Taliban militants who were arrested by Afghan police stand during a presentation of seized weapons and equipment in Jalalabad on March 2. Radio Free Europe
Military Decides You Shouldn’t See Key Data On Afghan Insurgency -- Danger Room
One of the major metrics for the decade-long Afghanistan war is seriously flawed. Rather than fix the problem, the U.S.-NATO military command in Kabul has decided that you simply shouldn’t see the data.
Late last month, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) conceded that it misreported the 2012 statistics on Taliban attacks. Its explanation was that a data-entry error had discounted attacks reported by Afghan forces — so much so that a statistically insignificant change in the level of so-called “enemy initiated attacks” became a 7 percent decline from 2011 levels.
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ISAF Joint Command Operational Update, February 6 -- ISAF
Taliban Kill 17 Afghan Troops Caught in an Ambush -- Wall Street Journal
Taliban Kill 17 Afghan Soldiers in Once-Quiet Area -- New York Times
Officials says 17 Afghan soldiers killed -- UPI
US-led coalition in Kabul will no longer publish figures on number of attacks -- Washington Post/AP
ISAF to stop counting Taliban attacks amid data scandal -- RT
ISAF: No More Data On Taliban Attacks -- Radio Free Europe
NATO to stop reporting Afghan attack figures -- Global Post/AFP
Centcom Chief Supports Afghan Prisoner Transfers -- US Department Of Defense
Taliban prisoners’ release put on hold due to distrust: report -- The Hindu
Taliban’s release put on hold -- DAWN
Karzai admitts peace efforts have failed in Afghanistan -- Press TV (Iran)
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ISAF Joint Command Operational Update, February 6 -- ISAF
Taliban Kill 17 Afghan Troops Caught in an Ambush -- Wall Street Journal
Taliban Kill 17 Afghan Soldiers in Once-Quiet Area -- New York Times
Officials says 17 Afghan soldiers killed -- UPI
US-led coalition in Kabul will no longer publish figures on number of attacks -- Washington Post/AP
ISAF to stop counting Taliban attacks amid data scandal -- RT
ISAF: No More Data On Taliban Attacks -- Radio Free Europe
NATO to stop reporting Afghan attack figures -- Global Post/AFP
Centcom Chief Supports Afghan Prisoner Transfers -- US Department Of Defense
Taliban prisoners’ release put on hold due to distrust: report -- The Hindu
Taliban’s release put on hold -- DAWN
Karzai admitts peace efforts have failed in Afghanistan -- Press TV (Iran)
US-led coalition in Kabul will no longer publish figures on number of attacks -- Washington Post/AP
ISAF to stop counting Taliban attacks amid data scandal -- RT
ISAF: No More Data On Taliban Attacks -- Radio Free Europe
NATO to stop reporting Afghan attack figures -- Global Post/AFP
Centcom Chief Supports Afghan Prisoner Transfers -- US Department Of Defense
Taliban prisoners’ release put on hold due to distrust: report -- The Hindu
Taliban’s release put on hold -- DAWN
Karzai admitts peace efforts have failed in Afghanistan -- Press TV (Iran)
Afghan dynamics altering US efforts to wind down the war -- Stars and Stripes/Tribune Washington
Analysis: How Obama Fumbled Afghanistan -- Michael Hirsh, GoveExec/National Journal
Can the Afghan Military keep the bases we leave? -- John-Pierre Maeli, American Thinker
Afghanistan Debate: Stay or Go? -- Epoch Times
What the Mullahs Are Mulling -- Andrew Finkel, IHT
America’s Long Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Photographs by Yuri Kozyrev -- Time
ISAF to stop counting Taliban attacks amid data scandal -- RT
ISAF: No More Data On Taliban Attacks -- Radio Free Europe
NATO to stop reporting Afghan attack figures -- Global Post/AFP
Centcom Chief Supports Afghan Prisoner Transfers -- US Department Of Defense
Taliban prisoners’ release put on hold due to distrust: report -- The Hindu
Taliban’s release put on hold -- DAWN
Karzai admitts peace efforts have failed in Afghanistan -- Press TV (Iran)
Afghan dynamics altering US efforts to wind down the war -- Stars and Stripes/Tribune Washington
Analysis: How Obama Fumbled Afghanistan -- Michael Hirsh, GoveExec/National Journal
Can the Afghan Military keep the bases we leave? -- John-Pierre Maeli, American Thinker
Afghanistan Debate: Stay or Go? -- Epoch Times
What the Mullahs Are Mulling -- Andrew Finkel, IHT
America’s Long Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Photographs by Yuri Kozyrev -- Time