U.S. Army Sgt. Joseph P. Khamvongas scans the Ganjgai Valley mountainside in eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar province, Dec. 11, 2010. Khamvongas is an infantryman from Mililani, Hawaii, assigned to Company B, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Mark BurrellTransformative Year In Afghanistan Leaves Many Challenges For US In 2011 -- Voice of America
2010 was a transformative year for the U.S. effort in Afghanistan, with 30,000 additional troops and thousands more civilians flowing into the country to implement President Barack Obama's revised strategy for winning the now nine-year-old war.
It has been a difficult and deadly year in the Afghanistan war. Violence and casualties are up. And progress has been difficult to measure.
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Over 800 Afghan soldiers killed this year -- Sify News
Afghan Taliban reject U.N. report on civilian deaths -- Reuters
Afghan official blasts NATO for civilian deaths -- AP
Afghan Governor: Five Civilians Killed In NATO-Taliban Clash -- Radio Free Europe
British soldier killed in Afghanistan blast -- AFP
ISAF Joint Command operational update -- Dvids
Obama speaks with Cameron about Afghanistan, Pakistan -- USA Today
Jordan sends 'protection force' to Afghanistan -- Yahoo News/AFP
Petraeus promises villagers U.S. will rebuild what it has knocked down -- Stars And Stripes
Afghan Government Disbands Dozens of Private Security Firms -- Voice of America
NATO fails to deliver half of trainers promised for Afghanistan -- Globe And Mail
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Afghans Say Tehran Is Blocking Fuel Flows -- Wall Street Journal
Afghan official says Iran bans fuel exports -- AP
Former Afghan Commander McChrystal Writing Memoir -- ABC News
The costs of war -- Katrina vanden Heuvel, Washington Post
Pakistan Sees An Alternative Endgame in Afghanistan -- Omar Waraich, Time Magazine
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