Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Afghanistan War News Updates -- October 10, 2012

COMMAND NOMINEES
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, center, poses for a photo before making the announcing that U.S. Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen, left, will be U.S. President Barack Obama’s nominee to become the new Supreme Allied Commander and U.S. Marine Corps. Gen. Joseph Dunford Jr. will be the nominee to become the new International Security Assistance Force commander during a press conference in Brussels, Oct 10, 2012. DOD photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo

NATO To OK Afghanistan Follow-On Mission Today -- Stars and Stripes

BRUSSELS — NATO is set to endorse a plan for the alliance’s post-combat mission in Afghanistan, where after 2014 a residual coalition force will remain as part of an effort to bolster the capacity of Afghan security forces, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Wednesday.

“This new mission will not be a combat mission,” Rasmussen said during opening remarks of a meeting with NATO defense ministers. “Planning for that mission is well under way. “We will endorse the broad framework for that mission today.”

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More News On Afghanistan

ISAF Joint Command morning operational update, Oct. 10 -- ISAF
Afghan-led Force Arrests Taliban Facilitator -- US Department of Defense
Marine General Expected To Be Next Commander In Afghanistan -- NPR
Taliban leader who downs NATO helicopter killed -- Zee News
6 Afghan local police killed following blast in Helmand -- Khaama Press
US losing IED war in Afghanistan -- Asia Times

NATO to confirm follow-on mission in Afghanistan today -- Khaama Press
Panetta, NATO to discuss next steps in Afghanistan war, announce new commanders -- Washington Post/AP
NATO considers post-2014 Afghanistan plans -- UPI
Panetta Details New Realities, Command Change in Afghanistan -- US Department of Defense
NATO stands by Afghan timetables -- UPI
Panetta urges NATO allies to help train Afghans -- AP
Panetta promises action against Afghan insider attacks -- Reuters
Panetta, Allen to Reassure NATO on Insider Attacks -- ABC News/AP
US Official Vows to Stop Insider Attacks in Afghanistan -- Voice of America
Countering insider attacks key to Afghan success: US -- AFP
NATO To Discuss Afghan Training Mission -- Radio Free Europe

Over 30 ‘Pakistani clerics’ expelled from Afghanistan -- Express Tribune
Resurrecting Afghanistan's Giant Buddhas -- Asia Sentinel
Obama, Romney: Ignore Afghanistan war at your own peril -- Mujib Mashal, Special to CNN
NATO charts path out of Afghanistan -- Bryan McManus, The Australian

US military deaths in Afghanistan at 2,007
-- Boston.com/AP

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