Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Afghanistan War News Updates -- January 18, 2012

KANDAHAR REST
U.S. soldiers lean against a mud wall during a break from combat operations in Kandahar province's southern Spin Boldak district in Afghanistan, Jan. 9, 2012. The soldiers are assigned to the 504th Battlefield Brigade's 38th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Squadron. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Crystal Davis

Coalition Limits Details On Troops Killed By Afghans -- USA Today

Military commanders in Afghanistan have stopped making public the number of allied troops killed by Afghan soldiers and police, a measure of the trustworthiness of a force that is to take over security from U.S.-led forces.

The change in policy comes after at least three allied troops have been killed by the Afghan troops they trained in the past month and follows what appears to be the deadliest year of the war for NATO trainers at the hands of their Afghan counterparts.

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More News On Afghanistan

ISAF Joint Command morning operational update -- Dvids
Afghanistan: Security Forces Kill 9 Insurgents, Capture 23 Suspects In A Series Of Raids -- Huffington Post
Airstrike Kills 2 Insurgents in Afghanistan -- US Department of Defense
Afghan official says NATO forces kill 5 civilians -- AJC/AP
Taliban say no decrease in armed attacks -- Online News
USS Carl Vinson Begins Support of Troops in Afghanistan -- Patch

Kabul Airport Shooting Probe Determines Gunman Acted Alone -- US Department of Defense
Afghan pilot said he wanted to ‘kill Americans,’ probe of Kabul shootings finds -- Washington Post
U.S. report: Afghan officer who killed Americans was anti-U.S. -- L.A. Times
Air Force Finds Mixed Motives in Kabul Attack -- Wall Street Journal
Report on shooting spree finds deep mistrust between U.S., Afghan forces -- Miami Herald/McClatchy News

Two UK soldiers arrested after Afghan child abuse report -- Reuters
Two British soldiers arrested over allegations of sex abuse with 10-year-old children while they served in Afghanistan -- Daily Mail
Report: UK soldiers accused of abusing Afghan youths -- MSNBC
Britain Probes Reports Troops Abused Afghan Children -- Voice of America

After Years of Decline, Polio Cases in Afghanistan Triple in a Year -- New York Times
Afghan Taliban support polio vaccination campaign -- CNN
Karzai urges Taliban to allow polio vaccine teams -- CBS/AP

Afghan Air Force Learns to Fly _ and Fix Aircraft -- ABC News/AP
Taliban's New Political Office Is A 'Game-Changer' -- NPR
Group calls Marine corpse abuse video overblown -- Stars and Stripes
Avalanches kill at least 15 Afghans, close roads -- Washington Post
Snow may end Afghan drought, but bitter winter looms -- Reuters
Navy Cross awarded to family of Marine killed in Afghanistan -- L.A. Times

Talking to the Taliban -- Con Coughlin, Wall Street Journal
Power struggle over Afghanistan -- Kai Eide, Al Jazeera

US military deaths in Afghanistan at 1,753 -- Yahoo News/AP

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