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U.S. Military Role In Afghanistan May Soon Shift From Combat To Training

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 01.02.2012

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WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is considering an early shift in the U.S. military role in Afghanistan from primarily combat to mainly adv...

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Troops Ramp Up Fight Against Most Dangerous Threat To Forces In Afghanistan

AP | AMIR SHAH | Posted 12.18.2011

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KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan and NATO forces have stepped up their fight against a militant network considered the most dangerous threat facing c...

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More Afghan Soldiers Deserting The Army, NATO Statistics Show

The Washington Post | Posted 11.03.2011

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KABUL — At least one in seven Afghan soldiers walked off the job during the first six months of this year, according to statistics compiled by NATO ...

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Al Qaeda Woes Fuel Talk Of Reducing Troops In Afghanistan

nytimes.com | MARK LANDLER and HELENE COOPER | Posted 08.18.2011

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WASHINGTON -- As the Obama administration nears a crucial decision on how rapidly to withdraw combat forces from Afghanistan, high-ranking officials s...

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David Wood

After $30 Billion U.S. Investment, Afghan Troops Not Ready To Take Over

HuffingtonPost.com | David Wood | Posted 08.06.2011

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. and allied military trainers are making "significant'' progress on the Obama administration's "exit strategy" from Afghanistan, a s...

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Sam Stein

Lindsey Graham: Permanent U.S. Presence In Afghanistan Would Be 'Enormously Beneficial'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW HAVEN -- There was, with really no notable exception, an absence of discussion of the Afghanistan war during the course of the 2010 campaign. But ...

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Who Will Pay for the Afghan Military? The Question Congress Must Answer Now

Tommy Sowers | Posted 05.25.2011

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While U.S. doctrine states that the future Afghan military will be too few to secure Afghanistan, logistics portend that the future Afghan military will be too many for Afghanistan to maintain.

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US Troops Carrying Out 'Battlefield Executions' In Afghanistan, Seymour Hersh Says (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Investigative journalist Seymour Hersh says that US forces in Afghanistan are carrying out what he referred to as "battlefield executions" of prisoner...

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Trust Between American, Afghan Forces Difficult To Come By

Politics Daily | David Wood | Posted 05.25.2011

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Army Staff Sgt. Ronald J. Spino, a combat medic, was helping unload supplies at a remote base in Afghanistan last week when a dispute broke out betwee...

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Loot For Troops: More Pay Means More Afghan Enlistment

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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A recent pay increase for Afghan troops and police appears to have resulted in a surge of applicants, said the top U.S. military official for Afghan s...

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Afghanistan: 2 Coalition Service Members Missing

AP | AMIR SHAH | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL — Two American soldiers disappeared in western Afghanistan after a routine resupply mission, and more than 25 NATO and Afghan security for...

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Troops Kill At Least 34 Afghan Militants: US

AP | HEIDI VOGT | Posted 05.25.2011

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KABUL — Afghanistan's top Muslim clerics urged President Hamid Karzai on Friday to push ahead with a proposal for talks with the Taliban that wo...

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