Thursday, December 24, 2009

Afghanistan War News Updates -- December 24, 2009

Canadian soldiers patrolling in the Panjwaii district of Kandahar Province in October 2009.
Finbarr O’Reilly/Reuters


Remote Areas At Risk As Nato Acts To Protect Afghan Cities -- Times Online

Families in remote parts of southern Afghanistan will be left to fend for themselves as a result of Nato’s plan to switch the focus of the campaign to securing towns and cities.

The top general in the area told The Times that most of the surge would be deployed to five districts in central Helmand and the area around Kandahar city, where most of the region’s population lives.

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More News On Afghanistan

Afghanistan war: Marines move in to stop Taliban from Pakistan -- Christian Science Monitor
Taliban will be marginalized in Kandahar by 2012: general -- National Post
Canada at War -- New York Times
Watershed year for Canadian army -- Toronto Sun
Roadside bomb kills 134th Canadian in Afghanistan -- National Post
Soldier killed by friendly fire ‘battled from the front’ in Afghanistan -- Times Online
Two NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan -- China View
Afghan police mistakenly kill parliament member -- L.A. Times
Afghan Senator Killed Mistakenly at Police Checkpoint -- New York Times
US anti-drug effort in Afghanistan criticized -- AP
Report Says Afghan Drug Effort Lacks Strategy -- New York Times
Troops in Afghanistan call home, ask for support for 'Operation Outreach' -- McClatchy News
Queen praises bravery of troops in Afghanistan in Christmas message -- The Telegraph

Time to work with Afghan warlords -- Gerard Russell, Boston.com
Here's to You, Soldiers of the 1-17 in Afghanistan -- David Ignatius, Washington Post
Obama, Pakistan and Mullah Omar -- Wall Street Journal editorial
Commentary: Pessimism abounds over Obama's Afghanistan strategy -- McClatchy News

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