Jan 13

US senator: More trainers needed for Afghan troops 
    (AP)

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Dec 31

Afghan attacks kill 8 CIA employees, 5 Canadians 
    (Reuters)

Reuters – A suicide bomber penetrated a foreign army base in Afghanistan to kill eight U.S. CIA employees on Wednesday, one of the spy agency’s largest death tolls, and a separate attack killed four Canadian troops and a journalist. Read the rest of this entry »

Dec 30
8 Americans dead in Afghan attack (AP)
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8 Americans dead in Afghan attack 
    (AP)

AP – Eight Americans died Wednesday in a suicide bombing at a military base in eastern Afghanistan, U.S. officials said. Read the rest of this entry »

Dec 29

Afghan soldier kills U.S. service member at army base 
    (Reuters)

Reuters – An Afghan soldier killed a U.S. service member and wounded two Italian soldiers when he opened fire on foreign troops at an army base in western Afghanistan on Tuesday, a senior Afghan army officer said. Read the rest of this entry »

Dec 17

U.S. ramps up aerial spying for Afghan surge 
    (Reuters)

Reuters – The United States will deploying new “eyes in the sky” surveillance technology next year in Afghanistan to back President Barack Obama’s surge of 30,000 additional forces, a top Air Force official said on Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »

Dec 17

U.S. ramps up aerial spying for Afghan surge 
    (Reuters)

Reuters – The United States will deploying new “eyes in the sky” surveillance technology next year in Afghanistan to back President Barack Obama’s surge of 30,000 additional forces, a top Air Force official said on Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »

Dec 2

Military families brace for Obama's Afghan surge 
    (AP)
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Dec 1

Obama to send 30,000 troops in swift Afghan surge 
    (AFP)

AFP – President Barack Obama will Tuesday announce a swift six-month surge of 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, but sketch an “end game” to the war by saying an exit strategy will begin within three years. Read the rest of this entry »

Nov 30

Senator: Local forces key to Afghan war success 
    (AP)

AP – As President Barack Obama prepares to announce a new blueprint for the war in Afghanistan, the leading Senate Democrat on military matters says any plan to significantly expand U.S. troop levels must show how those reinforcements will help increase the number of Afghan security forces. Read the rest of this entry »

Nov 29

Senator says Afghan forces, not US, key to success 
    (AP)

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