NIGHTWATCH Special Report: Afghanistan Taliban Numbers

NightWatch 29 November 2010 Special Report: October in Afghanistan Findings: The number of clashes in October in the NightWatch data base, which contains exclusively open source reports on fighting, remained elevated, at 701. The Taliban “victory” offensive continues. NightWatch estimates this number represents a fourth to a half of the actual total, but it includes …

Journal: Leave Afghanistan? Never.

Nato maps out Afghanistan withdrawal by 2014 at Lisbon summit Alliance leaders meet with Hamid Karzai to discuss handover of security but pledge not to simply leave country to its fate David Batty Guardian UK, Saturday 20 November 2010 Read lengthy review of why NATO is not leaving….

Journal: Afghanistan Winds Down

Its over: US NATO formally announcing ‘transition’ to Afghan withdrawal Pakistan Patriot Posted on 14 November 2010 The Obama administration and its NATO allies will declare late this week that the war in Afghanistan has made sufficient progress to begin turning security control over to its government by spring, months before the administration’s July deadline …

NIGHTWATCH Extracts: Afghanistan, Russians, & Time

Afghanistan: An Afghan national army soldier fired on foreign troops at a military compound in Sangin district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, after which he sought refuge with the Taliban, who took him to a safe location, a Taliban spokesman said 5 November, Afghan Islamic Press reported. The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force’s (ISAF) press office said …