Afghanistan War News Updates -- May 16, 2011

At a motor pool at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, troop commander Sgt. Chad Engle and driver Spc. Lindsay Omlor of the 131st Transportation Company, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, along with Spc. Michael Vanpool, center, of 101st Sustainment Brigade Public Affairs Office, get information in preparation for a resupply convoy headed north of the Salang Tunnel to Combat Outpost Khilagay. Philip Grey / The (Clarksville, Tenn.) Leaf-Chronicle

Gates: Turning The Corner In Afghanistan -- By End Of The Year -- USA Today

Defense Secretary Robert Gates sees the U.S. turning the corner in Afghanistan and bringing more U.S. troops home -- "by the end of this year."

What might happen with troop withdrawals this summer remains a mystery, even after the death of Osama bin Laden.

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More News On Afghanistan

ISAF Joint Command morning operational update -- Dvids
NATO: 4 Service Members Killed in Afghanistan -- FOX News/AP
Homemade bomb kills 4 NATO troops in south Afghanistan -- Jerusalem Post/Reuters
NATO examining claims it killed Afghan civilians -- Forbes/AP
11 Afghan Civilians Killed and Wounded in Insurgent Attack -- CRIEnglish
4 Canadian soldiers injured in Afghan chopper crash -- CTV
Canadian helicopter crashes on landing in Afghanistan; four soldiers injured -- Canadian Press
Al Qaeda "cadres" still help Afghan Taliban: U.S. commander -- Yahoo News/Reuters
101st works to open Afghanistan's north Bridge, tunnel projects to end reliance on Pakistan border -- Leaf Chronicle
Recon unit readies route for supply convoys -- Army Times
Convoy prepares for dangers of Ahttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.giffghan transit -- Army Times
Russian veteran warns of "unsolvable" Afghan -- Reuters
ANALYSIS-Fearing power vacuum, Russia cosies up to Afghanistan -- Reuters
Afghanistan wants to join 6-nation Shanghai alliance as observer -- RIA Novosti
Ready to Stand? What a worrisome new Pentagon report says about the state of the Afghan security forces. -- Paul McLeary, The New Republic
Obama should resist calls for rapid troop cuts in Afghanistan -- E. Thomas McClanahan, Kansas City
Transition to Afghan control is bumpy -- Susan Sachs, Globe And Mail
The Taliban After Bin Laden -- Newsweek