A coalition force member watches a controlled detonation during an Afghan-led joint security patrol in Khak-E-Safed in Afghanistan's Farah province, Oct. 30, 2012. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Pete Thibodeau
Indifference Rules In Afghanistan After Obama Re-Election -- Mail Guardian
In Afghanistan, where US troops are fighting in America's longest conflict, the re-election of President Barack Obama was met with a war-weary shrug.
One of the few things Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney agreed on during their bitter campaign was that US combat troops would pull out by the end of 2014, whatever the state of the conflict against Taliban insurgents.
But in general Afghanistan, where the US has lost more than 2 000 soldiers in a decade of fighting and still has 68 000 troops, was barely mentioned during the election campaign.
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Saudis lag behind Iran in Afghanistan -- Asia Times
Giving Afghanistan a fighting chance -- Ali A. Riazi, Foreign Policy
President Karzai’s Misplaced Priorities -- New York Times editorial
Afghanistan: Road Dangers and the Rising Threat of Renewed Ethnic Violence -- Eurasianet.org
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