U.S. soldiers and airmen search through a wheat field to ensure the area is safe from improvised explosive devices along the road near the Pul-e Alam district in Logar province, Afghanistan, June 29, 2010. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Theodore SchmidtAfghanistan War: Will The New Petraeus Rules Of Engagement Make Troops Safer? -- Christian Science Monitor
General David Petraeus has issued new rules of engagement for the war in Afghanistan. The rules appear to relax restrictions on the use of deadly force, but it's unclear how much meaningful change will happen on the ground.
Gen. David Petraeus, appointed this June to turn the Afghanistan war around, has just made his first visible impact on how the increasingly deadly conflict is being run.
On Wednesday General Petraeus revised the Afghanistan rules of engagement, which are guidelines for when and how the US and other NATO troops under his command can shoot to kill. At the time of his confirmation that a rethink of the strict rules put in place by his predecessor Gen. Stanley McChrystal – which many combat troops complained put protecting Afghan civilians ahead of protecting them – was likely.
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'Air strike kills Afghans' hours after Petraeus warning -- BBC
Taliban, civilians reported killed during raid in eastern Afghanistan -- Long War Journal
NATO admits civilian deaths -- Ottawa Citizen/AFP
Afghan civilians killed in nighttime U.S. raid -- L.A. Times
NATO acknowledges civilian deaths in Afghan clash -- AP
Afghans Say NATO Strikes Killed Civilians -- New York Times
12 Afghan civilians killed in bombings -- CNN
Suicide bomber kills 7 Afghan police in north -- AP
Afghan gov't confirms 39 civilians dead in NATO attack -- Xinhuanet
Afghanistan Says 39 Civilians Killed In Disputed NATO Attack -- Radio Free Europe
IEDs Kill 75% More Afghan Civilians Than In 2009 -- Huffington Post
Germany to pay over 100 Afghan air strike victims' families $5,000 each -- Canadian Press
Leaks undermine Afghan support for NATO: UK -- Reuters
An Afghan army, struggling: Ethnic divisions threaten soldiers' solidarity in fighting the Taliban -- Washington Times/AP
U.S. worried by Karzai's attempt to assert control over corruption probes -- Washington Post
Corruption Battle Continues in Afghanistan -- U.S. Department of Defense
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'Air strike kills Afghans' hours after Petraeus warning -- BBC
Taliban, civilians reported killed during raid in eastern Afghanistan -- Long War Journal
NATO admits civilian deaths -- Ottawa Citizen/AFP
Afghan civilians killed in nighttime U.S. raid -- L.A. Times
NATO acknowledges civilian deaths in Afghan clash -- AP
Afghans Say NATO Strikes Killed Civilians -- New York Times
12 Afghan civilians killed in bombings -- CNN
Suicide bomber kills 7 Afghan police in north -- AP
Afghan gov't confirms 39 civilians dead in NATO attack -- Xinhuanet
Afghanistan Says 39 Civilians Killed In Disputed NATO Attack -- Radio Free Europe
IEDs Kill 75% More Afghan Civilians Than In 2009 -- Huffington Post
Germany to pay over 100 Afghan air strike victims' families $5,000 each -- Canadian Press
Leaks undermine Afghan support for NATO: UK -- Reuters
An Afghan army, struggling: Ethnic divisions threaten soldiers' solidarity in fighting the Taliban -- Washington Times/AP
U.S. worried by Karzai's attempt to assert control over corruption probes -- Washington Post
Corruption Battle Continues in Afghanistan -- U.S. Department of Defense
Afghans Say NATO Strikes Killed Civilians -- New York Times
12 Afghan civilians killed in bombings -- CNN
Suicide bomber kills 7 Afghan police in north -- AP
Afghan gov't confirms 39 civilians dead in NATO attack -- Xinhuanet
Afghanistan Says 39 Civilians Killed In Disputed NATO Attack -- Radio Free Europe
IEDs Kill 75% More Afghan Civilians Than In 2009 -- Huffington Post
Germany to pay over 100 Afghan air strike victims' families $5,000 each -- Canadian Press
Leaks undermine Afghan support for NATO: UK -- Reuters
An Afghan army, struggling: Ethnic divisions threaten soldiers' solidarity in fighting the Taliban -- Washington Times/AP
U.S. worried by Karzai's attempt to assert control over corruption probes -- Washington Post
Corruption Battle Continues in Afghanistan -- U.S. Department of Defense
Wolf seeks 'fresh eyes' on mission in Afghanistan -- Washington Times
A kinder, gentler Taliban: Terrorist propaganda can't hide murderous strategy -- Washington Times editorial
The geography of violence -- The Economist
Wading into an argument -- Michael Hancock, Registan
US military deaths in Afghanistan at 1,113 -- Washington Post/AP
12 Afghan civilians killed in bombings -- CNN
Suicide bomber kills 7 Afghan police in north -- AP
Afghan gov't confirms 39 civilians dead in NATO attack -- Xinhuanet
Afghanistan Says 39 Civilians Killed In Disputed NATO Attack -- Radio Free Europe
IEDs Kill 75% More Afghan Civilians Than In 2009 -- Huffington Post
Germany to pay over 100 Afghan air strike victims' families $5,000 each -- Canadian Press
Leaks undermine Afghan support for NATO: UK -- Reuters
An Afghan army, struggling: Ethnic divisions threaten soldiers' solidarity in fighting the Taliban -- Washington Times/AP
U.S. worried by Karzai's attempt to assert control over corruption probes -- Washington Post
Corruption Battle Continues in Afghanistan -- U.S. Department of Defense
Wolf seeks 'fresh eyes' on mission in Afghanistan -- Washington Times
A kinder, gentler Taliban: Terrorist propaganda can't hide murderous strategy -- Washington Times editorial
The geography of violence -- The Economist
Wading into an argument -- Michael Hancock, Registan
US military deaths in Afghanistan at 1,113 -- Washington Post/AP