Thursday, January 12, 2012

Afghanistan War News Updates -- January 12, 2011



U.S. Intelligence Report On Afghanistan Sees Stalemate -- L.A. Times

The sobering judgments in a classified National Intelligence Estimate appear at odds with recent optimistic statements about the war by Pentagon officials.

Reporting from Washington — The U.S. intelligence community says in a secret new assessment that the war in Afghanistan is mired in stalemate, and warns that security gains from an increase in American troops have been undercut by pervasive corruption, incompetent governance and Taliban fighters operating from neighboring Pakistan, according to U.S. officials.

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More News On Afghanistan

US report admits stalemate -- Sydney Morning Herald
Intelligence report: Taliban still hope to rule Afghanistan -- Kansas City/McClatchy News
Report: Afghans Will Require Substantial Help After 2014 -- Voice of America

ISAF Joint Command morning operational update -- Dvids
War In Afghanistan News 12 January 2011 -- War On Terror News
Coalition Force Captures Taliban Leader -- US Department of Defense
Combined Force Seizes Suspects, Explosives, Weapons -- US Department of Defense
Combine operations kill 5, detain 5 -- Dvids
Coalition Force Captures Taliban Leader -- MMD Newswire
Afghan Forces Kills 11 Taliban Militants -- CRIEnglish
Afghan suicide bomb kills senior official in Kandahar -- BBC
Afghan district chief, four others killed in blast -- AFP
Bomb kills Afghan government official and his 2 sons -- CNN
Suicide Attack Kills Afghan District Governor -- Radio Free Europe
Russia to complete delivery of 21 helicopters to Afghanistan by July -- RIA Novosti
New ANA elite snipers graduate course -- War On Terror News

U.S. military, Karzai strongly condemn apparent Marine desecration of Taliban corpses -- Washington Post
Afghanistan’s Karzai condemns video showing desecration of bodies -- L.A. Times
Panetta condemns video of Marines urinating on dead -- AP
Marines probe video of men urinating on Taliban corpses -- Reuters
Video Shows What Appear To Be U.S. Marines Urinating On Bodies -- CNN
US Marine Corps probes 'Taliban desecration' video -- BBC
US Marines Allegedly Urinatehttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif on Taliban Corpses -- ABC News
Video allegedly shows Marines urinating on dead Taliban -- USA Today
United States Marine Corps is investigating online video that appears to show Marines urinating on corpses of Taliban terrorists -- New York Daily News
US probes video of Marines urinating on dead Taliban -- AFP
Video accuses US Marines of urinating on Taliban bodies -- Global Post
Video appears to show troops urinating on corpses -- Washington Post
Graphic Video Shows Troops Urinating on Dead Taliban -- Military.com
Pentagon investigates video claiming to show 'Marines urinating on Taliban' -- The Telegraph

U.S. peace talks with Taliban to resume -- Washington Post
US plans major push for new talks with Taliban -- FOX News/Wall Street Journal
Against Odds, Path Opens Up for U.S.-Taliban Talks -- New York Times
Taliban says it's ready to talk peace -- Sydney Morning Herald
Taliban Statement: Ready for Afghan Peace Talks -- Voice of America
Taliban set terms as US pushes for talks -- Al Jazeera
Taliban: Peace talks don't signal end to hostilities -- CNN
Taliban: Afghan talks won't mean end to fighting -- Yahoo News/AP
Taliban: No End to Fighting Amid Peace Talks -- Time/AP
Taliban say Marine abuse tape won't hurt Afghanistan talks -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Afghan Opposition Criticizes U.S.-Led Taliban Peace Talks -- Radio Free Europe

Assessing the Afghan war: Guess what? We aren't winning -- L.A. Times editorial

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