Afghanistan War News Updates -- May 22, 2010

WISHING WELL - U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Aaron Bunting, far left, U.S. Army Capt. Thomas Glynn, second left, and U.S. Naval Cmdr. Raymond Benedict, third left, meet with elders of Bar Kut Shomali village to gain information on the Afghanistan government and the various needs of their village, May 11, 2010. Benedict is commander of the Nuristan Provincial Reconstruction Team, and Glynn and Bunting are assigned to the PRT. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Steven Doty

In Kandahar, The Taliban Targets And Assassinates Those Who Support U.S. Efforts -- Washington Post

KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN -- The Wolesi family was everything the American military cannot afford to lose.

The father was a devoted civil servant. The mother taught sewing classes for the United Nations. The eldest son, Jawed Ahmad, worked as an interpreter at the NATO base.

But with a dozen bullets last month, the Taliban won the battle for the Wolesi family. Ahmad's father was executed in the street. His mother quit her job. Ahmad dropped out of college and does not want to leave the house. Or open his mouth: "When my father passed away, I lost my English," he said in Pashto.

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Britain ready to hand over detainees to United States again -- Times Online
Brit troops to come under US command in Afghanistan -- Mirror.co.uk
British troops in Afghanistan to get U.S. commander -- Yahoo News/Reuters
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