Suicide bombers assaulted Jalalabad Airfield, a joint U.S.-Afghan air base in eastern Afghanistan, detonating explosives at the gate and sparking a gunfight that lasted at least two hours. Ref. USAToday
14 killed in Taliban attack on U.S.-Afghan base:
Taliban suicide bombers attacked a joint U.S.-Afghan air base in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, detonating explosives at the gate and sparking a gun battle that lasted at least two hours with American helicopters firing down at militants before the attackers were defeated. Ref. Source 3
Revealed: U.S. Carried out 333 drone strikes in Afghanistan this year alone:
The United States carried out more drone strikes in Afghanistan this year than it has done in all the years put together in Pakistan since it launched the covert air war there eight years ago, it has been revealed. Ref. Source 3
US plans to keep 8,000 occupation troops in Afghanistan after 2014:
According to senior military authorities cited in the report, elite Special Operations commandos would not be based in Afghanistan after 2016. Instead, they would be flown into the country from US warships in the area or bases in nearby countries "To conduct counterterrorism missions." Ref. Source 4
Sequestration Could Delay Redeployment for Soldiers in Afghanistan
US Military News
The lack of an appropriations bill coupled with sequestration could eventually cause soldiers to be delayed in their redeployment home from Afghanistan, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno said in remarks at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C.
Source: American Forces Press Service News Feed
48 "Militants" killed or injured in Herat province of Afghanistan:
According to security officials in western Afghanistan, at least 48 Taliban militants were killed or injured during military operations in Herat province. Ref. Source 2