U.S. Marines arrive on a training lot to conduct mission rehearsals on Camp Leatherneck in Afghanistan's Helmand province, July 10, 2013. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alejandro Pena
Forget The Troops, Can The Afghan Government Lead? -- Stephanie Gaskell, Defense One
Shona ba shona, which means “shoulder-to-shoulder” in Dari, has been the catch phrase of coalition troops training alongside Afghan security forces for years. Now that Afghan troops and police are technically in the lead of their own security, a new phrase has emerged: integal, meaning “transition.”
It’s semantics, for sure, much like the Obama administration’s assertion that the Afghan National Security Forces are in charge of all security operations, or how much of the war’s success rides on how well the army and police can perform by the end of 2014, the deadline for most coalition troops to exit.
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More News On Afghanistan
NATO soldier, two others killed in attacks in Afghanistan -- UPI
Brother of Afghan security adviser killed in Taliban attack -- Washington Post
Kabul ‘wants Pakistan to release senior Taliban leaders’ -- Gulf Times
Karzai endorses election commission formation, duties and authorities -- Khaama Press
U.N. presses Afghanistan on elections -- UPI
UK police accused of supplying target information for military 'kill list' -- The Guardian
Militia in Afghanistan demand money from poor people -- Rawa news
Will Afghan women bear brunt of international pullout? -- Mick Krever and Juliet Fuisz, CNN
‘What real war is like:’ Post photographer on Afghanistan -- Washington Post
Obama Afghanistan strategy is anybody's guess -- Trudy Rubin, Sun Sentinel
The coming Afghanistan mess -- Sam Roggeveen, The Interpreter
At least 2,112 US military deaths in Afghanistan since 2001 -- FOX News/AP
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