Monday, December 3, 2012

Afghanistan War News Updates -- December 3, 2012



Afghan Commanders Feel Extremely Vulnerable As US Forces Leave -- Business Insider/USA Today

Navy corpsman Andrew Sieber leaned over the injured Afghan policeman, who had a gunshot wound to his right shoulder.

Sieber, 24, inspected the policeman's bandages and then helped load him onto a vehicle for the short but bumpy ride to a landing zone ringed by mountains.

Within moments, the policeman was whisked away by an American helicopter that had squeezed over a steep mountain range and landed in a blast of dust.

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More News on Afghanistan

ISAF Joint Command operational update, Dec 3 -- ISAF
NATO Soldier Killed In Southern Afghanistan
-- RTT
Combined Force Arrests 2 Haqqani Insurgents -- US Department of Defense
Over 50 killed in Afghan violence since Saturday -- Two Circles
Suicide bombers attack U.S. base in Afghanistan -- Reuters
Taliban suicide attack kills 14 at major allied base
-- Delaware Online
Taliban launch coordinated attack on coalition air base -- Foreign Policy
Afghan army, police suffer increasing casualties as local forces assume growing burden in war -- Washington Post/AP
Some Afghan kids aren’t bystanders -- Navy Times
Administration debate on pace of troop withdrawals from Afghanistan hinges on risk assessments -- Washington Post/AP
Afghan minister repeats plea for militias to regroup and rearm -- Reuters
Powerful Afghan Minister Survives Impeachment -- Radio Free Europe
Afghans Begin New Exodus, Often At Great Cost -- NPR
Afghanistan's displaced dread the coming winter -- L.A. Times
What Iran and Pakistan Want from the Afghans: Water -- Mujib Masha, Time
Extrication Negotiations
-- James Traub, Foreign Policy
In Afghanistan, It’s Not All in the Numbers -- Sarah Chayes, Carnegie Endowment
No Rules In The Great 'Game' Of Afghan Politics -- NPR
A U.S. future in Afghanistan? -- Washington Post editorial

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