Afghanistan

• KABUL/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - More top-tier energy companies are likely to join the race to explore for oil and gas in Afghanistan after the worlds biggest publicly traded firm, Exxon Mobil XOM.
(msnbc.com)
• WASHINGTON — Images from spy planes and sensors that detect wires that trigger explosives have helped to mitigate the No. 1 threat to U.S. troops in Afghanistan -- roadside bombs -- over the past year.
(USA Today)
• KABUL, AFGHANISTAN—Admitting he hasnt been following combat operations all that closely lately, Gen. John R. Allen, the top commander of U.S.
(The Onion (satire))
• ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — Federal defense officials say a 25-year-old Army sergeant from northern Illinois has died in Afghanistan. The U.S.
(Beloit Daily News)
• TAMPA — The bodies of two Tampa Bay area soldiers killed in a roadside blast in Afghanistan will solemnly process along Bayshore Boulevard and through parts of downtown this week. Deputies will escort the bodies of Army Staff Sgt.
(St. Petersburg Times)
• The Afghanistan Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (AMICS) is a nationally representative sample survey that presents data on the social, health, and educational status of women and children in Afghanistan.
(Reliefweb.int)
• What role will foreign policy play in the 2012 elections? Very little, I imagine. With the economic climate the U.S.
(Washington Post)
• The election system used to select Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga (lower house of parliament) has radically shaped the realms of democratic stability and political legitimacy since its introduction for the elections of 2005.
(Reliefweb.int)
• CHARIKAR, Afghanistan - Pressing her cheek against the fresh grave of her newly married teenage daughter, Sabera yowls as she gently smears clumps of dirt over her tear-stained face.
(GlobalPost)