Afghanistan War News Updates -- October 26, 2011

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U.S. Army Capt. Scott Hall looks out the door of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter while flying over the Bagram region, Afghanistan, Oct. 18, 2011. Hall is assigned to Combined Joint Task Force 1, Regional Command East. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Gustavo Olgiati

EU To Keep Afghan Presence Beyond 2014 - Envoy -- Reuters

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union plans to provide assistance and development aid in Afghanistan beyond the complete handover of security responsibility to Afghans, scheduled for 2014, the EU's Afghanistan representative said on Tuesday.

The international community is planning to draw down its military presence in Afghanistan in coming years, with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force now scheduled to hand responsibility for security to Afghan authorities in 2014.

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More News On Afghanistan

ISAF Joint Command morning operational update -- Dvids
Death of the soldier who went to war for his country FOURTEEN times in ten years -- Daily Mail
Army Ranger Who Helped Rescue Jessica Lynch Dies On 14th Deployment -- ABC News
Afghan fuel tanker 'magnetised bomb' kills 12 -- BBC
Afghan fuel truck blast kills 10, injures 25 -- AFP
Combined Force Captures Haqqani Network Leader -- US Department of Defense
Soldiers argued against fateful Afghanistan patrol -- Sydney Morning Herald
'Friendly fire' may have killed Camp Pendleton Marine in Afghanistan -- L.A Times
Afghan Taliban says will target national assembly -- Reuters
Taliban Warns Afghanistan Against Loya Jirga -- Radio Free Europe

Next Afghan security handover to touch 17 provinces -- Reuters
Afghan Security Forces to Take Lead From NATO in Some Areas -- FOX News/AP
Karzai to Announce Next Round of Afghan Security Transition -- Voice of America
Karzai to announce second round of NATO transition -- AFP
Factbox: Afghan areas slated for security handover -- Reuters

Afghanistan-India pact doesn't concern just Pakistanis; Afghans wonder, too -- McClatchy News
Withdrawal from Afghanistan Could Kill the U.S.-Russia 'Reset' -- Joshua Kucera, The Atlantic
On ‘Bomb Patrol: Afghanistan,’ Navy’s bomb disposal unit gets its own star treatment -- Washington Post
Afghanistan, The Eternal Pain In The Ass -- Strategy Page

US military deaths in Afghanistan at 1,700 -- Yahoo News/AP