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This site gets much traffic from all around the world, from people searching for news from Iraq, making it an ideal place to host stories from deployed forces in harm’s way. In my travels I’ve met many budding writers who are now wearing boots and carrying rifles, and I found their stories so compelling that I want the world to see.

ISAF Casualty Report: 24 October 2012

Written by ndadmin

UNCLASSIFIED

2012-10-C-030
For Immediate Release

ISAF casualties

KABUL, Afghanistan (Oct. 24) – Two International Security Assistance Force service members died following an insurgent attack in southern Afghanistan today.

It is ISAF policy to defer casualty identification procedures to the relevant national authorities.

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ISAF Joint Command morning operational update: 24 October 2012

Written by Michael Yon

UNCLASSIFIED

2012-10-S-029
For Immediate Release

ISAF Joint Command morning operational update

KABUL, Afghanistan (Oct. 24) – Afghan and coalition forces yesterday confirmed the arrest of Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Rahman in Kunduz province Oct. 19.

He is accused of being the planner and coordinator behind several high-profile attacks in northern Afghanistan, including the hijacking of fuel trucks in Kunduz in 2009 and the killing of several ISAF soldiers in 2010.

In other International Security Assistance Force news throughout Afghanistan:

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Customary Law in Afghanistan (2004 report)

Written by International Legal Foundation

23 October 2012

Afghanistan is not lawless: it is different.

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First, Aid the Living

Written by Bing West

WrittenBy: Bing West
NATIONAL REVIEW October 22, 2012

A U.S. ambassador is missing and his diplomatic team is desperately fighting off terrorist attacks. Our commander-in-chief and his national-security team in Washington are listening to the phone calls from the Americans under attack and watching real-time video from a drone circling overhead. Yet the U.S. military sends no aid. Why?

On September 11, at about 10 p.m. Libyan time (4 p.m. in Washington), Ambassador Chris Stevens and a small staff were inside our consulate in Benghazi when terrorists attacked. The consulate staff immediately contacted Washington and our embassy in Tripoli. The White House, the Pentagon, the State Department, and numerous military headquarters monitored the entire battle in real time via the phone calls from Benghazi and video from a drone overhead.

Our diplomats fought for seven hours without any aid from outside the country. Four Americans died while the Obama national-security team and our military passively watched and listened. The administration is being criticized for ignoring security needs before the attack, while the CIA falsely attributed the assault to an imaginary mob enraged by a YouTube video. But the most severe failure has gone unnoticed: namely, a failure to aid the living.

By 4:30 p.m. Washington time, the consulate building was on fire and Ambassador Stevens was missing. In response, the embassy in Tripoli launched an aircraft carrying six American and 16 Afghan security guards. Benghazi was 400 miles away.

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ISAF Joint Command morning operational update: 23 October 2012

Written by ISAF

UNCLASSIFIED

2012-10-S-028
For Immediate Release

ISAF Joint Command morning operational update

KABUL, Afghanistan (Oct. 23) – Afghan and coalition security forces killed Taliban leader Ghulam Ali during a security operation in Wardak province Monday.

Ghulam Ali was a Taliban leader directly responsible for coordinating attacks against Afghan and coalition forces, facilitating the transfer of weapons throughout Wardak province, and developing Taliban network attack plans with other Taliban leaders.

In other International Security Assistance Force news throughout Afghanistan:

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