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September 5, 2010.  "Special ops forces lack lift aircraft in theater".  by Sean Naylor, Army Times.

September 5, 2010.  "Why Afghanistan is at best a work in progress".  The Washington Post.

September 4, 2010.  "Abiding some Afghan graft".  The Washington Post.

September 2, 2010.  "Nervous Afghans pull money from Kabul Bank, raising fears".  The Washington Post.

September 2, 2010.  "Afghanistan: The Case for Optimism".  By Max Boot, Council on Foreign Relations.

September 2, 2010.  "More Casualties in Afghanistan to be Expected, Allied Strategy Will Work".  Voice of America.

September 2, 2010.  "Gates: U.S. won't be fighting this fight in Afghanistan indefinitely".  CNN World.

September 1, 2010.  "U.S. troop deaths in Afghan war up sharply".  The Washington Post.

August 31, 2010.  "The Folly of Holding Afghan Elections".  Council of Foreign Affairs.

August 30, 2010.  "In Afghanistan, Buying Friends Doesn't Buy Loyalty".  National Public Radio.

August 30, 2010.  "Petraeus Finishes Rules for Afghan Transition".  The New York Times.

August 29, 2010.  "A cup of tea bring the promise of good news in Afghanistan".  The Philadelphia Inquirer.

August 29, 2010.  "Top Karzai aide says U.S. must alter its strategy".  The Washington Post.

August 28, 2010.  "Afghanistan's dirty little secret".  St Augustine.

August 27, 2010.  "Afghan violence suggests insurgency spreading".  San Francisco Chronicle.

August 27, 2010.  "CIA making secret payments to members of Karzai administration".  The Washington Post.

August 24, 2010.  "Security concerns make Afghan elections dangerous for politicians, voters alike".  The Washington Post.

August 24, 2010.  "Afghan officials challenge U.S. on aid contract abuses". The Washington Post.

August 23, 2010.  "Trained Afghan Security Force More Than One Year Off".  Atlantic Council.

August 23, 2010.  "East Afghan Plan: Choke the Rat Lines, Secure the Roads".  Wired.com Danger Room.

August 23, 2010.  "Illiteracy, desertion slow Afghan training".  Army Times.

August 23, 2010.  "Taliban-hired snipers believed to have killed British soldiers killed by air strikes".  Mail Online.

August 23, 2010.  "Facing Afghan mistrust, al-Qaeda fighters take limited role in insurgency".  The Washington Post.

August 22, 2010.  "U.S. troop surge hitting the ground in former Canadian strongpoint".  Winnipeg Free Press.

August 22,  2010.  "Training Afghan Police Remains Biggest Challenge".  CBS Evening News.

August 22, 2010.  "Stolen U.S. dollars exit Afghan airport controlled by Karzai brother".  The Washington Post.

August 21, 2010.  "Frustration, pride in a year of danger".  The Seattle Times.

August 21, 2010.  "Taliban Intensify Attacks Against Afghan Police".  The New York Times.

August 20, 2010.  "Under pressure, Karzai agrees to back anti-graft efforts".  Miami Herald.

August 20, 2010.  "Taliban Attack Afghan Guards in Deadly Raid".  The New York Times.

August 19, 2010.  "Afghanistan's National Security Forces".  Council on Foreign Relations.

August 19, 2010.  "Safi Air's Unusual In-Flight Magazine".  ABC News.

August 19, 2010.  "Some special ops troops told to lose the beard".  Stars and Stripes.

August 19, 2010.  "Afghanistan's troubled national army - Fixing the unfixable".  The Economist.

August 18, 2010.  "Karzai Orders Private Security Out of Afghanistan".  NPR.

August 18, 2010.  "Making the case for success in Afghanistan".  The Washington Post.

August 18, 2010.  "Another emergency in Afghanistan, another Kerry visit".  The Washington Post.

August 18, 2010.  "A Plan B for Afghanistan".  The Huffington Post.

August 18, 2010.  "Foreign Policy: Cooperating With The Taliban".  NPR.

August 18, 2010.  "Drones Surge, Special Ops Strike in Petraeus Campaign Plan".  Wired.com Danger Room.

August 18, 2010.  "Documentary 'Restrepo' puts soldiers face on war in Afghanistan".  JS Online.

August 17, 2010.  "The Road to Charikar - Where we are in Afghanistan".  The Counterinsurgency Journal.

August 16, 2010.  "Gen. David Petraeus says Afghanistan war strategy fundamentally sound".  The Washington Post.

August 16, 2010.  "Analysis: Petraeus media blitz seeks to calm fears".  Google Hosted AP News.

August 15, 2010.  "Biometrics: Giving Afghans an identity".  CJTF-101.

August 15, 2010.  "Petraeus explains Afghan security plan". CNN.com.

August 15, 2010.  "Fed up with Afghanistan".  Detroit Free Press.

August 15, 2010.  "A new Taliban stronghold".  The Washington Post.

August 14, 2010.  "Cavalry in charge of diggers".  The Sydney Morning Herald.

August 14, 2010. "Afghans blame civilian deaths on U.S. despite spike from insurgent violence".  The Washington Post.

August 13, 2010.  "Afghan army offensive goes disastrously wrong".  BBC News South Asia.

August 13, 2010.  "The vicious calculus of insurgency". The Guardian.

August 13, 2010.  "The Hearts and Minds Guys".  Foreign Policy.

August 13, 2010.  "Why Germany Is a Nation in Conflict".  Time Magazine.

August 12, 2010.  "Afghanistan Challenging for Humanitarian Workers".  NPR.

August 12, 2010.  "U.S. Military Seeks Slower Pace to Wrap Up Afghan Role".  The New York Times.

August 12, 2010.  "New intelligence on Iran antiaircraft missiles in Afghanistan".  Spy Talk, The Washington Post.

August 11, 2010.  "Opinion: Federal system only option for Taliban, U.S.".  CNN World Afghanistan Crossroads.

August 11, 2010.  "Afghanistan civilian deaths up 31% this year, says United Nations".  The Guardian.

August 11, 2010.  "Killing of aid workers will hurt Afghans".  The Washington Times.

August 11, 2010.  "The problem of population protection".  Foreign Policy Magazine.

August 11, 2010.  "U.S. Military Seeks Slower Pace to Wrap Up Afghan Role".  The New York Times.

August 10, 2010.  "Afghan civilian toll points to Isaf mission dilemma".  BBC News.

August 9, 2010.  "Taliban Return to Northern Afghanistan".  NPR.

August 8, 2010.  "Our mate, the bloody warlord".  Brisbane Times.

August 8, 2010.  "U.S. Aid Workers Were Killed Execution-Style".  CBS News.

August 8, 2010.  "U.S. Special Forces train Afghans in own image, success could lead to troop withdrawals in region".  New York Daily News.

August 6, 2010.  "Pentagon to Troops: Taliban Can Read WikiLeaks, You Can't".  Wired.com Danger Room.

August 6, 2010.  "U.S. worried by Hamid Karzai's attempt to assert control over corruption probes".  The Washington Post.

August 5, 2010.  "Karzai calls for probe of U.S.-backed anti-corruption task force".  The Washington Post.

August 5, 2010.  "Petraeus reloads rules of engagement".  USA Today.

August 5, 2010.  "IEDs kill more civilian Afghans in 2010".  USA Today.

August 4, 2010.  "Gotcha! Biometrics help sort good from bad".  The Gazette.

August 4, 2010.  "ANA Special Forces graduates vow, 'We will defend Afghanistan'".  ISAF News Release.

August 4, 2010.  "How the U.S. reshaped an Afghan prison's image".  USA Today.

August 4, 2010.  "Troops strive to hold the line in Pech valley".  Stars and Stripes.

August 4, 2010.  "Afghan woman whose nose, ears cut off travels to U.S.".  CNN.com.

August 2, 2010.  "Netherlands becomes first NATO country to end its combat mission in Afghanistan".  The Washington Post.

August 2, 2010.  "Taliban Seeks Vengeance in Wake of WikiLeaks".  Newsweek.

August 2, 2010.  "British troops make good progress as 'Black Prince' enters day three".  Scotsman.com.

August 2, 2010.  "British Forces Launch Helmand Province Operation".  DoD.

August 1, 2010.  "With Pakistan, being consistent is key".  The Los Angeles Times.

August 1, 2010.  "Afghan war using lessons from Iraq".  The Tennessean.

August 1, 2010.  "Limit U.S. mission in Afghanistan to fighting al-Qaida".  Inside Bay Area.

August 1, 2010.  "British troops continue Afghanistan push".  Telegraph UK.

July 31, 2010.  "Amid backdrop of uncertainty, crucial battle begins in southern Afghanistan".  Kansas City Star.

July 31, 2010.  "US casualties in Afghanistan reach record high".  The Boston Globe.

July 31, 2010.  "Afghanistan: Beating the Taliban one step at a time".  Telegraph UK.

July 31, 2010.  "Photo of disfigured Afghan woman outrages America".  The Independent.

July 31, 2010.  "Under the cover of darkness, Nato troops draw Taliban into their trap".  The Independent.

July 30, 2010.  "Afghan war spending faces new scrutiny".  The Washington Post.

July 30, 2010.  "Wikileaks Afghanistan: Taliban hunting down informants".  Telegraph UK.

July 29, 2010.  "The CIA Solution for Afghanistan".  Jack Devine, The Wall Street Journal.

July 29, 2010.  "Failing to learn the lessons of Afghan history".  The Guardian.

July 29, 2010.  "Afghan Women and the Return of the Taliban".  Time.com.

July 29, 2010.  "Huge jump in IED attacks in Afghanistan".  Homeland Security Newswire.

July 29, 2010.  "For General Petraeus, battling corruption in Afghanistan is a priority".  The Washington Post.

July 29, 2010.  "Karzai calls WikiLeaks disclosures 'shocking' and dangerous to Afghan informants".  The Washington Post.

July 28, 2010.  "Little choice but to depend on Pakistan's help in Afghanistan".  The Washington Post.

July 28, 2010.  "Afghan army struggles with ethnic divisions".  Hosted News by Google.

July 28, 2010.  "In Afghanistan, No Shortage of Suicide Bombers".  NPR.

July 26, 2010.  "Taliban Pays Its Troops Better Than Karzai Pays His".  Wired Danger Room.

July 25, 2010.  "Strategic Plans Spawned Bitter End for a Lonely Outpost".  Story on COP Keating.  The New York Times.

July 25, 2010.  "Task Force 373 - special forces hunting top Taliban".  The Guardian.

July 23, 2010.  "Blackburn: Afghanistan broke itself: We owe the country nothing special".  The Palm Beach Post.

July 23, 2010.  "A PR surge on the Afghan front".  The Washington Post.

July 22, 2010.  "Petraeus Sharpens Afghan Strategy".  The Wall Street Journal.

July 22, 2010.  "Policeman, Soldier, Anti-Taliban Fighter: A Small Success Story".  Politics Daily - Afghanistan Journal.

July 21, 2010.  "Afghanistan war: Are Afghan forces loyal enough to take control by 2014?"  The Christian Science Monitor.

July 21, 2010.  "Republicans Are Turning Against the Afghanistan War".  US News.

July 21, 2010.  "Afghan Deadline Is Cutting Two Ways".  New York Times.

July 20, 2010.  "Challenges ahead for Afghan security forces".  BBC News.

July 18, 2010. "First Afghan National Army Special Forces Graduation".  NTM-A CSTC-A.

July 18, 2010.  "We're Not Winning.  It's Not Worth It".  Newsweek.

July 16, 2010.  "In targeting Taliban stronghold, U.S. depends on Afghan's reluctant support".  The Washington Post.

July 15, 2010.  "Can the Allies Trust Afghan Soldiers to Watch Their Back?"  Time.com.

July 15, 2010.  "Lattes and Hot Showers in Afghanistan".  New York Times blog.

July 14, 2010.  "David Kilcullen".  Interview with Tavis Smiley, NPR.

July 14, 2010.  "Petraeus' First Big Afghanistan Gamble: Militias Local Cops".  Wired Danger Room.

July 13, 2010.  "Afghan army key to Nato withdrawal".  BBC.

July 13, 2010.  "Viewpoint: Time for US to join talks with the Taliban".  BBC.

July 10, 2010.  "Gen. Petraeus runs into resistance from Karzai over village defense forces".  The Washington Post.

July 9, 2010.  "War of Words in Afghanistan".  CBS News.

July 9, 2010.  "Developing the Ministry of Interior: Path to Success".  NTM-A.

July 9, 2010.  "Frustration Over War Rules of Engagement Grows".  CBS News.

July 9, 2010.  "Developing Afghan Goals for Afghan National Police".  NTM-A.

July 8, 2010.  "Afghan turnaroud".  Ralph Peters, New York Post.

July 6, 2010.  "East Afghanistan Sees Taliban as 'Morally Superior' to Karzai".  Wired.com Danger Room.

July 2, 2010.  "Casablanca Rick's Bar of Kabul serves up its last drink".  The Washington Post.

July 1, 2010.  "The Afghans' War, not the Afghan War".  Atlantic Council.

June 30, 2010.  "NATO retools in a key mission: Building an Afghan police force".  The Washington Post.

June 30, 2010.  "Can we win in Afghanistan?"  USA Today.

June 30, 2010.  "9 Reasons U.S. is Losing in Afghanistan".  Atlantic Council.

June 29, 2010.  "U.S. and Afghan forces launch major assault in eastern province of Konar".  The Washington Post.

June 29, 2010.  "Afghan Troops Less Capable Than Evaluations Showed, Audit Finds".  Bloomberg Businessweek.

June 29, 2010.  "U.S. strategy in Afghanistan may involve greater use of special operations forces".  Los Angeles Times.

June 29, 2010.  "Petraeus Vows Review of Army Engagement Rules".  CBS News.

June 28, 2010.  "A Winnable War".  American Enterprise Institute (AEI).

June 27, 2010.  "America's General, Afghanistan's Friend".  The New York Times.

June 27, 2010.  "U.S. officials say Karzai aides are derailing corruption cases involving elite".  The Washington Post.

June 27, 2010.  "Hamid Karzai given timetable by G8 to tackle corruption in Afghanistan".  The Guardian Observer.

June 26, 2010.  "Reasons to be hopeful about U.S. strategy in Afghanistan".  The Washington Post.

June 26, 2010.  "Gen. McChrystal allies, Rolling Stone disagree over article's ground rules".  The Washington Post.

June 25, 2010.  "What Afghanistan lawmakers want General Petraeus to do".  The Christian Science Monitor.

June 25, 2010.  "Gates: U.S. not 'bogged down' in Afghanistan".  USA Today.

June 25, 2010.  "Afghanistan: The 7/11 problem".  The Washington Post.

June 25, 2010.  "Soldiers Decry Military's Use of Force Rules".  CBS News.

June 24, 2010.  "Afghanistan war: Top three challenges facing General Petraeus".  The Christian Science Monitor.

June 24, 2010.  "General McChrystal and The Culture of Exposure".  The New York Times.

June 24, 2010.  "The McChrystal debacle".  Union Leader.

June 24, 2010.  "Pakistan Is Said to Pursue Foothold in Afghanistan".  The New York Times.

June 23, 2010.  "Officials testify to Congress on convoys in Afghanistan".  U.S. Army News Release.

June 22, 2010.  "U.S. indirectly paying Afghan warlords as part of security contract".  The Washington Post.

June 22, 2010.  "General McChrystal: Rolling Stone story a sign of frustration?"  The Christian Science Monitor.

June 21, 2010.  "U.S. eager to replicate Afghan villager's successful revolt against Taliban".  The Washington Post.

June 21, 2010.  "US military focuses on development, but does it take the right approach?"  The Christian Science Monitor.

June 21, 2010.  "US military supply contracts fund corruption, the Taliban, according to report".  The Boston Globe.

June 20, 2010.  "An NCO recognizes a flawed Afghanistan strategy".  The Washington Post.

June 19, 2010.  "U.S. Military criticized for purchase of Russian copters for Afghan air corps".  The Washington Post.

June 18, 2010.  "Down and Dirty in Afghanistan".  The American Spectator.

June 18, 2010.  "By War or Peace, No Easy Exit from Afghanistan".  The New York Times.

June 17, 2010.  "In Afghanistan, a waiting game to outlast the Obama administration".  The Washington Post.

June 17, 2010.  "The Afghan roller coaster".  The Washington Post.

June 16, 2010.  "In an Afghan Valley of Death, Good News - for Now".  Time.

June 15, 2010.  "Intimidation and Taliban".  Global Security.

June 15, 2010.  "The Real-Live Hurt Locker: Battling IEDs in Afghanistan".  Time.com.

June 14, 2010.  "Will Afghanistan's Military Ever Be Fit to Fight?"  Time Magazine.

June 13, 2010.  "U.S. Intelligence Puts New Focus on Afghan Graft".  The New York Times.

June 13, 2010.  "New U.S. Intel Push Risks Taliban Propaganda Bonanza"  Wired Danger Room.

June 12, 2010.  "Life under the Taliban".  Telegraph UK.

June 12, 2010.  "Restrepo: Filming Afghanistan's Deadliest Valley".  Huffington Post.

June 11, 2010.  "Afghanistan:  All in the mind".  Guardian UK.

June 10, 2010.  "Why some Afghanistan opium farmers turn from poppies to saffron".  The Christian Science Monitor.

June 10, 2010.  "New plan to woo Afghan Taliban could harm villages".  The Christian Science Monitor.

June 9, 2010.  "The Lone Guerrilla Paradox and the Failure of COIN Doctrine in Afghanistan".  Defense Tech.

June 9, 2010.  "Special Forces Training Afghan Villagers".  Military.com.

June 9, 2010.  "Taliban Aim at Officials in a Wave of Killings".  The New York Times.

June 6, 2010.  "Affluent Afghans make their homes in opulent 'poppy palaces'".  The Washington Post.

June 5, 2010.  "With U.S. Aid, Warlord builds an Afghan Empire".  The New York Times.

June 5, 2010.  "Anatomy of secret life: CIA officer's Afghan death".  Google.com.

June 3, 2010.  "Fighting on Afghans' behalf".  The Economist.

June 2, 2010.  "South Carolina Guard secures PRT operations".  National Guard News.

June 1, 2010.  "American general to take command of British troops in Helmand province".  Times Online.

June 1, 2010. "Afghan and U.S. Forces Begin Effort to Reclaim Remote Area From Taliban".  The New York Times.

June 1, 2010.  "Interpreting Afghanistan".  Boston.com.

June 1, 2010.  "Michael Yon's War".  The Atlantic.

May 28, 2010.  "Afghan Forces Battle Militants Near Eastern Border".  The New York Times.

May 27, 2010.  "DoD announces units for upcoming Afghanistan rotation".  National Guard News.

May 27, 2010.  "Afghanistan: America's longest war".  USA Today.

May 27, 2010.  "Hold ground, then push forward, Canadian commander declares".  Vancouver Sun.

May 26, 2010.  "Commander Cites Progress and Frustration in Afghanistan".  New York Times Blog.

May 26, 2010.  "US, NATO Gear UP for Major Offensive in Kandahar".  Voice of American.

May 26, 2010.  "A flawed strategy and a failed war in Afghanistan".  The Washington Post.

May 25, 2010.  "Gen. McCrystal impatient with Marjah campaign".  The Christian Science Monitor.

May 25, 2010.  "M4 Vs. AK-47: Is U.S. Army Outgunned in Afghanistan?"  Fox News.

May 21, 2010.  "British Forces in Afghanistan To Come Under US Command".  RTT News.

May 21, 2010.  "US rifles not suited to warfare in Afghan hills".  The News Tribune.

May 21, 2010.  "Bloody alphabet soup".  UPI.com.

May 19, 2010.  "No easy task: Making the Afghan Special Forces".  Army Times.

May 17, 2010.  "Combat Generation: Trying to work with an Afghan insurgent".  The Washington Post.

May 16, 2010.  "War of persuasion: The modern U.S. officer emerges in Afghanistan".  The Washington Post.

May 16, 2010.  "Spring in Afghanistan Brings New Offensive".  NPR.org.

May 16, 2010.  "Can the U.S. Learn to Live with Karzai?"  Time.com.

May 12, 2010.  "Five Fronts in the War in Afghanistan".  The New York Times.

May 6, 2010.  "In Afghanistan, the clock is ticking".  George Will, The Washington Post.

May 4, 2010.  "U.S. military growing concerned with Obama's Afghan policy".  The Examiner.

May 2, 2010.  "One small victory in Afghanistan".  Portland Press Herald.

April 27, 2010.  "U.S. training Afghan villagers to fight the Taliban".  The Washington Post.

April 27, 2010.  "Afghan crunch time: Obama must decide whether to talk to the Taliban".  By Ahmed Rashid, The Washington Post.

April 26, 2010.  "Agriculture, Food, and Poverty in Afghanistan".  Center for Strategic and International Studies.

April 22, 2010.  "Building Up Afghan Capacity Seen as Key Challenge".  The New York Times.

April 22, 2010.  "Cash for Work program employs local Afghan villagers".  CJTF -82.

April 20, 2010.  "Afghanistan's 'Make or Break' Time."  NPR.

April 19, 2010.  "Flying in the shadow of the 'Valley of Death': Delaware Guard assists in Korengal Valley".  National Guard News.

April 14, 2010.  "More of Pentagon's secret hunt units sent to Afghanistan".  Los Angeles Times.

April 14, 2010.  "US forces leave Afghanistan's Korengal Valley".  AP.

April 12, 2010.  "Afghanistan and Obama".  Center for Strategic and International Studies.

April 12, 2010.  "In Afghanistan war, government corruption bigger threat than Taliban".  The Christian Science Monitor.

April 9, 2010.  "This Week at War: Learning to Love Crazy Karzai".  Foreign Policy Magazine.

April 9, 2010.  "Shaping the War in Afghanistan".  Center for Strategic and International Studies.

April 5, 2010.  "Britain's Culture Unit Deploys to Afghanistan".  Danger Room.

April 5, 2010.  "Marines Tap Social Sciences In Afghan War Effort".  NPR.

April 4, 2010.  "Karzai rallies tribes, distances self from West".  Reuters.com.

April 3, 2010.  "India's eager courtship of Afghanistan comes at a steep price".  The Washington Post.

April 3, 2010.  "US effort in Afghanistan focuses on cellphone use".  Boston.com.

April 2, 2010.  "Afghan militant Hekmatyar packs a surprise".  Stars and Stripes.

April 2, 2010.  "The Weakness of Taliban Marksmanship".  The New York Times.

April 1, 2010.  "New Afghan strategy blurs line between friend and enemy".  Stars and Stripes.

April 1, 2010.  "Corruption Threatens U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan, Galbraith Says".  ABC News.

March 31, 2010.  "U.S. looking for leaders in Afghan Army".  March 31, 2010.

March 31, 2010.  "America and the Afghan government".  The Economist.

March 30, 2010.  "Afghanistan's future is Now Zad".  The Union Leader.

March 29, 2010.  "Afghan corruption: How to follow the money".  The Washington Post.

March 28, 2010.  "Strykers fight enemies abroad, skeptics at home".  The News Tribune.

March 27, 2010.  "Local v. National Control".  Registan.net.

March 26, 2010.  "U.S. Revamps Afghan Troop Deployments".  Wall Street Journal.

March 26, 2010.  "Gameplanning a Solution in Medias Res".  Registan.net.

March 26, 2010.  "Tighter Rules Fail to Stem Afghan Deaths at Checkpoints".  New York Times.

March 25, 2010.  "Gates guarded in assessment of Afghan surge".  Navy Times.

March 25, 2010.  "Afghan police force is a work in progress".  USA Today.

March 25, 2010.  "Pentagon wants $33 billion more for war in Afghanistan".  The Christian Science Monitor.

March 24, 2010.  "NATO needs retooling: Canadian study".  Montreal Gazette.

March 22, 2010.  "It's a new year in Afghanistan".  Afghanistan Crossroads CNN.

March 22, 2010.  "Ex-spies still agitated over CIA's Afghan losses".  The Washington Post.

March 22, 2010.  "In Afghan Bomb Blasts, New Evidence of Iran's Influence".  Politics Daily.

March 22, 2010.  "Kandahar residents wary of coming offensive".  Afghanistan Crossroads - CNN Blog.

March 21, 2010.  "Battlespace Control and Special Operations Forces in Afghanistan".  Captains Journal.

March 21, 2010.  "Policing Afghanistan: How Afghan Police Training Became a Train Wreck".  Global Policy Forum.

March 20, 2010.  "US isolated as Afghanistan players plot moves".  The Sidney Morning Herald.

March 20, 2010.  "It was like Zulu".  Telegraph.co.uk.

March 20, 2010.  "IED Attacks in Afghanistan Even More Lethal Than Before".  US Navy Seals Blog.

March 19, 2010.  "Is the Afghan Army in Danger of Growing Too Strong?"  Slate.com.

March 19, 2010.  "As Taliban makes comeback in Kunduz province, war spreads to northern Afghanistan".  The Washington Post.

March 19, 2010.  "Could Helmand be the Dubai of Afghanistan?"  Foreign Policy Magazine.

March 19, 2010.  "Afghan spring no ally for U.S.".  USA Today.

March 18, 2010.  "Afghan army dropout rate poses 'challenge' to Canada's exit strategy".  Google.

March 18, 2010.  "A new command structure in Afghanistan".  Foreign Policy Magazine.

March 18, 2010.  "Afghanistan war: lessons from the Soviet war".  The Christian Science Monitor.

March 18, 2010.  "Who Are The New Zealand Special Forces?"  USNavySeals.com.

March 17, 2010.  "U.S. to end 96-hour rule for Afghan detainees".  CNN World.

March 17, 2010.  "General Petraeus Says Training of Afghan Security Forces is Being Overhauled".  VOA News.

March 17, 2010.  "U.S. troops leave border to Afghan boss accused of graft".  Reuters.

March 15, 2010.  "Gen. McChrystal reins in, controls Special Operations forces".  Cleveland.com.

March 15, 2010.  "To win the war in Afghanistan, the US military has to beat the Taliban at the propaganda game".  The Christian Science Monitor.

March 15, 2010.  "Afghanistan war: How Taliban tactics are evolving".  The Christian Science Monitor.

March 15, 2010.  "Tale of Two Taliban Reveals U.S. Dilemma".  Time.com.

March 15, 2010.  "Off-the-Books 'Jason Bournes' in Afghanistan".  Danger Room.

March 14, 2010.  "Winning the war, 'one tribe at a time'".  Fredericksburg.com.

March 14, 2010.  "Contractors Tied to Effort to Track and Kill Militants".  The New York Times.

March 14, 2010. "Af Afghan outpost, Marines gone rogue or leading the fight against counterinsurgency?"  The Washington Post.

March 13, 2010.  "Future unclear for widely-praised Afghan militias".  Stars & Stripes.

March 13, 2010.  "Khalil Nouri: Afghanistan: Revision to Major Jim Gant's Doctrine: 'One Tribe at a Time'".  Veterans Today.

March 13, 2010.  "Wardak governor talks of future, security, governance, development".  CJTF-82.

March 12, 2010.  "A Man's War in Afghanistan".  The New Yorker.

March 12, 2010.  "Afghanistan Where Things Stand".  Center for Strategic and International Studies.

March 12, 2010.  "Man Versus Afghanistan".  The Atlantic.

March 12, 2010.  "The Afghan National Police: Restoring Confidence".  NATO Training Mission Blog.

March 12, 2010.  "Miliband's Afghanistan Plan".  The Tech - MIT.

March 12, 2010.  "White House Weighs Talks With Taliban After Afghan Successes".  The New York Times.

March 12, 2010.  "Playing By The Traditional Rules".  Strategy Page.

March 12, 2010.  "US Re-Defines Its Rules for War".  VOA News.

March 12, 2010.  "Building Afghanistan's Financial System".  VOA News.

March 11, 2010.  "Some U.S. officials see a growing Taliban-Al Qaeda rift".  Los Angeles Times.

March 10, 2010.  "New rules of engagement don't pit civilians vs. soldiers".  The Christian Science Monitor.

March 10, 2010.  "Army seeks answers for Afghan civilian deaths".  Army Times.

March 10, 2010.  "An Insider's Perspective on Afghanistan".  Center for Strategic and International Studies.

March 8, 2010.  "US keeps secret anti-Taliban militia on a bright leash".  Article in the Guardian about the Local Defense Initiative militias.

March 6, 2010.  "Fight against Afghan corruption".  NTM-A Blog.

March 5, 2010.  "Encouraging Signs in Afghanistan".  The Wall Street Journal.

March 5, 2010.  "Can Afghanistan economy thrive without poppy?"  The Christian Science Monitor.

March 4, 2010.  "Mullen: Give 'Soft Power' a Chance".  Wired.com.

March 4, 2010.  "NATO general cites need for more trainers".  Stars & Stripes.

March 3, 2010.  "U.S. Redraws Afghan Command".  The Wall Street Journal.

March 1, 2010.  "Digging in for the long haul in Afghanistan".  Nieman Watchdog.

March 1, 2010.  "NATO set for new surge into Taliban heartland".  The Australian.

March 1, 2010.  "Shape, Clear, Hold, and Build: The Full Metrics of the Afghan War".  Center for Strategic and International Studies.

February 28, 2010.  "Eccentric lodge pays tribute to history".  San Francisco Chronicle.

February 28, 2010. "Commandos train to take down insurgents".  Article on the 2nd Commando Kandak by CJTF 101 Media Center.

February 25, 2010.  "Afghan army improving, not ready to go it alone".  The Washington Post.

February 25, 2010.  "Allied armies in Afghanistan have forgotten lessons".  The Salt Lake Tribune.

February 23, 2010.  "NATO to Add to Police and Army Trainers in Afghanistan".  Voice of America.

February 20, 2010.  "US strategy in Afghanistan deserves more than lip service".  The Australian.

February 19, 2010. "CIA's Influence Wanes in Afghanistan War, Say Intelligence Officials".  ABC News.

February 19, 2010.  "Drones Are Playing a Growing Role in Afghanistan".  The New York Times.

February 19, 2010.  "General Sees Positives in Afghan Army Training".  DoD Press Release.

February 19, 2010.  "Rules of Engagement Under the Microscope".  Live Shots.

February 19, 2010.  "Pakistani Taliban Display Effectiveness of Intelligence Network . . . . " The Jamestown Foundation.

February 16, 2010.  "The Tide May Be Turning In Afghanistan".  Brookings Institute.

February 12, 2010.  "In the Cold of Morning, Descending Into Conflict".  The New York Times.

February 8, 2010.  "Bad Roads and IEDs Bedevil Afghan Strykers".  Aviation Week.

February 7, 2010.  "RAF relying on drones in Afghanistan".  Guardian.

February 4, 2010.  "NATO Falls Far Short of Helping Afghans".  The New York Times.

February 4, 2010.  "Even Where Pakistani Law Exits, Taliban Find a Porus Border".  The New York Times.

February 3, 2010.  "Revenge on the Taliban, from 10,000 feet".  The Washington Post.

February 3, 2010.  "An analysis of giving power to the tribes to achieve victory".  Counterinsurgency Center Blog.

February 2, 2010.  "U.S. Steps Up Missions Targeting Taliban Leaders".  The Wall Street Journal.

February 2, 2010.  "How to end the war in Afghanistan".  BBC News.

February 2, 2010.  "With Raw Recruits, Afghan Police Buildup Falters".  The New York Times.

February 1, 2010.  "Afghan Official Dismisses Taliban Denial of Talks".  The New York Times.

February 1, 2010.  "Landmines in Afghanistan: A Decades Old Danger".  Defense Industry Daily.

January 31, 2010.  "Ambassador Eikenberry Should be Fired For Not Supporting Military Effort in Afghanistan".  SecurityInfoNet Blog.

Janaury 31, 2010.  "Armed and Ready to Rumble".  Strategy Page.

January 30, 2010.  "Pentagon Shifts Its Strategy to Small-Scale Warfare".  The Wall Street Journal.

January 29, 2010.  "An Afghan Strategy Progressives Could Love".  The Moderate Voice.

January 29, 2010.  "Taliban's leadership council runs Afghan war from Pakistan".  The Guardian.

January 22, 2010.  "Afghan 'Community Initiative' Reigned In?".  The Washington Independent.

January 22, 2010.  "U.S. Delays Setting Up More Anti-Taliban Militias".  The New York Times.

January 24, 2010.  "Afghan president Hamid Karzai urges West to buy off the Taliban".  The Sunday Times.

January 21, 2010.  "Kabul Promotes Its Side of Taliban Attack".  The Wall Street Journal.

January 20, 2010.  "ISAF Chief Calls for New German Strategy".  Spiegel Online International.

January 17, 2010.  "Jim Gant, the Green Beret who could win the war in Afghanistan".  The Washington Post.

January 14, 2010.  "Top Indiana Guardsmen Selected for Sensitive Afghanistan Mission".  DVIDS.

January 12, 2010.  "How US is tackling opium trade in Afghanistan poppy heartland".  The Christian Science Monitor.

January 12, 2010.  "Can Intelligence Be Intelligent?"  The Wall Street Journal.

January 11, 2010.  "Making Sense Of The New CIA Battlefield".  CBS News.

January 10, 2010.  "Military Is Deluged in Intelligence From Drones".  The New York Times.

January 9, 2010.  "Afghans Losing Hope After 8 Years of War".  The New York Times.

January 8, 2010.  "Exploiting Afghan Tribal Militias for an Optimal Counterinsurgency Campaign".  Veterans Today.

January 5, 2010.  "Top intel officer slams work of U.S. spies in Afghanistan".  CNN Politics.

 


 

 

Blogs and Videos of Afghan War

August 30, 2009.  "Vital road to link eastern Afghanistan to Kabul".  YouTube.

[My] State Failure Blog.  International Relations and Afghanistan.

NATO Training Mission Afghanistan.  Blog.

Registan.net.  Central Asia News.

USA and USMC Counterinsurgency Center Blog.  Combined Arms Center.

The Canada-Afghanistan Blog.  By the Canada-Afghanistan Solidarity Committee, University of British Columbia.

Zen and the Art of Peacekeeping.  A Kiwa human rights advocate with time in Afghanistan.  "Lessons in life, love and letting go from the mountains of Afghanistan".


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Related Pages on this Website

Afghanistan Country Profile

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Maps of Afghanistan

Afghanistan War Blogs

The Battle of Marjah

The Fight for Kandahar

Soviet Union in Afghanistan

Local Defense and Village Security Programs

Afghan War News
www.afghanwarnews.info

 


News about Contract Security and Military Support Firms

Listing of Contract
Security Firms

News about SOF

Blogs About the
Afghanistan War

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Books on Counterinsurgency
by Amazon.com

 

 


News Resources About the War in Afghanistan

World Defense Review.  Afghanistan.

 

The AFPAK Channel.
News of the Afghanistan War by Foreign Policy and the New American Foundation.

 

The AfPak War
The Washington Post

 

America at War: Afghanistan
The Washington Post

Obama's War:
Mission in Afghanistan

by The Washington Post

International Security
Assistance Force (ISAF)

ISAF Press Releases

Afghanistan News
by Yahoo News.

Afghanistan War
by Financial Times

Afghanistan
The Christian Science Monitor


Afghanistan News Coverage
US Government Sources

American Forces Information
Service News

CJTF-82 Press Releases

US Forces Afghanistan
Press Releases

United States Department of Defense News

Office of Defense (OSD)
Early Bird News

US Air Forces News


 

Greg Mortenson's Blog
Author of Three Cups of Tea
and Stones into Schools

 

US Government Reports on the War in Afghanistan

Report on Progress toward Security and Stability in Afghanistan
DoD Report
October 2009 ().

Report on the Assessment
of U.S. and Coalition Plans
to Train, Equip, and
Field the Afghan National Security Forces
SPO-2009-007
by US DoD IG
30 Sep 09

Assessment of Afghan War by Gen McChrystal
30 Aug 09

ISAF Tactical Directive
6 July 2009 ()

US Plan for Sustaining the Afghan National Security Forces
DoD Report
April 2009 ()

 

Afghanistan Project
Center for a New
American Security

 


Blogs About War
in Afghanistan

Afghanistan News
EUCOM Blog

Helmand Blog - Afghanistan
UK Forces Media

Frontline Bloggers - Afghanistan
UK Forces Media

 


Social Websites
 on Afghanistan

US Forces Afghanistan
on Twitter

US Forces Afghanistan
on Facebook

US Forces Afghanistan
on You Tube

ISAF Facebook

 


Photos about Afghanistan

Afghanistan Photos - 2007
by Michael Fumento

 

The Turquoise Mountain Foundation

The Afghan Child Project

 

U.S. Government Counterinsurgency Guide
U.S. Dept of State

 

Maps of Afghanistan

ISAF Interactive Map of Afghanistan

 

ISAF News Releases
Archives from 2003 to 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NATO Training Mission - Afghanistan Website

 

 

 

 

The author James F. Christ has wrote two books about Embedded Training Teams (ETTs) that were engaged in battle in Afghanistan.  The first is "The Boneyard" (above) and the second is "Morghab Canyon" (below).  He plans to write a series of ten books on the Afghan ETTs.

 

 

"One Tribe at a Time"
A Strategy for
Success in Afghanistan

Task Force Dagger Foundation
"Serving Those Who Served Us"

News Articles about the Battle for Marja, Afghanistan

Gandamack Lodge
Kabul, Afghanistan
"Where everyone but Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines Can Stop By for a Drink"

"Lost in Translation"
A video demonstrating the importance of an interpreter who is trained.

Safi Airways
Airline of Afghanistan

 

 

 

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