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RESPONSE TO ESCALATING INSIDER ATTACKS Bomb kills 14, including 10 foreigners, in By Deb Riechmann for the new directive that KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber killed 14 people on Tuesday, Associated Press curbs contact between Afghan including 10 foreigners, most of whom worked as flight crew members KABUL, Afghanistan — and international forces is the under contract with the U.S. government, officials said. The attack   %  NATO’s decision to restrict spike in insider attacks. brought to at least 28 the number of deaths attributed to unrest %  % operations with small Afghan So far this year, 51 interna- sweeping the Muslim world as a result of an amateurish video parody- ing the Prophet Muhammad. A spokesman for an Afghan insurgent forces to mitigate the threat tional service members have Reinvigorate your bathroom in one day! Call now & group, Hizb-i-Islami, claimed responsibility for the bombing and said of insider attacks means fewer died at the hands of Afghan 300 it was carried out by an 18-year-old woman. SAVE $ *on NuBathAcrylicTubsfromTrue HomeValue! boots on patrols and a shift in forces or militants wearing                  how the U.S.-led coalition their uniforms. That is more THE NEW YORK TIMES fight the war in Afghanistan. than 18 percent of the 279 "& & & It’s unclear whether the international troops who have coalition’s exit strategy can been killed in Afghanistan egy of training local forces to as they are called in Afghani- succeed with less partnering since the beginning of the year, provide security once U.S. and stan — differ in size, but typi- with Afghan policemen and according to figures compiled NATO forces leave Afghani- cally have about 300 to 500 "% soldiers, who are slated to by The Associated Press. stan at the end of 2014. service members. In Afghani- !%!    # take over for foreign combat U.S. Defense Secretary “It does appear to be a re- stan, however, most of the   &    $  troops by the end of 2014, ally significant change in the Leon Panetta argued that the fighting occurs with tens not !  ! just 27 months from now. attacks do not mean the Tali- relationship between (coali- hundreds of troops. !  ! !# What is clear is that the man- ban are getting stronger. “I tion) and Afghan forces,” said “We see this as temporary,” vement Resource. tra that Afghans and coalition opposition Labour Party law- said Col. Thomas Collins, the Impro think what it indicates is that ome forces are fighting the Taliban they are resorting to efforts maker Jim Murphy. coalition’s spokesman. “If you H “shoulder to shoulder” is look- r Total that try to strike at our forces, The coalition also down- went out to the battlefield to- ou ing more and more like they’re try to create chaos but do not played the impact of the di- day, you would see partnered Y standing at arm’s length. in any way result in their re- rective, saying international operations at the company    #           Earlier this year, the U.S. gaining territory that has been forces had not stopped part- and platoon level just as we’ve      " !   !   military stopped training lost,” he told reporters during nering and advising Afghan had in the past,” he said.   !%!!  about 1,000 members of the a press conference in Beijing. forces. Coalition officials said “Only now, we require the re- Afghan Local Police, a contro- Still, critics pointed out the new restrictions were gional commander to approve versial network of village-de- that insider attacks — which made at the recommendation operations below the battalion On Nicholasville fense units. U.S. commanders have continued despite efforts of — and in conjunction with level.” Kentucky’s have assigned some troops to vet all 352,000 members of —key Afghan leaders. On Tuesday, NATO Sec- to be “guardian angels” who Companies remain part- Toyota Dealer Afghanistan’s army and police retary-General Anders Fogh Based on 2011 retail sales from TMS. watch over their comrades forces — were undermining nered with Afghan units, but Rasmussen said plans for a in interactions with Afghan the international mission in have changed the way they gradual transition to Afghan # Members forces and even as they sleep. 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