Thursday, November 25, 2010

Afghanistan War News Updates -- November 25, 2010



The Afghanistan War Reaches A Milestone — And Keeps Going -- Time Magazine

On Saturday Nov. 27, the United States and its allies will reach a grim milestone: they will have been in Afghanistan a day longer than the Soviet Union had been when it completed its 1989 withdrawal. What's more, the U.S. announced during last weekend's NATO summit that it intends to spend at least four more years, and possibly longer, in the Hindu Kush. Even then, many Afghans — perhaps even the president installed by the U.S. invasion — appear to doubt that the Americans will succeed where their erstwhile Cold War nemesis failed.

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More News On Afghanistan

'Final' Afghan election results announced -- L.A. Times
Afghan Commission Releases Final Poll Results, Minus One Province -- Voice of America
Problems in one province delay Afghan election; re-vote possible, officials say -- Washington Post
Afghan prosecutors open criminal probe into vote -- AFP
Afghanistan arrests 2 election workers -- AP
Afghans Arrest 5 on Vote Bribe Charges -- New York Times
Karzai warns against post-vote violence -- Sydney Morning Herald
Afghanistan investigates charges of election fraud -- CNN

Taliban commanders killed or captured by British troops -- The Guardian
Bomb kills NATO service member in Afghanistan -- CTV
NATO Soldier Killed In Southern Afghanistan -- RTT News
Officials Confirm Taliban Leaders’ Death -- U.S. Department of Defense
Taliban kill village elders in grenade attack -- CNN

Pentagon admits Afghanistan war progress 'uneven' -- The Telegraph
War in Afghanistan: Pentagon report cites 'progress,' provides little -- Christian Science Monitor
Pentagon contradicts Barack Obama on war gains -- The Australian
Progress in Afghan war called 'uneven' -- Washington Post
Pentagon says US progress in Afghanistan war is 'patchy' -- The Guardian

Afghan-bound armored vehicles to be allowed through Russia -- CNN
Russia Allows NATO Armored Vehicle Transit -- Voice of America
Russia says will allow NATO armour vehicle transit -- Reuters
Call To Help NATO In Afghanistan Rattles Russians -- NPR

UK-based Taliban spend months fighting Nato forces in Afghanistan -- The Guardian
Britons 'regularly' fight for the Taliban -- Sydney Morning Herald
Britain-based Taliban fight in Afghanistan, then return home -- Sify News

Pakistan cautions against civil war in post-Nato Afghanistan -- DAWN
Canadians see Afghan army progress, support needed -- The Independent
Afghanistan's forgotten tribe -- MSNBC
The slide from Kandahar to Kabul -- Rosie DiManno, Toronto Star
Whether a conman or spy, he made fools of Western forces -- Kim Sengupta, The Independent

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