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[UK Forces Afghanistan] BBC News: Rocky handover for Afghan province vacated by NATO ...: It has been over a month since the NATO-led coalition in Afghanistan began the process of handing over responsibility for security to Afghan forces. The BBC’s Bilal Sarwary travelled to Mehtar Lam –

[Pakpasban] Rocky handover for Afghan province vacated by Nato « Pakpasban: Afghan security forces retaliated. Rockets, grenades and machine gun fire was exchanged for some 45 minutes before the insurgents escaped under the cover of darkness.

[UK Forces Afghanistan] Washington Post: In helping Afghanistan build up its security forces ...: MEHTERLAM, Afghanistan ”” The commander of NATO’s elaborate and expensive effort to build the Afghan security forces, Lt Gen William B Caldwell, was standing inside the bathroom of a police training school in this obscure eastern town, looking at the sinks. He did not like what he saw.

[bbc word blog] Rocky handover, for ,Afghan, province ,vacated ,by Nato, current ...: Security handovers like the one in Mehtar Lam are seen as the first step in a lengthy process ultimately aimed to put the Afghan army and police in control of their country by 2014, the deadline for complete withdrawal of Western forces from combat operations.

[The AfPak Channel] What Pakistan's Army Didn't Do in Kurram Agency - by Daud Khattak ...: Althoughthe Army announced that the Kurram operation was launched after a demand fromthe area's tribal elders, locals contradicted that statement in conversationswith the author, saying they never asked for the military operation, whose keyobjective was to open the Tal-Parachinar road for people traveling toParachinar, the center of Upper Kurram, from Peshawar via Sadda, the headquartersof Lower Kurram Agency. Instead, they had been asking for more than two yearsfor the government simply to provide them basic security, with no response inreturn.

[Frontier Post] The dynamics of US withdrawal from Afghanistan - The Frontier Post: The threat of reducing U.S. assistance and the fiery statements of officials including the President insisting that Pakistan must keep its commitments of removing what he said, “terrorists’ safe heavens” from its lands, indicate U.S. designs on Pakistan. The variant interests and discrepant views of the U.S. and Pakistan on counterinsurgency and reconciliation with the Taliban remain too divergent to be comforting for a smooth bilateral relationship. Pakistan should, therefore, be ready to face the increasing pressure as our resolve will be put to test to the maximum.

[The Pakistani Spectator] Pakistan Doesn't Have Muscle to Vacate Shamsi Air Base | The ...: Pakistanis who were hugely embarrassed also stopped any warming towards the CIA and the Pentagon. But as our military, government and the economy is dependent upon the aid and loans given, sponsored and approved by the US of A, we cannot confront the US over the violation of our sovereignty and besides we have got a thief in our hearts.

[UK Forces Afghanistan] 31 Squadron take on 31000-mile Afghan challenge « UK Forces ...: During their current deployment to Afghanistan, the RAF’s 31 Squadron are aiming to raise £31,000 for charity by running, cycling or rowing 31,000 miles (50,000km).

[CRSS - Center for Research and Security Studies - Pakistan Focused, Independent Questions, Independent Answers] US and Pakistan Relations: Is agreement on Afghanistan possible ...: Asked if “the US decision to suspend military aid to Pakistan (is) poorly timed given the developments in the Afghan war”, as of midday on July 17 nearly 3,100 of 5,830 voters (54%) had said “Yes”. For the tens of millions of people exposed on to Urdu media, the percentage of “Yes”

[Dr. Abdul Ruff Colachal Blog] Terror NATO Axis Evils must Quit Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq ...: US and British diplomats and other officials worked closely with the oil majors to get the Iraqi government to privatize the oil fields and give favorable contracts to foreign companies. Recent disclosures reveal that several months before the illegal 2003 invasion of Iraq for assassination of Saddam Hussein and a “regime change” in Iraq with a new puppet regime, Tony Blair’s UK regime agreed to lobby the BushBush administration on BP’s behalf.

[Pakistanpal's Blog] On whose side is US anyway? « Pakistanpal's Blog: ISLAMABAD: The US-led Nato forces vacated more than half a dozen key security checkposts on the Afghan side of the Pak-Afghan border just ahead of the major Pakistan Army ground offensive (code named: Rahe Nijaat) against Taliban-led militants in the volatile tribal area of South Waziristan, it is learnt.

[Concord Monitor Politics feed] Shaheen sees progress in war | Concord Monitor: On her first visit to Afghanistan in more than two years, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen said she was encouraged to see Afghan forces taking over more responsibilities but added that an increasingly tense relationship with Pakistan is .

[Weasel Zippers] Weasel Zippers » Blog Archive » Pakistan Orders U.S. To Vacate Air ...: Wednesday’s remarks by Defense Minister Ahmed Mukhtar that the U.S. had been asked to vacate Shamsi Air Base, in the remote southwest part of the country, was the latest salvo as the two countries tussle over their interests in an Afghanistan settlement and the Pakistani government seeks to publicly distance itself from Washington.

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