U.S. Marines salute during the ceremony to transfer authority between Regimental Combat Team 6 and Regimental Combat Team 7 on Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, Oct. 25, 2012. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ed Galo
Afghanistan: Towards A Better Land -- The Economist
Much has gone wrong in Afghanistan. But the progress that has been made should not be thrown away
PUT aside, for a moment, the vast costs of the long war in Afghanistan against the Taliban—in terms of the hundreds of billions of dollars spent and the lives lost since the American invasion in 2001. Put aside, too, the overblown and at times dishonest Western claims in the past about the kind of Afghanistan that would emerge. The question today is what prospects Afghanistan faces and how to realise the best outcome there.
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ISAF Joint Command daily operational update, Oct. 29 -- ISAF
Houston soldier dies in small arms fire attack in Afghanistan -- Houston Chronicle
Afghan raid kills 4 Taliban, 3 civilian bystanders -- AP
New Afghan war phase, with no decisive end seen -- AP
A Flurry Of Contradicting 'Facts' Convolutes Reality In Afghanistan -- NPR
4 Army Rangers honored for valor -- Stars and Stripes
When Afghans Look to Border With Pakistan, They Don’t See a Fixed Line -- New York Times
Events held to support marines facing murder charge -- BBC
Pentagon starts criminal probe of contractor -- Navy Times/USA Today
At Afghanistan university, disputed name turns into fighting word -- L.A. Times
British Ministers: Women's Rights Key to Stable Afghanistan -- Voice of America
Psy-ops: Tuning the Afghans into radio -- BBC
Afghanistan's first female rapper upbeat on future -- BBC
Afghanistan War Photos Capture Country In Transition (PHOTOS) -- Huffington Post
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