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The administration of President Barack Obama aims to keep around 10000 US troops in Afghanistan after formal combat operations in that country end in 2014, The Wall Street Journal reported late on Sunday.

http://is.gd/hZPEKf



Afghanistan: Another province goes to the Taliban

Logar, a strategic province that neighbors Kabul and is home to an all-important copper mine, is increasingly under Taliban control as NATO sources begin to withdraw.

http://is.gd/oBcUXa


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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/11/16-5



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Kathy Kelly, Voices for Creative Nonviolence: Among Afghanistan s ongoing burdens of destitution and war, temperatures are now dropping again. With an estimated 400 Afghan people displaced every day by a US-initiated war, the desire for warm blankets and warm clothing will certainly be greater than the supply.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12432-survival-and-dignity-in-an-afghan-winter



Afghanistan: The Who Cares War? (Not Exactly, But It Fails the Real Definition of a Just War)

Kevin Martin, Truthout: If there was a draft, the war would be over in a month, if not sooner. The public wouldn t stand for it, because this war fails miserably in meeting the real definition of a just war.

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12355-afghanistan-the-who-cares-war?-not-exactly-but-it-fails-the-real-definition-of-a-just-war

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US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers due in court

A US soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers was due in court Monday for the first time since the massacre, as his wife proclaimed his innocence and said he had no recollection of having committed the crime.

http://is.gd/qFF7U7



Army Medic Describes Gruesome Gunshot Wounds to Children

By Adam Ashton

Maj. Travis Hawks could not pay much attention to the first victim he saw. She was a child with gunshot wounds to her head, and she was totally unresponsive.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32970.htm


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Die bisherigen Bemühungen, afghanische Sicherheitskräfte aufzubauen, die nach Abzug der Isaf-Truppen für Stabilität sorgen sollen, scheinen nicht vielversprechend zu sein.

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By Chris Hedges

We envy those who, in their innocence, believe in the innate goodness of America and the righteousness of war and celebrate what we know is despicable.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article32691.htm



UK: Labour MP: Afghanistan war 'unwinnable'

Members of military families will join Labour MP Paul Flynn at today s ceremony, who was suspended from parliament over comments he made about the conflict in Afghanistan.

http://is.gd/UvrbdG



How the U.S. Quietly Lost the IED War in Afghanistan: Analysis by Gareth Porter

Although the surge of ''insider attacks'' on U.S.-NATO forces has dominated coverage of the war in Afghanistan in 2012, an even more important story has been quietly unfolding: the U.S. loss of the pivotal war of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) to the Taliban.

http://is.gd/nkt1pj



114,000 US contractors active in Afghan war

As of July, nearly 114,000 contractors were working for the US Defense Department in Afghanistan, compared to the 90,000 American troops in the country at the time, AFP reported Thursday, quoting ''official statistics.''

http://is.gd/5ZkFuv



NATO kills four children in Afghanistan: Karzai

Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday condemned a NATO operation that he said killed four children in the country s east, a claim the coalition said was possible.

http://is.gd/7EOLCZ



Two Afghan soldiers attack US-led NATO occupation forces

Two Afghan soldiers attacked US-led NATO forces (ISAF) in western Afghanistan on Saturday, injuring a Spanish soldier, in the latest ''insider'' attack in the country, officials said.

http://is.gd/DIscqI



NATO soldier killed in Afghan 'insider' attack: Official

A NATO-led soldier fighting insurgents in Afghanistan was shot dead on Saturday by a man in an Afghan army uniform in southern Afghanistan, the latest in a series of "insider" attacks, the alliance said.

http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/291450



British soldier killed by gunman in Afghan uniform

A gunman wearing an Afghan army uniform has shot and killed a British soldier in the latest in a spate of insider attacks that are fracturing the trust between Nato and Afghan forces.

http://is.gd/eRrNqR



British occupation force soldier killed by Afghan Forces

A British soldier from 28 Engineer Regiment, attached to 21 Engineer Regiment, was killed by a suspected member of the Afghan National Army yesterday in Afghanistan.

http://is.gd/4mgcuJ



5 Afghans and 2 U.S. occupation force troops killed in 'insider attack'

An Afghan police officer opened fire in a meeting Monday in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least two members of the U.S. Special Operations forces and five Afghan troops and police officers, officials said.

http://is.gd/9xYEyP


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After 11 Years of War, US/NATO Brewing Afghan Disaster: Report
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/10/08-0

War in Afghanistan Worsening for Civilians: ICRC
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/10/08-3

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Killing the Kids That Don t Need to Die

Bill Moyers and Michael Winship, Moyers & Company: The 2000th member of the American military recently died in Afghanistan. There are two more presidential debates, and the question that needs to be posed to Romney and Obama is: ''Why are we killing the kids that don t need to die?''

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/12022-bill-moyers-killing-the-kids-that-dont-need-to-die



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The outgoing leader said U.S. efforts to defeat the Taliban would fail ''from Afghanistan s view'' because it was being fought in Afghan villages, rather than against insurgents based in neighboring countries - an apparent allusion to Pakistan.

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Only one battle matters to the Ministry of Defencem the battle for resources. In this the Taliban is not an enemy, but an ally.

http://is.gd/MoRE5e



Time to name all the dead in Afghanistan: how many civilians have been killed?

David Cameron has never mentioned the name of a single Afghan killed, the majority of whom have been ordinary civilians caught in the middle of the West s war on one of the world s poorest countries.

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http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/10/02

Little Debate About Afghan War in Election Campaign
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As U.S. Death Toll in Afghanistan Passes 2,000 Mark, Phyllis Bennis on America s Longest War
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Rev. John Dear: On the Killing of 8 Afghan Women
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Der Anstieg der Insider-Angriffe zeigt Wirkung bei der Militärführung und bei der Moral der internationalen Truppen.

http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/8/152896

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5. Oktober 2012

Die NATO kann ihr Scheitern nicht mehr verbergen

Zum elften Jahrestag des Beginns des Afghanistan-Krieges am 7. Oktober 2001 erklärt Christine Buchholz, Mitglied im Geschäftsführenden Vorstand der Partei DIE LINKE:

Der Afghanistan-Krieg der NATO ist ein Desaster ohne Ende. Das Versprechen auf Abzug der Truppen bis 2014 sollte beruhigend wirken. Doch vor dem Hintergrund einer wachsenden Anzahl von Insider-Angriffen gegen westliche Truppen kann die NATO ihr Scheitern nicht mehr verbergen. Sie hat erklärt, die Ausbildung der so genannten afghanischen Sicherheitskräfte auszusetzen. Damit ist die zentrale Begründung der Bundesregierung für den Abzugstermin 2014 entfallen. Doch darüber schweigt die Bundesregierung und beschönigt die Situation. Die LINKE fordert endlich Klarheit über die wirklichen Pläne der Regierungskoalition. Besorgt nehmen wir zur Kenntnis, dass der Bundesnachrichtendienst aus Angst vor der Unzuverlässigkeit der bewaffneten afghanischen Organe über 2014 hinaus 35.000 deutsche Soldaten für Afghanistan fordert, unter anderem Kampftruppen. Die wachsende Anzahl von Insider-Angriffen ist kein Grund, den Krieg zu verlängern. Im Gegenteil: Der Abzug der Bundeswehr muss sofort beginnen. Der Krieg in Afghanistan dient ausschließlich geostrategischen Machtinteressen der NATO-Staaten. Zehntausende Afghaninnen und Afghanen hat der Krieg das Leben gekostet. Über 3000 NATO-Soldaten, darunter 53 Bundeswehrsoldaten, sind in diesem sinnlosen Krieg bisher gefallen.

http://www.die-linke.de/nc/presse/presseerklaerungen/detail/artikel/die-nato-kann-ihr-scheitern-nicht-mehr-verbergen/



17. Oktober 2012

Die NATO-Strategie in Afghanistan ist gescheitert

Heute wird der Film ''Auslandseinsatz'' von Till Endemann im öffentlich-rechtlichen Fernsehen ausgestrahlt, dazu erklärt Christine Buchholz, Mitglied im Geschäftsführenden Vorstand der Partei DIE LINKE:

Der Spielfilm erzählt die Geschichte einer Gruppe von Bundeswehrsoldaten in Afghanistan. Er öffnet die Black-Box des Isaf-Einsatzes und offenbart das Bild eines Krieges, der nicht zu gewinnen ist. Der Film stellt die Widersprüche innerhalb des Militärs dar. Die Soldaten glauben zu Beginn ihres Einsatzes daran, dass sie in Afghanistan sind, um den Menschen zu helfen. Doch sie erleben bald, dass die wahre Mission der Isaf Aufstandsbekämpfung heißt. Die Geschlossenheit der Bundeswehr bekommt Risse. Wenn die Lage in »Auslandseinsatz« nur halbwegs realistisch dargestellt ist, dann ist die Bundeswehr nur bedingt einsatzbereit. Und das ist auch gut so. Die NATO-Strategie ist gescheitert. Die sofortige Abzug aus diesem Krieg ist überfällig.

http://www.die-linke.de/nc/presse/presseerklaerungen/detail/artikel/die-nato-strategie-in-afghanistan-ist-gescheitert/



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