Afghanistan War News Updates -- January 22, 2012

U.S. service members scramble for a personnel mission on Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, Dec. 29, 2011. The service members are assigned to the 26th and the 46th Expeditionary Rescue squadrons. From initial notification, the units have 15 minutes to be airborne and must have a patient to Camp Bastion within an hour. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Carbajal

Karzai Honours Own Dead But Not Foreign Fallen -- Sydney Morning Herald

KABUL, Afghanistan: In a sombre but dramatic flourish, President Hamid Karzai on Saturday used a speech during the annual opening of Parliament to recite an honour roll of 49 senior government officials and elders slain over the past year.

The list of police chiefs, provincial governors and other officials underscored the carnage inflicted upon the government as the Taliban have stepped up a campaign of assassinations, creating a sense of siege that has made Mr Karzai a virtual prisoner of his own palace.

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16 insurgents killed, 10 detained in Afghanistan -- Xinhuanet
27 Taliban militants surrender in Afghanistan -- New Kerala
Multiple Fatalities Reported Across Afghanistan Within 24 Hours -- Radio Free Europe
Karzai Honors Slain Officials in Speech -- New York Times

Afghanistan's Karzai Pushes Ahead With Peace Talks -- Voice of America
Afghanistan's Karzai met with insurgents' peace delegation -- Miami Herald/McClatchy News
Karzai Says He's Met With Afghan Insurgent Faction -- New York Times/AP
Karzai: Afghanistan owns peace process -- UPI
US official: For Taliban office to open, they must renounce terror, express interest in peace -- Washington Post/AP
U.S. envoy, Afghan president meet for 2nd day to discuss peace -- CNN
U.S. envoy says no decision on Taliban transfers -- Reuters
Will Haqqani be included in Afghan talks? -- CNN

France mulls Afghan exit after troops 'murdered' -- Emirates 24/7
Afghan president sends condolences to France -- CBS/AP
Karzai: French troops killed in 'isolated' attack -- AFP
Afghan president offers condolences for killed French soldiers, urges continued friendship -- Washington Post/AP
Clinton Speaks to France’s Juppe Over Possible Afghan Pullout -- Bloomberg Businessweek

Afghan Taliban say recruited soldier who killed French troops -- Reuters
Afghan soldier 'killed French troops over US video' -- AFP

Norway Afghanistan soldiers honoured -- The Foreigner
Afghan asylum bids hit 10-year high -- Stars and Stripes/AP
Afghanistan Diary: Day Four At Bagram Air Field -- CBS
Lessons in Afghanistan: Sergeant's tour winds down -- Sgt. Bryan Crowston, Edmonton Journal
Faint glimmers on Afghan horizon -- Haroon Siddiqui, Toronto Star
Military policies deliver defeat -- Peter Worthington, Toronto Sun