Afghanistan – U.S. may send 9,000 Marines to fight Taliban in Afghanistan (Russian Information Agency Novosti)

U.S. may send 9,000 Marines to fight Taliban in Afghanistan (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
The United States may send as many as 9,000 Marines to southern Afghanistan to fight Taliban militants just days after President Obama outlines his new war strategy, The Washington Post reported

Allies push Afghan president on security (Boston Herald)
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad – Countries backing Afghanistan’s government are going to demand that it meet specific security benchmarks, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown…

Travis captain aids Afghan boy, siblings (The Vacaville Reporter)
Capt. Marian Collins’ third deployment to Afghanistan in October became her most rewarding one. Not because of any medal earned or battle fought, but because she reached out to an Afghan youth whose gratitude gave added meaning to her team’s mission.

Air strike kills 30 Taliban in Afghanistan-police (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters ((For more on Afghanistan, click on [ID:nAFPAK])) KHOST, Afghanistan, Nov 29 (Reuters) – About 30 Taliban insurgents were killed in a NATO-led air strike in eastern Afghanistan after they attacked …

Afghan police say 27 Taliban killed in clash (Hindustan Times)
Afghan border police said today they had killed 27 Taliban-linked insurgents and captured a fighter from Chechnya in a fierce battle backed by coalition air support that lasted several hours.

Official: Over 2 dozen Taliban militants killed in E Afghanistan (People’s Daily)
More than two dozen Taliban fighters were killed in an overnight operation in Khost province east of Afghanistan, a senior police officer said Sunday. “A group of armed rebels stormed a center of Border Police in Tanai district Saturday night and police with the support of international forces’ aircrafts retaliated killing 26 insurgents,” commander of Border Police in the province Shir Ahmad …

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