Sunday, January 1, 2012

Afghanistan War News Updates -- January 1, 2012



U.S. Troop Deaths In Afghanistan War Fell In 2011 -- L.A. Times

Amid plans to withdraw from Afghanistan, U.S. officials speak of turning a corner in 2011. From the Taliban perspective, the Americans took fewer fatalities because they lost the taste for combat.


Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan — It was by no means a common occurrence. But in the year that just drew to a close, a day would often pass, sometimes several, without an American service member dying in Afghanistan.

For the first time in years, U.S. military deaths here declined in 2011. American and Taliban commanders have very different explanations, and very different views of what that means for Afghanistan in the new year and beyond.

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More News On Afghanistan

565: The deadly cost of Afghanistan involvement -- Sydney Morning Herald
Soldier death brings 2011 British toll in Afghanistan to 46 -- Yahoo News/AFP
Eleventh Georgian soldier killed in Afghanistan -- Yahoo News/AFP
FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, Dec 31 -- Alertnet
Several militants detained in Afghan Army operations -- Khaama Press
2 militants killed, 18 detained in Afghan police operations -- Khaama Press
Afghan Insurgents Recruit Child Suicide Bombers -- Voice of America
Afghan forces take control in former Taliban hotspots -- AFP

French defence minister spends New Year in Afghanistan -- AFP
French defence minister backs Taliban move -- Sydney Morning Herald
Karzai Thanks French Defense Minister For Assisting Afghanistan -- Radio Free Europe
French troops to serve in Afghanistan after 2014 -- RIA Novosti

Afghan Camera Team First in Eastern Afghanistan -- Military.com
Afghan policy about to shift -- The Tennessean
Afghanistan faces daunting year of challenges -- Al Jazeera
Afghan travellers use Taliban disguise to stay safe -- Asia One

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