Thursday, July 26, 2012

Afghanistan War News Updates -- July 26, 2012

U.S. Army Capt. Joseph Driskell, standing, and others engage insurgents with small-arms fire and mortars during a route-clearance operation along Highway 1 in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, July 23, 2012. Driskell commands the 82nd Airborne Division’s Company A, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Capt. Thomas Cieslak

Marine General Expects 'Rolling Transition' In Afghanistan -- USA Today

CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan – The surge of U.S. Marines and other forces in southwestern Afghanistan has broken the Taliban's grip on a former stronghold, allowing coalition forces to begin turning over security to Afghans, commanders said.

"It will be a rolling transition to more training and advising and assisting and less of the counterinsurgency operations," Gen. James Amos, commandant of the Marine Corps, told USA TODAY during a short visit to Afghanistan. "The Afghan security forces will be in the lead and we'll be in support."

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More News On Afghanistan

ISAF Joint Command morning operational update, July 26 -- ISAF
War in Afghanistan News - 26 July 2012 -- War On Terror News
Taliban's 'Summer Offensive' Heats Up In Afghanistan -- NPR
33,000 U.S. troops to leave Afghanistan -- UPI
Army equipment being removed from Afghanistan - Hammond -- BBC
Pakistan suspends NATO supply route to Afghanistan -- Pan Armenian
NATO condemns cross-border shelling into Afghanistan -- AFP
ISAF rocket pronouncement at odds with Afghan government -- Stars and Stripes
Former Afghan Warlords Dispute Leaked Report Linking Them To Atrocities -- Radio Free Europe
Tribes rise against Taliban due to school shutdowns -- Examiner
Reporter's Notebook: In Afghanistan, Facts Are Difficult To Pin Down -- Sean Carberry, NPR
In Afghanistan, a Generation of Hardship and Hope -- Jaala A. Thibault, New York Times
Force reductions in Afghanistan may hint at future failure -- Ray Robison, Examiner
US military deaths in Afghanistan at 1,921 -- Wall Street Journal/AP

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