Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Afghanistan War News Updates -- July 17, 2012


Northern Route A Key Supply Network For NATO Troops In Afghanistan -- Voice of America

Pakistan has recently re-opened a vital supply line to NATO troops in Afghanistan - the so-called southern route. But, NATO forces also use another major thoroughfare.

The so-called northern route is a far more complex network of supply lines than the southern route, which relies merely on trucks transiting through Pakistan to provide military equipment to U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan.

Alexander Cooley is a Central Asian expert at Barnard College, New York.

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More News On Afghanistan

ISAF Joint Command morning operational update, July 17 -- ISAF
Combined Force Kills Several Insurgents -- US Department of Defense
Taliban attack NATO tankers in eastern Afghanistan -- Digital Journal
Mortar kills four near NATO supply route to Afghanistan -- New York Daily News
Death penalty for Afghan soldier who killed French troops -- BBC
Afghan soldier sentenced to death for killing 4 French troops -- Washington Post/AP
Afghan soldier sentenced to death for French killings -- The Guardian
Afghan soldier gets death sentence for killing French troops -- CNN
Afghan troop sentenced to hang for deaths -- UPI
Detainees seek to invoke U.S. Constitution -- UPI
Detainees seek to invoke U.S. Constitution -- UPI
Afghanistan detainees get their day in US court, again. Why they're back. -- Christian Science Monitor
In Afghan village, fears that government can't provide after Americans leave -- Washington Post
Afghanistan starting professional soccer league -- SI.com

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