Saturday, January 21, 2012

Afghanistan War News Updates -- January 21, 2012



'Mistrust, Contempt' Divide NATO Mission -- Sydney Morning Herald

MUTUAL mistrust and contempt bordering on hatred between local and foreign forces are among the chief reasons Afghan troops turn their guns on their NATO comrades, according to a report for the US army.

Research by Jeffrey Bordin, a behavioural scientist commissioned by the US military, found American soldiers enraged their Afghan colleagues with extreme arrogance, bullying and ''crude behaviour''.

It criticised as ''profoundly intellectually dishonest'' NATO claims that the killing of alliance troops by Afghan soldiers was rare.

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More News On Afghanistan

War In Afghanistan News - 21 Jan 2012 -- War On Terror News
Combined Force Kills Taliban Leader -- US Department of Defense
Thirteen killed in Afghan violence -- AFP
NATO soldier dies in attack in south Afghanistan -- Yahoo News/AP
6 killed in Afghanistan crash were from Hawaii -- CBS/AP

Afghan Taliban say recruited soldier who killed French
-- Reuters
Afghan soldier who killed French troops was our recruit, Taliban say -- The Guardian
France Suspends Afghan Military Operations After Troop Deaths -- Voice of America
French tolerance dwindles over Afghan 'insider threat' -- France24
France Threatens Afghan Pullout After Attack -- Wall Street Journal
French Defense Minister Visits Afghanistan -- Voice of America
France still committed to Afghanistan: minister -- Khalleej Times/AFP
France's doubts on Afghanistan a boon for Taliban -- L.A. Times
Contempt fuels NATO killings -- Sydney Morning Herald
Nato's Afghan alliance unhinged by growing mutual mistrust -- The Guardian

US has new confidence in peace talks with Taliban -- Stars and Stripes
US envoy in Kabul for talks with Kazai on peace -- AFP
U.S. envoy Grossman in Afghanistan to discuss peace, Taliban -- CNN
Taliban told to compromise or risk new fight -- Reuters

Afghanistan’s Karzai says he met with insurgent faction Hizb-i-Islami for peace talks -- Washington Post/AP
Karzai says he's met with Afghan insurgent faction -- AJC/AP
Karzai Says He Met With Delegation Of Rebel Militants -- Radio Free Europe
Afghanistan wary of U.S.-Taliban talks -- UPI

Can Afghanistan be saved? -- Paula Newberg, Globe and Mail
The immorality of Afghanistan’s ‘moral crimes’ -- Kimberly Motley, Washington Post

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