A coalition force member provides security for Afghan soldiers during an operation in Farah province, Afghanistan, Jan. 19, 2013. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Chadwick de Bree
Afghanistan's Colossal Intelligence Failure -- Candace Rondeaux, Foreign Policy
Close observers of Afghanistan are not likely to be surprised by recent allegations contained in a United Nations report that the Afghan National Security Directorate, the CIA's leading counterterrorism partner in South Asia, used whips and electric shocks to squeeze confessions out of suspected insurgent detainees. There are many ways to describe the directorate, or NDS as it is locally known, but a model of modern intelligence gathering and investigative efficiency is not one of them.
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More News On Afghanistan
ISAF Joint Command operational update, Jan 22 -- ISAF
NATO soldier killed in eastern Afghanistan -- Khaama Press
US-led soldier killed in Taliban attack in eastern Afghanistan -- Press TV (Iran)
Polish special forces officer killed in Afghanistan -- Polskie Radio
Three Australian Special Forces soldiers wounded in Afghanistan firefight -- The Australian
15 militants killed in Afghanistan -- Voice of Russia
UK troop reduction in Afghanistan 'in autumn' -- BBC
Karzai orders immediate probe into prisoners torture -- Khaama Press
Karzai calls for prison torture investigation -- Al Jazeera
Amnesty: Afghanistan Must Improve Winter Aid to Displaced -- Voice of America
17 Die from Cold in Afghan Refugee Camps -- Voice of America
U.S. withdrawal is 'tough love' for disbelieving Afghans -- Douglas Wissing, Special for CNN
Deconstructing Afghanistan -- John Arquilla, Foreign Policy
The Lure of Office Space and Other Ways to Talk to the Taliban -- Mujib Mashal, Time
US military deaths in Afghanistan at 2,044 -- AP
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