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[Breaking News] Key Democratic senator: Train Afghan security forces faster before ...: Australia to send 450 more troops to AfghanistanCANBERRA, Australia ”” Australia announced Wednesday it will increase by almost one half its troops in Afghanistan to about 1,550 as part of the U.S.-led surge of international forces to bolster the faltering fight against Taliban insurgents. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who has mostly played down prospects of increasing Australia's commitment against Afghan insurgents since taking office in 2007, said he had been persuaded to increase the deployment during discussions last week with President Barack Obama.

[News] Army.com - Revisiting Afghanistan on 9/11: The United States and its allies introduced the idea of provincial reconstruction teams to Afghanistan to try to stimulate governance and economic progress. A combination of military and civilians now make up 26 teams that work with local governments and village elders to build roads, bridges, schools, government buildings and anything to stimulate the economy, often using local contractors.

[Breaking News] 107 MM army-type rockets fired into India: BSF (Second Lead): KABUL - NATO said it would suspend military operations during the forthcoming Afghan presidential elections, as two rockets believed to have been fired by Taliban militants landed near the presidential palace Tuesday morning, causing no casualties. "In support of the Afghan National Security Forces who lead the security efforts during the electoral process, only those operations that are deemed necessary to protect the population will be conducted on that day," the alliance said in a statement.

[Global Voices Online] Global Voices Online » Afghanistan: Animal House in Kabul: Once the mission was triggered, a task force that included a DEA Foreign-deployed Advisory and Support Team and members of Afghanistan’s National Interdiction Unit, set out for its objective, a compound suspected of being used as a drug storage point.

[Breaking News] Some Pakistani lawmakers urge Karzai opponents to concede in ...: KABUL - The US and the UN have increased their pressure on the Afghan government to allow a thorough review of the Aug 20 presidential election following mounting allegations of vote rigging, diplomats and news reports said Tuesday. A Western diplomat told DPA that Western missions in Afghanistan have been growing very concerned over the widespread fraud allegations and were trying to convince President Hamid Karzai not to interfere in investigations of complaints by the Independent Election Commission.

[In These New Times] Why the US is afraid of 'Afghanization' « In These New Times: . One, Washington estimates that there is scope for avoiding any standoff ensuing from the Western-dominatedElection Complaints Commission (ECC) setting aside the decisions by the Afghan-dominated Independent ElectionCommission (IEC) in Kabul. Kelly said, “everything we’re seeing so far is that the process is working … it needs to be given a chance to work itself out”.

[The Washington Independent] The Washington Independent » Lieberman Gave State IG Whistleblower ...: Even if effectiveness did not decline after four hours the actual preparation time for going on duty and travel to and from the embassy eliminates about two hours of the twelve hours “off duty.” The Director of Operations, Michael O’Connell, a man with no operational experience, defended this schedule by arguing that preparation and travel is part of any job with a commute. This argument does not hold water, particularly when preparation means unit inspection, and commute means traveling through hostile territory where one is most likely to be attacked or hit with an IED.

[Breaking News] Afghan scribe's body abandoned to avoid more casualties: NATO: KABUL - The Afghan government said Wednesday that it would seek a 'national decision' on what is to be done with international military operations in the country if the NATO-led alliance does not respond to a draft agreement that calls for an end to civilian casualties within the period of one month. The government sent an eleven-article draft to NATO headquarters Jan 10, asking the alliance to avoid civilian casualties during their war against Taliban and Al Qaeda targets by coordinating their operations closely with Afghan authorities.

[Main | Despardes.com] Why the US is Afraid of Afghanization | Main | Despardes.com: A letter from German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas Sarkozy to Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday said “benchmarks and timelines” should be agreed “to formulate a joint framework for our transition phase in Afghanistan ”¦ to set out expectations of ownership and the clear view to hand over responsibility step-by-step to the Afghans”.

[Global News Blog Headlines] Afghanistan - Think Tank: Taliban return to most of Afghanistan ...: Instead, he was buried this week in an arid cemetery on the north side of Kabul. WASHINGTON The leading Senate Democrat on military matters said Thursday that he was against sending more American combat troops to Afghanistan until the United States speeded up the training and equipping of more Afghan security .

[SWJ Blog] 11 September SWJ Roundup (SWJ Blog): Metz concludes that the United States has a long-standing, continuing problem “developing sound assumptions when the opponent operates within a different psychological and cultural framework.” He sees a pattern of misjudgments about Saddam and Iraq based on Western cultural and historical bias and a pervasive faith in the superiority of America’s worldview and institutions. This myopia contributed to America being caught off guard by Saddam’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990, then underestimating his longevity, and finally miscalculating the likelihood of a stable and democratic Iraq after he was toppled.

[Breaking News] US troops in Afghanistan remember Sept. 11 attacks amid waning ...: At 5:16 p.m., the exact time in Afghanistan when the first of the two planes hit the World Trade Center in New York City, a ceremony began at Bagram with an officer reading a minute-by-minute timeline of events on that day. The base’s U.S. flag fluttered at half-staff as more than 200 soldiers stood for the singing of “America the Beautiful”

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