A US soldier of the 2nd Platoon C Company 9th Engineer Battalion COP Dash Towp stands at the entrance of a house as a resident watches him during a patrol as part of their overall security and disruption insurgency mission in Wardak province, eastern Afghanistan, Thursday. Umit Bektas/Reuters
More In Afghanistan Criticize Country's Direction. What It Means For US Troops. -- Christian Science Monitor
A recent Afghanistan poll finds progress on several fronts but some worrisome signs, including a jump in the number who say the country is headed in the wrong direction. Security is still a major issue.
More Afghans than not say their country is moving in the right direction, but the number who say that a decade into a Western-led war Afghanistan is headed in the wrong direction is increasing – now to more than one-third of the population.
Even as Afghan President Hamid Karzai lays out a plan that envisions US troops remaining in his country for years to come, a large majority of Afghans say that one of the things that frightens them most in their daily life is the prospect of crossing paths with foreign troops.
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Combined Force Captures Taliban Facilitator -- US Department of Defense
Two British soldiers killed in Afghanistan blast -- BBC
Two soldiers killed in Afghan blast -- Press Association
Afghanistan explosion kills two British soldiers -- The Guardian
Two British troops killed by bomb in Afghanistan -- AFP
Afghan, NATO forces capture several insurgents -- China Daily
Roadside bomb kills 4 children in east Afghanistan -- AP
Without large U.S. force after 2014, Afghanistan is headed for civil war, opposition leader warns -- Washington Post
Afghanistan faces 'regional war' if NATO troops go -- AFP
U.S. General Defends Afghanistan Night Raids -- Wall Street Journal
In Kandahar City, U.S. and Afghan forces try to make the most of a recent calm -- Stars and Stripes
Karzai looks to curb U.S. numbers in Afghanistan after comparing his people to 'lions who do not like strangers in their house' -- Daily Mail
Senators call out Karzai on night raid demands -- Washington Post
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More News On Afghanistan
Combined Force Captures Taliban Facilitator -- US Department of Defense
Two British soldiers killed in Afghanistan blast -- BBC
Two soldiers killed in Afghan blast -- Press Association
Afghanistan explosion kills two British soldiers -- The Guardian
Two British troops killed by bomb in Afghanistan -- AFP
Afghan, NATO forces capture several insurgents -- China Daily
Roadside bomb kills 4 children in east Afghanistan -- AP
Without large U.S. force after 2014, Afghanistan is headed for civil war, opposition leader warns -- Washington Post
Afghanistan faces 'regional war' if NATO troops go -- AFP
U.S. General Defends Afghanistan Night Raids -- Wall Street Journal
In Kandahar City, U.S. and Afghan forces try to make the most of a recent calm -- Stars and Stripes
Karzai looks to curb U.S. numbers in Afghanistan after comparing his people to 'lions who do not like strangers in their house' -- Daily Mail
Senators call out Karzai on night raid demands -- Washington Post
Afghan, NATO forces capture several insurgents -- China Daily
Roadside bomb kills 4 children in east Afghanistan -- AP
Without large U.S. force after 2014, Afghanistan is headed for civil war, opposition leader warns -- Washington Post
Afghanistan faces 'regional war' if NATO troops go -- AFP
U.S. General Defends Afghanistan Night Raids -- Wall Street Journal
In Kandahar City, U.S. and Afghan forces try to make the most of a recent calm -- Stars and Stripes
Karzai looks to curb U.S. numbers in Afghanistan after comparing his people to 'lions who do not like strangers in their house' -- Daily Mail
Senators call out Karzai on night raid demands -- Washington Post
Afghan Officials: Insurgents Fire Rockets at Jirga in Kabul -- Voice of America
Taliban peace talks have failed: ex-Afghan minister -- Express Tribune/AFP
Three Million Afghans Face Hunger as Winter Looms: Aid Groups -- New York Times/Reuters
3 Million Facing Hunger in Afghanistan -- Voice of America
Why hunger looms in aid-rich Afghanistan -- BBC
A U.S.-Afghan partnership serves both nations’ interests -- Washington Post editorial
Roadside bomb kills 4 children in east Afghanistan -- AP
Without large U.S. force after 2014, Afghanistan is headed for civil war, opposition leader warns -- Washington Post
Afghanistan faces 'regional war' if NATO troops go -- AFP
U.S. General Defends Afghanistan Night Raids -- Wall Street Journal
In Kandahar City, U.S. and Afghan forces try to make the most of a recent calm -- Stars and Stripes
Karzai looks to curb U.S. numbers in Afghanistan after comparing his people to 'lions who do not like strangers in their house' -- Daily Mail
Senators call out Karzai on night raid demands -- Washington Post
Afghan Officials: Insurgents Fire Rockets at Jirga in Kabul -- Voice of America
Taliban peace talks have failed: ex-Afghan minister -- Express Tribune/AFP
Three Million Afghans Face Hunger as Winter Looms: Aid Groups -- New York Times/Reuters
3 Million Facing Hunger in Afghanistan -- Voice of America
Why hunger looms in aid-rich Afghanistan -- BBC
A U.S.-Afghan partnership serves both nations’ interests -- Washington Post editorial