussels, Anders Fogh Rasmussen said the strategy of the International Security Assistance...
