A coalition force member sits in his vehicle before conducting village stability operations in Khak-E-Safed, Farah province, Afghanistan, Oct. 20, 2012. Afghan National Security Forces have been taking the lead in security operations, with coalition forces as mentors. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Pete Thibodeau
Pending Afghanistan Withdrawal Creating Logistical Challenges -- Kansas City/Tacoma News Tribune
The U.S. military has sent tens of billions of dollars of equipment and vehicles to support the war in Afghanistan, which entered its 12th year this month.
Jeff Brewster, the City of Lakewood’s communication director, spent 10 months overseas — from October 2011 until August — working out how to bring most of it back.
Brewster, 46, said the deployment confirmed for him a major lesson about conflict: “Wars are a lot easier to get into than disengage from.”
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More News On Afghanistan
ISAF Joint Command morning operational update, Oct. 23 -- ISAF
Combined Force Arrests Insurgents, Seizes Afghan Uniforms -- US Department of Defense
Taliban ambush kills 10 Afghan troops -- AP
Afghan forces die in clash with Taliban in Herat -- BBC
NATO kills four children in Afghan East: Karzai -- Reuters
Coalition Expresses Regret for Possible Civilian Casualties -- US Department of Defense
Sapper who guarded President died on the front line -- Sydney Morning Herald
Elite forces in Afghanistan lose one of their finest in Corporal Scott James Smith -- The Telegraph
German special forces reportedly catch Taliban chief -- Deutsche Welle
Mullah Abdul Rahman, Taliban Commander In Northern Afghanistan, Captured -- Reuters
Afghan Taliban Commander Reportedly Captured -- Radio Free Europe
Afghan police arrest Taliban governor -- UPI
Al-Qaida in Afghanistan is attempting a comeback -- AP
Afghan police say man killed wife for wanting job -- AP
Pending Afghanistan withdrawal creating logistical challenges for JBLM staff -- Stars and Stripes/News Tribune
Former Marine Raises $4,000 To Be Reunited With Dog From Afghanistan -- ABC News
The upside of aid to Afghanistan -- Ian Woolverton, The Australian
Afghanistan: The Ends, Ways, and Means -- D. Robert Worley, Huffington Post