Saturday, December 19, 2009

Afghanistan War News Updates -- December 19, 2009



Afghan President Tries to Please Both Warlords and West -- New York Times

KABUL, Afghanistan — President Hamid Karzai is expected to send Parliament a list of cabinet nominees on Saturday that tries to balance Western demands for an honest government against those of warlords seeking political paybacks for getting him re-elected, members of Parliament informed of his choices said.

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More News On Afghanistan

Karzai presents new Afghan Cabinet list -- Yahoo News/AP
Afghan officials: Karzai to keep half his cabinet -- Voice of America
Afghanistan leader Karzai presents cabinet nominees -- BBC
Karzai presents new cabinet -- Wall Street Journal

NATO air strike 'kills three Afghan civilians' -- AFP
Bomb attack kills US soldier in Afghanistan: NATO -- AFP
US soldier killed in Afghan blast, seven Taliban killed in clashes -- M&C
UK soldier killed in Afghanistan -- BBC
British Soldier Dies In Afghanistan Blast -- SKY News
British soldier killed in Afghanistan -- Independent
British soldier killed in blast brings total Afghanistan deaths to 103 in 2009 -- The Daily Mail
Duke of York makes surprise visit to British troops in Afghanistan -- The Telegraph
Report: Canadian troops investigated for abuse of Afghan detainee -- Globe And Mail
Canada's troops investigated for Afghan abuse -- CBC
Lack of basics slows effort to build Afghan forces -- AP
Taliban warns US over Afghan war -- Al Jazeera
INTERVIEW - U.S. spotlights rebuilding Afghan agriculture -- Reuters
German Political Star Stumbles Over Afghanistan -- Sphere
How the rules of Afghanistan have changed for the Bundeswehr -- Deutsche Welle
World Health Organization Says H1N1 Spreading in Afghanistan -- Voice of America
Obama's Afghan War Plan Heads Toward First Test Vote in the House -- FOX News

US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 857 -- AP

Commentaries And Opinions

Commentary: Obama and an ironic dilemma -- McClatchy News
The Obama Doctrine
How will we know it's for real? -- Gary Schmitt and Tom Donnelly, Weekly Standard
America's role in Afghanistan - a quiet one -- Michael Shank, San Francisco Chronicle
Selling the Afghan War Surge -- Jules Witcover, Chicago Tribune

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