Afghanistan War News Updates -- August 14, 2010

1st Sergeant Buddy Hartlaub with the U.S. Army's 1-320 Field Artillery Regiment, 101st Airborne Division takes aim at a suspected Taliban position at Combat Outpost Nolen in the Arghandab Valley north of Kandahar, Afghanistan, July 22, 2010. (Xinhua/Reuters File Photo)

U.S. Soldiers' Mission Shows Afghan War's Uncertainties -- McClatchy News

ARGHANDAB, Afghanistan — Setting out on one of their final patrols in Afghanistan, the U.S. Army and Afghan soldiers waded through waist-deep streams, scampered over crumbling 9-foot-tall mud walls and were closing in on a suspected bomb-making factory when their mission came to an unexpected halt.

Fifty yards short of their target, an Afghan soldier had been stung in the head by a bee. Now he wanted to abort the mission and head back to base.

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More News On Afghanistan

Petraeus Might Advise Afghanistan Troop Drawdown Delay -- CBS News
Petraeus: Conditions Will Drive Afghanistan Withdrawal -- U.S. Department of Defense
Petraeus says withdrawal from Afghanistan depends on situation on ground -- Xinhuanet
British soldier shot dead in Afghanistan -- The Telegraph
Soldier killed in Afghanistan -- AFP
Afghan war hero dies in ginfire -- The Sun
3 troops killed in Afghanistan; US nabs militants -- AP
Australian soldier killed in Afghanistan -- Yahoo News/AFP
Operations in Afghanistan Net Haqqani, Taliban Leaders -- U.S. Department of Defense
Afghan, NATO troops pursue Haqqani fighters -- AP
NATO says 20 insurgents killed in Afghanistan -- Hindustan Times
Foreigners boost insurgency in eastern Afghanistan -- AP
Even Safe Areas Of Afghanistan Are Dangerous -- NPR
Outside View: North, the new front in the Afghan war -- UPI
High-Profile Afghanistan Army Campaign Stalled -- Novinite
Barack Obama and Hamid Karzai pledge unity on Taliban -- BBC
Afghans blame civilian deaths on U.S. despite spike from insurgent violence -- Washington Post
Amnesty International Says Taliban Should be Prosecuted for War Crimes in Afghanistan -- Amnesty International
Plight of Maimed Afghan Woman Stirs War Debate -- Voice of America
Russian Made Choppers to Afghanistan? -- FOX News
Hamid Karzai and America's Vietnam mistake -- Ted Galen Carpenter and Malou Innocent, L.A. Times
It's time for Plan B in Afghanistan -- Ahmed Rashid, The National

US military deaths in Afghanistan at 1,123 -- Washington Post/AP