Afghanistan War News Updates -- December 26, 2010

MILITARY CONVOY - A U.S. military convoy enters the village of Shinkay, Qalat, Afghanistan, Dec. 21, 2010. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson

Christmas Day 2010 Marked By UK Troops In Afghanistan -- BBC

British troops have marked Christmas in Afghanistan for the 10th time since operations there began.

About 9,500 servicemen and women are currently stationed in the country, mostly in Helmand province, and many have eaten a Christmas meal.

Troops were given two tonnes of turkey, one and a half tonnes of gammon, one and a half tonnes of Brussels sprouts, the Ministry of Defence said.

There was also a tonne of Christmas pudding and 15,000 mince pies.

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More News On Afghanistan

Petraeus commends Pakistan's counterinsurgency -- AP
Top US commander visits troops in Afghanistan -- AFP
Top US general visits troops in Afghanistan -- AP
Petraeus visits troops in Afghanistan -- Politico/AP

Afghan, Coalition Forces Engage Enemy in East, South -- U.S. Department of Defense
Australian police help build secret hit lists -- Sydney Morning Herald
Afghan, coalition forces target Taliban leadership in Ghazni, Kandahar -- Dvids
Afghan, coalition forces capture another Haqqani leader in Khost -- Dvids
To The East: Deterioration -- Attackerman
Taliban dispute U.N. report on Afghan casualties -- CNN
Diggers query VC award for soldier in Afghanistan -- Sydney Morning Herald

Afghan official: NATO violated security agreement -- AP
Turkish engineers kidnapped in Afghanistan -- CNN
Four Turkish engineers abducted in Afghanistan -- AFP
Four Turks abducted in Afghanistan: official -- Reuters

Iranian speaker calls for foreign troops' pullout from Afghanistan -- Xinhuanet
Iran agrees to release fuel tankers: Afghan VP -- AFP
Iran, Afghanistan to up defense ties -- Press TV

Afghanistan to look into missing medicine -- Washington Post
Military hospital in Kandahar takes care of Afghan civilians, too -- Washington Post
A military hospital's all-encompassing mission -- Washington Post

U.S. attacks in Pakistan are a recipe for disaster -- Denver Post editorial
The right track to irreversible progress in Afghanistan -- Defpro