Monday, April 9, 2012

Afghanistan War News Updates -- April 9, 2012

Karimi, right, an interpreter with the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, watches U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dustin Koch collect the biometric data of an Afghan farmer while searching his compound for narcotics and insurgent material during Operation Zema Parma Sar Tera in Hazar Joft, Afghanistan, April 1, 2012. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Reece Lodder

Afghan Deal On Night Raids Presages Longterm US Presence -- Christian Science Monitor

The deal increases the chances that the US and Afghanistan will strike a strategic partnership that would keep American troops in Afghanistan beyond 2014.

A new agreement between American and Afghan officials has placed long-controversial night raids under the control of local forces.

The compromise comes as a substantial diplomatic breakthrough that will pave the way for a strategic partnership agreement between the two nations. The future of night raids had become a sticking point in negotiations for an agreement that will keep the US committed to Afghanistan for another decade after the 2014 withdrawal deadline.

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More News On Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Overview -- Yahoo News
ISAF Joint Command morning operational update - April 9, 2012 -- ISAF
War in Afghanistan News - 9 April 2012 -- War On Terror News
Afghan and coalition forces capture 10 in eastern Afghanistan -- DVids

Afghanistan, US Sign Deal on Night Raids -- Voice of America
Afghanistan, U.S. sign night raid authorization pact -- L.A. Times
Afghanistan, U.S. reach deal on controversial night raids -- Reuters
Afghanistan: Deal reached with US on night raids -- AP
Deal Reached on Contested Night Raids in Afghanistan -- New York Times
Afghan forces to lead special operations under agreement with U.S. -- Miami Herald/McClatchy News
Afghans, U.S. sign deal on night raids -- Navy Times/AP
US agrees to hand over control of night time raids against Taliban targets to the Afghans -- The Telegraph
Afghanistan gets veto power over NATO night raids -- MSNBC
Afghan night raids: Kabul signs deal with US forces -- BBC
US agrees to let Afghan forces take lead in night raids -- M&C
Afghanistan takes control of night raids from US -- The Guardian
US, Afghanistan Compromise on Night Raid Operations -- Voice of America
Afghan forces to lead special operations -- McClatchy News
U.S. Hands Over Night Raids to Afghan Forces, With Possible Consequences -- Sami Yousafzai and Ron Moreau, Daily Beast

Zalmai Rassoul: The case for Afghanisation -- Al Jazeera
Support for peace talks growing, Afghan diplomat says -- Chicago Tribune/Reuters
India invests $11 billion in Afghan natural resources -- Khaama Press
Investors build fortress-like compounds in Afghanistan -- The International News
Afghanistan Approves Probe into Kabul Bank Collapse -- RIA Novosti

Defending Afghanistan: are Afghan forces ready? -- Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science Montor
The US-Afghan disconnect -- Dr Maleeha Lodhi (GEOPOLITICS), Khaleej Times
From Afghanistan, the countdown to 2014 -- Sanjeev Miglani, Reuters
Rapidly Ending War In Afghanistan Solves Many Problems – OpEd -- Eurasia Review
Waiting to Lose in Afghanistan -- Leif Babin, NRO

FACTBOX-Military deaths in Afghanistan -- Chicago Tribune/Reuters

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