BAZAAR SECURITY
U.S. Army Spc. Jason Bruno secures an area during an assessment of the local bazaar in the Shah Joy district of Zabul province, Afghanistan, Dec. 7, 2011. Bruno is a rifleman assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Grovert Fuentes-Contreras
U.S. Army Spc. Jason Bruno secures an area during an assessment of the local bazaar in the Shah Joy district of Zabul province, Afghanistan, Dec. 7, 2011. Bruno is a rifleman assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Grovert Fuentes-Contreras
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta Visits Afghanistan Amid Rising Violence -- MSNBC
KABUL - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta arrived in Kabul on Tuesday for an unannounced visit at a time of persistent violence and as the United States and its Western allies are reducing troop levels in Afghanistan.
NBC News reported he touched down in Kabul at 4:44 p.m. local time (7:14 a.m. ET) in what is his second trip to Afghanistan as the Pentagon chief.
He was greeted off the plane by the commander of NATO ISAF forces, General John Allen, Ambassador Crocker, and the commander of ISAF Joint Command General Scaparotti.
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Combined Force Captures Haqqani Leader -- US Department of Defense
Afghan troops kill suicide bomber near NATO base -- Stars and Stripes/AP
Bomb attack kills six civilians in Afghanistan -- Economic Times
NATO-Backed Afghan Militia Scheme Seen Expanded -- New York Times/Reuters
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Defense Secretary Panetta makes unannounced Afghanistan trip -- Reuters
Panetta Arrives in Afghanistan to Assess Progress -- US Department of Defense
U.S. Defense Secretary pays surprise visit to Afghanistan -- Xinhuanet
Stable US-Pak ties crucial for Afghanistan's future: Panetta -- Yahoo News/ANI
Panetta in Afghanistan, Calls 2011 a ‘Turning Point’ in US-Led War -- Voice of America
Panetta optimistic about Afghanistan -- CNN
Combined Force Captures Haqqani Leader -- US Department of Defense
Afghan troops kill suicide bomber near NATO base -- Stars and Stripes/AP
Bomb attack kills six civilians in Afghanistan -- Economic Times
NATO-Backed Afghan Militia Scheme Seen Expanded -- New York Times/Reuters
Australia countering IEDs in Afghanistan -- UPI
Pakistan considers taxing Nato Afghanistan trucks - -BBC
Top general in Afghanistan says communication lines reopen
Panetta in Afghanistan, Calls 2011 a ‘Turning Point’ in US-Led War -- Voice of America
Panetta optimistic about Afghanistan -- CNN
Combined Force Captures Haqqani Leader -- US Department of Defense
Afghan troops kill suicide bomber near NATO base -- Stars and Stripes/AP
Bomb attack kills six civilians in Afghanistan -- Economic Times
NATO-Backed Afghan Militia Scheme Seen Expanded -- New York Times/Reuters
Australia countering IEDs in Afghanistan -- UPI
Pakistan considers taxing Nato Afghanistan trucks - -BBC
Top general in Afghanistan says communication lines reopen with Pakistan after NATO airstrikes -- Washington Post/AP
Protect Afghan mineral wealth, NGO says -- UPI
Jailed Afghan rape victim still in prison, despite pardon -- Reuters
Occupying Kandahar: Two members of a different 1% on Afghanistan, politics and privilege. -- Anne Jolis, Wall Street Journal
Panetta optimistic about Afghanistan -- CNN
Combined Force Captures Haqqani Leader -- US Department of Defense
Afghan troops kill suicide bomber near NATO base -- Stars and Stripes/AP
Bomb attack kills six civilians in Afghanistan -- Economic Times
NATO-Backed Afghan Militia Scheme Seen Expanded -- New York Times/Reuters
Australia countering IEDs in Afghanistan -- UPI
Pakistan considers taxing Nato Afghanistan trucks - -BBC
Top general in Afghanistan says communication lines reopen with Pakistan after NATO airstrikes -- Washington Post/AP
Protect Afghan mineral wealth, NGO says -- UPI
Jailed Afghan rape victim still in prison, despite pardon -- Reuters
Occupying Kandahar: Two members of a different 1% on Afghanistan, politics and privilege. -- Anne Jolis, Wall Street Journal