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UPDATE 11/27/07: new Harley Afghanistan needs more celebrities
or more helicopters?
update 12/12/07
Claims of atrocity in Helmand provinceupdate 12/12/07
US special forces have undertaken secret missions about which Nato has no knowledge.
"It was, however, the panel’s chairman, Congressman David Ackerman, a New York Democrat, who set the tone for Thursday’s hearing. Painting a very bleak picture of the situation in Afghanistan, he noted:
'There is no security in much of the country. The central government’s grip does not extend much beyond the environs of Kabul. In the provinces, there is no functioning local government, and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime projects that 2007 will be another record year for opium production in Afghanistan'."
Violence in Afghanistan has soared by 30%, UN report says Declan Walsh in Islamabad The Guardian
How Did Specialist Ciara Durkin Die?
Soldier In Finance Unit At Bagram Air Base Said To Have "Discovered Things" Is Found Dead
Taliban rising in power in Helmand&Kandahar
"Helmand, Kandahar and Oruzgan have particularly seen a significant rise in the power of Taliban.
NATO air-strikes targeting Afghan civilians have also
caused great alarm among Europeans. The ISAF has still not developed a positive image of itself among the Afghans outside Kabul.
Faulty Reconstruction and Security Sector Reforms
NATO's broad-based efforts to reconstruct Afghanistan and reform the country's security sector have also produced minimal results."
Simultaneously stressed and bored, U.S. soldiers are turning to the widely available drug for a quick escape
It's easy for soldiers to score heroin in Afghanistan
By Shaun McCanna
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