Friday, December 2, 2011

Afghanistan War News Updates -- December 2, 2011


Afghanistan Will Collapse Into Civil War When Western Troops Fall Out, According To Leaked Intelligence Documents -- Daily Mail

The West is expecting Afghanistan to descend into civil war after NATO troops leave, according to secret military documents.

Although governments say publicly that they hope to stabilise the war-torn country's democracy, the leaked memos suggest that they are preparing for the worst.

Intelligence documents drawn up by the U.S. and German military state: 'When the ISAF troops leave the country, there will be civil war.'

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More News On Afghanistan
Suicide bomb attack on Afghan Nato base -- The Telegraph Bomber attacks Nato Afghanistan base in Logar province -- BBC Suicide Bomber Kills 1 Near Afghan-NATO Outpost -- NPR/AP Fatal Suicide Attack Outside U.S. Base in Afghanistan -- New York Times Bomb at Afghan NATO base kills one, wounds up to 70 -- AFP Combined Force Captures Taliban Leader -- US Department of Defense Seven Pakistanis kidnapped in Afghanistan: police -- DAWN/AFP Afghanistan may have to slash size of forces due to shortfall -- The Telegraph Second Afghan Security Handover Starts -- New York Times/Reuters Second Stage of Afghan Security Transfer Begins -- Voice of America Karzai to Taliban: talk peace and I'll protect you from Pakistan spies -- The Guardian Ex-Taliban to attend Afghan talks despite US disapproval -- The Independent Afghans look to Bonn for answers on their future -- Deutsche Welle In The Northern Reaches Of Afghanistan, U.S. Troops Learn On The Run -- Stars And Stripes Merkel: moderate Taliban could help Afghan peace -- Reuters State Dept.: No travel to Afghanistan -- UPI Jailed Afghan rape victim freed but 'to marry attacker' -- BBC Afghan woman freed from jail after agreeing to marry rapist -- Washington Post Afghanistan: Taliban peace deal 'threat to women's future' -- BBC Listen to women in a new Afghanistan -- CNN Sesame Street comes to Afghanistan -- Yahoo News/AFP Afghanistan: Bad Habits Are Hard To Break -- Strategy Page There Are No Moderate Taliban -- Massouda Jalal, Wall Street Journal Analysis: Confusion not progress expected at Afghan meet -- Reuters Paving the Way to Afghanistan's Future -- Zalmai Rassoul and Guido Westerwelle, New York Times What Afghanistan Really Needs -- Olaf Ihlau, Spiegel Online Afghanistan and the West: How to end it -- The Economist

1 comment:

rbx01x said...

A possiblitiy: We'll pull out of iraq and the civil unrest will spread to the area like a rampant disease and a much greater conflict will occur if we try to re-enter