Biden: Mission Accomplished In Afghanistan -- The Cable/Foreign Policy
Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday night that the United States has successfully completed its one and only mission in Afghanistan: to destroy al Qaeda, seeming to narrow the administration's goals for the war.
"The fact is we went there for one reason: to get those people who killed Americans -- al Qaeda," Biden said during his debate with Rep. Paul Ryan. "We decimated al Qaeda central; we have eliminated Osama bin Laden. That was our purpose."
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Australian troops prepare to leave Oruzgan -- Sydney Morning Herald
Biden on Afghanistan: ‘We are leaving in 2014. Period’ -- Washington Post
Ryan wades deep into lengthy Afghanistan argument -- NBC
Royal Marines arrested in murder inquiry -- BBC
Seven Royal Marines arrested on suspicion of murder in Afghanistan -- The Guardian
Seven Elite UK Marines Have Been Arrested On Charges Of Murder In A Combat Zone -- Business Insider
Formal charges against Royal Marines expected in Afghanistan murder case -- CNN
'Heat of the moment firefight' could be behind Royal Marine arrests -- The Telegraph
Afghans Sold U.S. Troops Bogus Bomb Protection -- Danger Room
Afghan 'fraud' puts Nato troops at risk, US report warns -- BBC
Alleged fraud puts U.S. troops at risk from roadside bombs -- CNN
Military reconstruction teams in Afghanistan closing up shop<
Seven Elite UK Marines Have Been Arrested On Charges Of Murder In A Combat Zone -- Business Insider
Formal charges against Royal Marines expected in Afghanistan murder case -- CNN
'Heat of the moment firefight' could be behind Royal Marine arrests -- The Telegraph
Afghans Sold U.S. Troops Bogus Bomb Protection -- Danger Room
Afghan 'fraud' puts Nato troops at risk, US report warns -- BBC
Alleged fraud puts U.S. troops at risk from roadside bombs -- CNN
Military reconstruction teams in Afghanistan closing up shop -- Stars and Stripes
Afghanistan to play first rugby competition -- Al Jazeera
China in Afghanistan: Expect stronger presence after U.S. 2014 withdrawal -- Raffaello Pantucci and Alexandros Peterse, Washington Times
The Lessons of the Afghanistan War, 12 Years Later -- Robert Nolan, US News and World Report
Formal charges against Royal Marines expected in Afghanistan murder case -- CNN
'Heat of the moment firefight' could be behind Royal Marine arrests -- The Telegraph
Afghans Sold U.S. Troops Bogus Bomb Protection -- Danger Room
Afghan 'fraud' puts Nato troops at risk, US report warns -- BBC
Alleged fraud puts U.S. troops at risk from roadside bombs -- CNN
Military reconstruction teams in Afghanistan closing up shop -- Stars and Stripes
Afghanistan to play first rugby competition -- Al Jazeera
China in Afghanistan: Expect stronger presence after U.S. 2014 withdrawal -- Raffaello Pantucci and Alexandros Peterse, Washington Times
The Lessons of the Afghanistan War, 12 Years Later -- Robert Nolan, US News and World Report