Afghan defence officials said their troops were killed by a NATO air strike. Photo AFPThe Untold Story Of How Bad It Really Is -- The CBC
In the gathering clouds of gloom settling over the NATO mission to Afghanistan, I sense that it's not the Karzai government that's the chief concern, nor even the gathering strength of the Taliban.
What has really shaken NATO this year is the shockingly poor state of the Afghan National Army.
Despite eight years of training and mentoring by Western allies, the ANA is still a shaky, unreliable force incapable of operating on its own in reasonable size anywhere in the country, particularly in the most dangerous southern provinces.
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Taliban Claims to Have Bodies of 2 Drowned Coalition Soldiers -- FOX News
Afghan Police: 2 Missing NATO Soldiers Drowned -- Voice of America
Friendly-Fire May Have Injured 25 NATO Troops in Afghanistan -- Voice of America
Erroneous air raids leave over 2 dozen troops dead, injured in NW. Afghanistan -- China View
7 Afghans killed during missing U.S. troops search -- Reuters
Ministry: NATO airstrike kills Afghan soldiers -- AP
Seven killed in 'Nato air strike' -- BBC
3 Afghan army soldiers, 8 Taliban militants killed in S Afghanistan -- China View
18 Taliban militants killed in S Afghanistan -- China View
Drugs, defections plaguing Afghan forces: NATO commanders -- Times Of India
Prospect of More US Troops Worries Afghan Public -- New York Times
Richard Holbrooke’s Future Unclear as Fallout from Karzai Rift Reaches Washington -- Times Online
Afghan insurgents cripple U.S. armored vehicles -- Philadelphia Inquirer
Afghanistan hits back at UN and foreign criticism -- Reuters
Afghanistan reject UN, foreign criticism of Karzai -- AFP
Afghanistan Rejects UN Criticism of Karzai -- Voice of America
British PM Brown Vows to Fight On in Afghanistan -- Voice of America
Brown Warns Afghan Leader on Corruption -- New York Times
Brown Rebukes Karzai's Government on Corruption -- Washington Post
Brown Blasts Karzai on Corruption -- Wall Street Journal
Ex-defence chiefs attack Gordon Brown over Afghanistan -- The Guardian
Armed Forces Reputation is at Risk in Afghanistan, MoD Chiefs Warn -- Times Online
Canada Prepares For 2011 Troop Pullout From Afghanistan -- All Headline News
Afghanistan ‘drawdown’ begins -- Ottawa Citizen
Moving out of Afghanistan: Sort, scrap and sell -- Globe And Mail
No plans for Afghanistan after 2011, top general affirms -- Calgary Herald
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