Saturday, November 20, 2010

Afghanistan War News Updates -- November 20, 2010

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Afghan troop map: US and Nato deployments

Nato Maps Out Afghanistan Eithdrawal By 2014 At Lisbon Summit -- The Guardian

Alliance leaders meet with Hamid Karzai to discuss handover of security but pledge not to simply leave country to its fate

Nato leaders are meeting the Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, to discuss the alliance's troop withdrawal from his country by the end of 2014.

The talks today at the Nato summit in Lisbon are aimed at deciding what sort of long-term military presence the alliance should maintain once responsibility for security is handed over to Afghan forces

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More News On Afghanistan

NATO agrees to hand over Afghan security in 2014 -- Yahoo News/AP
NATO pledges to hand command to Afghanistan -- Yahoo News/AFP
NATO: We won't abandon Afghanistan -- Yahoo News/AP
NATO adopts transition plan for Afghan war -- Washington Post
NATO to withdraw from Afghanistan by 2014 -- Deutsche Welle
Lisbon: Nato leaders endorse Afghanistan 2014 withdrawal date -- The Telegraph
NATO reassures Afghanistan on security handover -- Yahoo News/Reuters
NATO to start transferring control to Afghan forces in 2011 -- Xinhuanet
NATO Agrees to Hand Over Control of Security to Afghanistan in 2014 -- FOX News/AP
Karzai and Nato agree Afghanistan exit strategy -- BBC
New Afghan war plans could cost US taxpayers an extra $125 billion -- Christian Science Monitor

Bicycle bombers kill 4 and wound 31 in east Afghanistan
-- Yahoo News/Reuters
Two suicide bombers kill 4, wound 33 civilians in E Afghanistan -- Xinhuanet
Deaths in Afghanistan bomb attack -- Al Jazeera
Militants torch NATO oil tankers in NW Pakistan -- Xinhuanet
FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, Nov 19 -- Reuters
Haqqani Network leaders detained in Afghan east and north -- Long War Journal

Embedded Marines teaching Afghans to fend for themselves -- Stars And Stripes
Afghan town's despair as Nato eyes endgame -- BBC
Afghanistan ‘Surge’ Troops Appreciate Support from Home -- U.S. Department of Defense
Most Afghans in southern states 'clueless' about 9/11: -- AFP
Expert pleads for delinking of civilian, military operations in Afghanistan -- Deutsche Welle
Viewpoint: Karzai turns against Western allies -- BBC
Afghanistan: can aid make a difference? -- Jonathan Steele
Special report: Taliban conflict -- BBC

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