http://www.icasualties.org/OEF/index.aspx This is the syndication feed for icasualties.Org OEF Coalition Casualties News NATO chief says forces will continue combat role in Afghanistan until the end of 2014. Deborah Lutterbeck reports http://in.reuters.com/video/2012/02/03/nato-clarifies-afghan-exit-strategy?rpc=401&videoId=229604513&feedType=VideoRSS&feedName=WorldNews&rpc=401&videoChannel=117460 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT About 700 soldiers from Georgia are among the latest U.S. troops headed to Afghanistan for a war that continues even after the Iraq conflict's end, leaving anxious spouses and parents who wonder why their loved ones are still fighting. http://www.11alive.com/news/article/225796/3/War-not-over-Ga-vets-of-Iraq-now-going-to-Afghanistan Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Afghanistan could end up fighting Taliban insurgents with a national army and police force two-thirds the size envisaged, if plans discussed on Friday by NATO defense ministers, trying to balance security needs with budget cuts, gain traction. http://www.courant.com/news/nation-world/sns-rt-us-nato-afghanistan-forcestre812203-20120203,0,1553980.story Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT French forces have withdrawn from a forward operating base in Afghanistan where four French servicemen were shot dead by a renegade Afghan soldier last month, the general staff said on Thursday. The base in Gwan, in the south of Kapisa province, was handed over to the Afghan National Army, the General Staff's spokesman, Colonel Thierry Burkhard, told a press conference. http://paktribune.com/news/French-forces-leave-Afghan-base-where-soldiers-were-killed-247252.html Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Lance Cpl. Edward J. Dycus, 22, of Greenville, Miss., died Feb. 1 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. This incident is under investigation. http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=15039 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT More Taliban insurgents are being killed or captured than ever before, yet when the captives are interrogated by the American military, they remain convinced that they are winning the war. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/02/world/asia/nato-plays-down-report-of-collaboration-between-taliban-and-pakistan.html Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT British troops will step back from their lead combat role in Afghanistan by the end of 2013 under plans drawn up by the Nato-led Isaf international alliance, Downing Street has said. http://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/uk_national_news/9509138.UK_to_reduce_Afghan_role_next_year/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT For years, in the village of Juz Ghoray, at the remote fringes of the Musa Qala District in northern Helmand Province, the Taliban enjoyed free rein, collecting taxes from local poppy farmers and staging attacks on any foreign patrol that moved within shooting range of an abrupt desert prominence called Ugly Hill. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/magazine/afghanistan.html?_r=1&hp Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT The U.S. and its military allies in Afghanistan intend to hand the lead combat role to Afghan forces next year, according to Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, shifting to a training and advising mission as they press ahead with their withdrawal after more than a decade of fighting. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-us-afghanistan-20120202,0,4176030.story Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Troops' accelerated departure after the killings of four French soldiers marks a breaking of Western ranks. It could also serve as a message to insurgents that such attacks are an effective way to push U.S. allies out of the fight. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-afghanistan-france-20120129,0,3161860.story Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Sgt. William C. Stacey, 23, of Redding, Calif., died Jan. 31 while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. http://www.defense.gov/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=15037 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT It has emerged that a classified NATO report accused Pakistan’s intelligence of controlling the Afghani Taliban. The revelation, which came at a critical moment for US-Pakistani relations, has been dismissed by Islamabad as “ridiculous.” http://rt.com/news/nato-report-taliban-pakistan-235/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT An individual wearing an Afghan National Army uniform turned his weapon against an International Security Assistance Force service member in southern Afghanistan yesterday, killing one service member. http://www.isaf.nato.int/article/isaf-releases/isaf-casualty-140.html Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT