Friday, November 2, 2012

Afghanistan War News Updates -- November 2, 2012

U.S. and Afghan soldiers rest during a operation on a cold morning near the town of Walli Was in Paktika province, Afghanistan on November 2, 2012. Goran Tomasevic / Reuters

Hard Winter Ahead For Troops In Afghanistan -- NBC

As the rigors of an Afghan winter started to take effect, soldiers wrapped themselves in blankets to protect against the cold on a rocky outcrop in the east of the country on Friday morning.

Reuters photographer Goran Tomasevic, who won a Frontline Club award last week for the "unparalleled combat photography" he produced in a previous project, 18 days with the Syrian rebels, is currently documenting U.S. and Afghan troops in the country's Paktika province.

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More News On Afghanistan

ISAF Joint Command daily operational update, Nov 2 -- ISAF
US Marine from central NY killed in Afghanistan -- SFGate/AP
Bomb blast injures four US-led Norwegian troops in Afghanistan -- Press TV
Afghan police killed in 'insider attack' -- BBC
4 Afghan police killed in insider attack -- Huffington Post/AP
Four Afghan police killed by colleagues: officials -- DAWN/AFP

US Audit Finds Afghanistan Incapable of Sustaining Security -- Voice of America
Afghanistan security forces report raises fears over long-term stability -- The Guardian
Report: Afghan security forces not ready for 2014 -- Stars and Stripes
Report: Afghan Security Forces Face Infrastructure Challenges -- US Department of Defense

US War Against IED's in Afghanistan a Strategic Failure -- The Real News
Bombs Away: Will Afghanistan’s Artillerymen Learn How to Shoot Right? -- Time

US urges Afghanistan open its economy, tackle graft: Official -- The Frontier Post
Saudis to build major Islamic centre in Afghanistan -- The Australian/AFP
Afghanistan's first female rapper tells the stories that might otherwise be lost -- Torie Rose DeGhett, The Guardian

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