THE FORGOTTEN WAR IN AFGHANISTAN

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10/20/12 DoD: Army Casualty Identified Pfc. Shane G. Wilson, 20, of Kuna, Idaho, died Oct. 18, in Khost, Afghanistan. Wilson was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.

10/20/12 nbcnews: Newlywed Afghan beheaded for her refusal to become prostitute The decapitation of a young woman who resisted being forced into prostitution by her own family has led to the arrests of four Afghans, and shocked a country that has seen its share of violence over decades of war.

10/20/12 KP: Taliban governor arrested in northern Kundz province According to local authorities in northern Kunduz province of Afghanistan, Afghan security forces arrested a prominent Taliban leader in this province. Gen. Baba Jan commander of the 303 Pamir Zone Police Forces said Mullah Abdul Rahman provincial Taliban governor for Kunduz province was arrested by Afghan security forces during a military operation in Ghani Kali village from Chahar Dara district.

10/20/12 WSJ: U.S. Sees Shift for Afghan Special Ops Elite U.S. special-operations troops are preparing to shift to a rear-guard role in Afghanistan when the main allied forces withdraw at the end of next year, according to their commander.

10/20/12 panarmenian: U.S. warehouse in Afghanistan burnt in insurgent attack Insurgents have attacked a warehouse full of food and supplies for troops with rocket-propelled grenades at the main U.S. base in Afghanistan late Friday, Oct 19, sparking a fire that destroyed the warehouse and everything inside, The Associated Press reported.

10/20/12 BNA: 9 Armed Taliban Arrested In Military Operation In Kunduz Nine armed Taliban were arrested in a military operation in Kunduz province this morning. These Taliban were arrested by Afghan and NATO forces on charges of terrorist attack from their hideouts.

10/20/12 newindianexpress: Afghan cop kills six colleagues An Afghan policeman gunned down six of his colleagues in Helmand province Friday night, police spokesman Farid Farhang said Saturday. "A police constable who had link with Taliban militants and worked as chief in a police checkpoint in Gereshk district opened fire on their colleagues late Friday leaving six police colleagues dead and fled away to join Taliban," Farhang told Xinhua.

10/19/12 Reuters: Bomb kills 19 Afghan wedding partygoers A roadside bomb killed at least 19 people, mostly women and children, who were on their way to a wedding in Afghanistan's north on Friday, local police officials said. Fourteen more people were wounded in the blast in the Dawlat Abad district of Balkh province, said provincial police spokesman Shir Jan Durani, adding that the Taliban were behind the attack.

10/18/12 AP: Afghan drawdown by end of 2014 still our goal NATO's top official said Thursday the alliance remains committed to help enable Afghan forces to assume full responsibility for the country's security after 2014, when coalition troops are due to end their combat mission. The statement by visiting Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen comes amid speculation that the U.S.-led alliance could accelerate its withdrawal plans.

10/18/12 telegraph: US military contractors 'went on a drink and drug binge in Kabul' The American military is investigating allegations security contractors got drunk and stoned at an operations centre in Kabul after whistle blowers disclosed film of binge drinking parties.

10/18/12 AAP: Afghanistan ready if pullout early Afghan resident Hamid Karzai says his country is ready to take responsibility for its own security if NATO forces leave earlier than planned. Afghanistan is ready to take responsibility for its own security even if NATO forces leave the country earlier than planned, President Hamid Karzai says

10/18/12 NATO: ISAF Casualty KABUL, Afghanistan (Oct. 18, 2012) — An International Security Assistance Force service member died as a result of a non-battle related injury in eastern Afghanistan today.

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