The Marine Corps just posted a new video online of forces with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, out of Camp Pendleton, Calif., conducting a reconnaissance patrol in Sangin, Afghanistan, late last month. If you’re looking to see what conditions on the ground look like, this could help (Military Times)
A New Test For Taliban And al-Qaeda Ties -- Washington Post
KABUL — In their missives to the world, the Taliban greeted Osama bin Laden’s death as a call to arms — a killing that would incite “waves of jihad.” Privately, many Taliban commanders are probably breathing a sigh of relief.
The ties that bound al-Qaeda and the Taliban were anchored by their two leaders — bin Laden and Mohammad Omar — but the relationship was never seamless. The two groups co-existed despite rivalries and divergent agendas: the Taliban, a largely Pashtun movement focused on grievances within Afghanistan; al-Qaeda, the cosmopolitan Arab visionaries of terrorism with eyes always to the West.
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More News On Afghanistan
ISAF Joint Command morning operational update -- Dvids
Forces Kill 60 Enemy Fighters in 3-day Operation -- US Department of Defense
Taliban is blamed for Afghan raid that killed 35 construction workers -- The Independent
Taliban attack in eastern Afghanistan leaves 35 dead -- Miami Herald/McClatchy News
35 killed in Taliban attack on road workers -- The Telegraph
An Afghan Village, Destroyed at the Hands of Men Who Vowed Peace -- New York Times
Troop morale in Afghanistan plummets, report says -- Seattle PI/AP
NATO: More than 1,700 Taliban give up their arms -- Channel News Asia
Reconciliation efforts in Afghanistan slow to win over Taliban -- CNN
ISAF sees hope in Afghan reconciliation -- UPI
US envoy: Some Afghan factions won't be reconciled -- Seattle PI/AP
Taliban talks – a necessary but not sufficient condition for peace -- Reuters
Taliban slam report of direct political talks with U.S. as 'baseless' -- Canadian Press
Afghanistan, West hope farming will crush Taliban, poppy lure -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Sleep loss a chronic problem for Afghanistan troops, Army says -- Stars and Stripes
Landstuhl: The vital link in Germany for Canada's war wounded from Afghanistan -- Canadian Press
Stryker will fight new charges -- News Tribune/AP
Sgt. Maj. Kent Spends Final Days of Farewell Tour with Marines in Afghanistan -- Marines.mil
Bored to Death in Afghanistan (and Washington) -- Tom Engelhardt, CBS
Time to rethink Afghanistan strategy? -- Clifford D. May, CNN
Which Afghanistan will it be? -- Jim Maceda, MSNBC
It's Time to Bring Our Troops Home -- Bill de Blasio, Huffington Post
After Bin Laden, Stay in Afghanistan? -- Tobin Grant, Christianity Today
India left standing in Afghan musical chairs -- Peter Lee, Asia Times
Afghanistan: war without end? -- David Swanson, The Guardian
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