Afghanistan War News Updates -- April 26, 2012

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Redfern provides security while on patrol during Task Force Blue Geronimo in Taghawarq village in Afghanistan's Khost province, April 14, 2012. Redfern is assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, Airborne, 501st Infantry Regiment. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Amber Leach

Afghanistan Going Well, U.S. Says -- UPI

KABUL, Afghanistan, April 25 (UPI) -- Plans to pull U.S. and international forces out of Afghanistan by 2014 are proceeding as planned, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff said.

U.S. and Afghan officials last week finalized a draft security deal outlining the bilateral relationship after the 2014 drawdown.

The pact, which would need U.S. President Barack Obama's signature, pledges U.S. support for Afghanistan for 10 years after the U.S. troop withdrawal is completed in 2014.

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More News On Afghanistan

ISAF Joint Command morning operational update - April 26, 2012 -- ISAF
Afghan-led Force Kills Haqqani Leader -- US Department of Defense
NATO reports 4 troop deaths in Afghanistan -- AP
3 Afghan Women Killed in Mortar Strike -- New York Times/AP
Taliban Storm Police Post in Northeast Afghanistan -- Voice of America
Taliban Kills Four, Abducts 16 Police In Remote Northeastern Afghan Region -- Radio Free Europe
Female troops find ways to relate to Afghan women -- Stars and Stripes
NATO Committee Chairman Reaffirms Afghanistan Commitment -- US Department of Defense

US envoy talks with Pakistan over reopening of supply routes, drones -- Washington Post/AP
ISAF: Pakistan relations normalizing; supply lines could reopen soon -- Stars and Stripes

Stephen Harper says Canadian troops could stay in Afghanistan past 2014 -- Toronto Star
Harper plans to ‘examine all options’ on 2014 withdrawal from Afghanistan -- Globe and Mail
PM hints Canada might extend Afghan role -- UPI

Pakistan, Corruption Affect South, West Afghanistan -- US Department of Defense
Three Strikes and You're Out, Afghan Government Tells Unruly Clerics -- New York Times/Reuters
Karzai Critic in Congress Is Asked to Cancel Afghanistan Visit -- New York Times
Post-2014 U.S. Military Presence in Afghanistan ‘Needs Clarification’ -- RIA Novosti
What we owe Afghanistan -- L.A. Times editorial