THE FORGOTTEN WAR IN AFGHANISTAN

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01/28/14 WaPo: Karzai suspects U.S. behind Afghan bombings Afghan President Hamid Karzai suspects the United States may have backed insurgent-style attacks to undermine his government but has no evidence to support his theory, the Washington Post reported Tuesday. Karzai, whose relations with Washington have steadily deteriorated over the years, has compiled a list of dozens of attacks that he believes the US government may have been involved in, the Post wrote, citing unnamed Afghan officials.

01/28/14 csmonitor: Another Afghanistan spending boondoggle: illiterate Afghan soldiers and cops The ability of soldiers to read and write enables them to understand intelligence, keep records, order fresh supplies, read maps, and participate in training crucial to their skills in the field. In the case of the police literacy is perhaps even more important since, ideally, they conduct investigations and make arrests that can lead to fair prosecutions.

01/28/14 janes: NATO warns of 'tough decisions' if SOFA cannot be agreed with Kabul Afghan talks over a future status-of-forces agreement (SOFA) have soured to the point where allied defence ministers "may have to take some tough decisions" when they meet at the end of February, according to NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. Although still expressing confidence that NATO and the United States will eventually get their respective SOFAs with the Afghan government, he said time was rapidly running out.

01/26/14 DPA: Six dead, 30 wounded in two attacks in Afghanistan At least six people including two Army officers were killed and 30 others injured on Sunday in two separate attacks in Afghanistan, officials confirmed. A roadside bomb hit a vehicle on its way to a wedding in the eastern province of Nangarhar, killing two civilians and injuring eight others...Earlier, a suicide bomber targeted an air force bus in the Afghan capital Kabul. Two Army officers and two civilians were killed and 22 others wounded as a result.

01/26/14 KP: Explosion kill 2 police officers in Khost province At least two Afghan police officers were killed following an explosion in eastern Khost province of Afghanistan on Sunday. A spokesman for the provincial security commandment, Habibullah, said the incident took place in Karwan Sara area of Khost province on Sunday morning.

01/26/14 NYTimes: False Claims in Afghan Accusations on U.S. Raid Add to Doubts on Karzai It was the kind of dossier that the Taliban often publish, purporting to show the carnage inflicted during a raid by American forces: photographs of shattered houses and bloodied, broken bodies, and video images of anguish at a village funeral, all with gut-churning impact and no proof of authenticity.

01/26/14 AFP: 4 dead in Kabul suicide attack targeting govt bus: officials A Taleban suicide bomber killed at least four people in Kabul on Sunday when he targeted a Ministry of Defence bus, officials said, confirming three people in the vehicle and one female bystander had died.

01/26/14 KP: Explosion in capital Kabul injures two civilians At least two civilian was injured following an explosion in capital Kabul on Saturday evening, security officials said. The interior ministry of Afghanistan following a statement also confirmed the report and said one civilian was injured after an explosive device went off in the 11th district of Kabul city.