Robert Gates: Troops To Be Tested In Spring -- Politico
NATO forces have made great progress in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday, but they will soon face an “acid test” as winter fades and the Taliban mount an offensive to reclaim lost ground.
“I do feel like the pieces are coming together,” Gates said while touring a combat outpost to the west of Kandahar.
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More News On Afghanistan
UN: Afghan Civilian Assassinations Double in 2010 -- Voice of America
Assassinations Up 588 Percent in Afghan Province -- The Danger Room
Afghan villagers say police killed 5 civilians -- AP
Taliban local leader captured in S. Afghanistan: NATO -- Xinhuanet
Soldier killed in Afghanistan blast -- Yahoo News/AFP
Two soldiers, three militants killed in Pakistan -- M&C
In Afghan fight, US forces move into remote areas -- Indian Express
Afghan forces 'to take control of provinces from July' -- Yahoo News/AFP
Afghans rely heavily on foreign advisers as transition looms -- McClatchy News
Afghanistan expects NATO to endorse transition -- Yahoo News/AP
Afghanistan expects NATO to endorse transition -- AJC
Afghan forces 'to take over up to four provinces from July' -- AFP
Lack Of Afghan Political Strategy Worrisome As West Prepares To Relinquish Security -- Radio Free Europe
U.S. special forces 'mistakenly' kill cousin of Afghan President Hamid Karzai during raid on house -- Daily Mail
NATO investigates killing of Afghan president Karzai's cousin -- Vancouver Sun/Post Media News
Nato 'kills cousin of Afghan President Hamid Karzai' -- BBC
NATO forces kill Afghan president's cousin by mistake -- RIA Novosti
Nato troops 'kill Afghan president's cousin' -- The Guardian
Karzai relative killed in NATO night raid - official -- Reuters
Hamid Karzai relative 'killed in Nato night raid' -- The Independent
SAS seize Iranian rockets destined for Taliban fighters -- The Telegraph
Rockets from Iran seized in Afghanistan: ISAF -- AFP
Hague fury as 'Iranian arms' bound for Taliban seized -- BBC
UK and NATO say seizure of rockets in Afghanistan offers new proof Iran is arming Taliban -- Winnipeg Free Press/AP
British Link Iran to Rockets Found in Afghan Province -- New York Times
Isaf Seizes Iranian Weapons in Nimroz -- RAWA
2010 bloodiest year of war for Afghan civilians -- The Telegraph
U.N. alarmed by surge in civilian casualties in Afghanistan -- Washington Post
U.N.: 2010 deadliest year for Afghan civilians -- L.A. Times
U.N.: U.S.-led forces killed fewer Afghan civilians last year -- McClatchy News
U.S.-Led Forces Cause Fewer Afghan Civilian Deaths -- NPR
Most Afghan civilian deaths 'caused by Taliban attacks, not US forces' -- The Guardian
Afghans blame foreign forces as civilian deaths double -- Globe And Mail
Afghanistan's complex ethnic patchwork -- Tehran Times
Gates gathers gloomy intel in Afghanistan as troop drawdown nears -- Washington Examiner
U.S. Likely To Have A 'Significant Presence' In Afghanistan For 8 To 10 More Years: Dem Rep -- Amanda Terkel, Huffington Post
Is it really that bleak in Afghanistan? -- Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post
Afghan Kool-Aid Acid Test -- Amy Davidson, New Yorker