Afghanistan War News Updates -- December 19, 2010

U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus, commander of NATO’s International Security Assistance Force, visits Afghan National Civil Order Police headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 14, 2010. U.S. Army photo by Pamela Smith

More News On Afghanistan

Foreign Troop Death Toll In Afghanistan In 2010 Nears 700 -- Yahoo News/Reuters

Afghan official: Daylong firefight in north over -- Yahoo News/AP
Afghan insurgents attack army bus, recruiting center -- L.A. Times
Militants Attack Across Afghanistan -- Voice of America
Rebels hold Afghan army centre after deadly attack -- Sydney Morning Herald
Suicide bombers kill Afghan soldiers -- The Guardian
Many killed in Afghan city attacks -- Al Jazeera
Twin offensives leave 16 dead including 12 Afghan security personnel, wound 23 -- Xinhuanet
Bombers target Afghan army bases -- BBC
Militants Kill Afghan Soldiers -- New York Times
Marine from Camp Pendleton killed in Afghanistan; 21st from same battalion -- L.A. Times
Coalition service member killed in eastern Afghanistan -- CNN
French marine killed in Afghanistan: official -- Expatica France
NATO kills 20 insurgents in eastern Afghanistan -- Yahoo News/AP
Two die as Afghan official survives suicide attack -- AFP
Taliban leader linked to Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Islam captured in Afghan east -- Long War Journal
Bravo Company bids a tearful goodbye to fallen friends -- Stars And Stripes

Enemy 'is losing' in Afghanistan, Mullen says -- Washington Post
Mullen says AfPak review shows U.S. on 'right track' -- CNN
Afghan war review 'brutally honest': Mullen -- AFP
Chairman Says Afghanistan Strategy, Resources Now Match -- U.S. Department of Defense
Mullen prods Pakistan on border havens -- UPI

US Demands More Progress by Pakistan in Afghan War -- Voice of America
Kabul silent over Obama's Afghan war review -- Reuters
AFGHANISTAN: Taliban respond extensively to Obama administration's war strategy review -- L.A. Times
US Afghan war review is propaganda: Taliban -- Daily Times

New Violence Grips Afghanistan as German Leader Visits -- Voice of America
Merkel meets Karzai and visits troops in Afghanistan -- Reuters
Merkel meets troops in surprise Afghanistan visit -- AFP
Germany's Merkel visits soldiers in Afghanistan -- AP
Chancellor Merkel thanks troops on surprise visit to Afghanistan -- Deutsche Welle

Afghans Probe Supply Diversions -- Wall Street Journal
U.S. Sharpens Criticism of Afghan Corruption -- Wall Street Journal
New guidelines for night raids in Afghanistan, coalition official says -- CNN
Why Night Raids May Doom U.S. Goals in Afghanistan -- Jason Motlagh, Time Magazine
In Arghandab, standing guard while government takes root -- Stars And Stripes

The war's real report card -- Doyle McManus, L.A. Times
Experts: US Afghan Strategy OK, But It's Still Early -- Voice of America
US Afghan troop surge buys time but not victory -- Patrick Quinn, Washington Post
Obama Faces Perilous Political Path On Afghanistan -- Scott Conroy, Real Clear Poltiics
In Afghanistan, there’s no path to victory -- Jay Bookman, AJC
Five things you need to know about the Afghanistan War review -- Joshua Foust, PBS
Steady in Afghanistan -- Washington Post editorial
History is repeating itself in Afghanistan -- Patrick Cockburn, The Independent
5 Ways to Win the War in Afghanistan -- Andrew Exum, Foreign Policy
From 2011 to 2014: What a Difference Momentum Makes -- Bing West, National Review