Afghanistan War News Updates -- November 24, 2011

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Mark Lynas, left, and Sgt. Mark Record, right, clear a school of insurgent threats and secure the premises in a village in the Shah Joy district in Afghanistan's Zabul province, Nov. 22, 2011. Lynas, a squad leader, and Record, a team leader, are assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Grovert Fuentes-Contrera

Afghanistan Could Descend Into Civil War Once NATO Exits: RAF Boss -- International Business Times

The head of Britain’s Royal Air Force (RAF) has warned that Afghanistan could descend into a civil war once NATO soldiers depart the country.

Under terms of the current agreement, NATO member countries with troops on duty in Afghanistan will hand over control to local authorities by 2014.

However, Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton told BBC Radio, said that civil war in Afghanistan is "possibility" although he added that his confidence in local forces preserving peace the county is gradually increasing.

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More News On Afghanistan

Growing fears of Afghan collapse -- Sydney Morning Herald
RAF head says Afghan civil war possible when Nato leaves -- BBC
Head of RAF warns of civil war in Afghanistan -- The Telegraph
Kyrgyzstan Sees Instability at End of Afghan Mission -- New York Times

Combined Force Captures Taliban Leader -- US Department of Defense
Afghan children in Kandahar 'killed by Nato' -- BBC
Afghan guards killed in attack in Farah province -- AFP
Deadly attack on NATO convoy in Afghanistan -- Al Jazeera
Afghan guards killed in attack in Farah province -- BBC
Night Raids Will Continue to Target Taliban -- Military.com/Stars and Stripes
Gains of Afghan war may take years to realise: army -- AFP
Australian interrogators to probe Afghan insurgents for information -- Herald Sun
The Afghan policewomen doing the most dangerous job in the world -- The Mirror
Afghanistan shares info on Rabbani murder with Pakistan -- Daily Times
U.N. Chief Appoints Slovakia's Kubis as Afghan Envoy -- New York Times/Reuters
UN Appoints New Special Representative for Afghanistan -- Voice of America
UN: Spotty enforcement undermines Afghan law to protect women from abuse -- Washington Post/AP
Afghanistan has ‘long way to go’ in protecting women from violence – UN report -- UN News Centre
U.S. Military Takes Turkey to Troops in Afghanistan -- Bloomberg
Afghanistan: There’s a winnable war in progress -- Eurasianet.org

US military deaths in Afghanistan at 1,721 -- Yahoo News/AP