Afghanistan War News Updates -- January 22, 2012

U.S. service members scramble for a personnel mission on Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, Dec. 29, 2011. The service members are assigned to the 26th and the 46th Expeditionary Rescue squadrons. From initial notification, the units have 15 minutes to be airborne and must have a patient to Camp Bastion within an hour. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. David Carbajal

Karzai Honours Own Dead But Not Foreign Fallen -- Sydney Morning Herald

KABUL, Afghanistan: In a sombre but dramatic flourish, President Hamid Karzai on Saturday used a speech during the annual opening of Parliament to recite an honour roll of 49 senior government officials and elders slain over the past year.

The list of police chiefs, provincial governors and other officials underscored the carnage inflicted upon the government as the Taliban have stepped up a campaign of assassinations, creating a sense of siege that has made Mr Karzai a virtual prisoner of his own palace.

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