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- Afghans poised to take security lead from U.S., NATO
JALALABAD, Afghanistan — One of the most significant turning points in one of America’s longest and costliest wars is imminent: Afghanistan’s fledgling security forces are taking the lead for security
June 17, 2013 - Killeen Daily Herald - Afghans poised to take security lead from US, NATO
JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) — One of the most significant turning points in one of America's longest and costliest wars is imminent: Afghanistan's fledgling security forces are taking the lead for security nationwide, bringing the moment of truth on the question of whether they are ready to fight an insurgency that remains resilient after nearly 12 years of conflict.
June 16, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News - In significant milestone of 12-year war, Afghans poised to take lead for security
JALALABAD, Afghanistan — One of the most significant turning points in one of America's longest and costliest wars is imminent: Afghanistan's fledgling security forces are taking the lead for security nationwide, bringing the moment of truth on the question of whether they are ready to fight an insurgency that remains resilient after nearly 12 years of conflict.
June 16, 2013 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
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- Edil Baisalov in Washington Post
The wave of lawlessness and criminal infighting has reached Jalalabad,said Edil Baisalov, the interim chief of staff. "Like elsewhere, this region will also return to calm." - Michele Alliot-Marie in Reuters India
We are reorganising our presence because ISAF has spread across the country and so we are also making a change, which is to withdraw our special forces from Jalalabad,Alliot-Marie told France Info radio. - Jude Law in MyParkMag
Jude added to Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper: "I visited some dying babies in hospital in Jalalabad and they looked like chickens, they were so tiny and covered in their own diarrhoea. Those babies were going to die. As a father, that was so...