Today there is an interview out of Australia on philosophy in Afghanistan.

Also, nine Coalition forces were killed in a helicopter crash. NATO has said that they currently have no more information on what happened, but that there is no evidence of a firefight. It is believed that many of the dead are American, but the exact nationalities of each of the fallen are not known. The article also says that one American civilian and one Afghan were injured in the blast.

The Baltimore Sun editorializes that it might be wise to rethink and bring "our troops home as quickly as possible".

Further, last week, the Economist newsmagazine opined that the entire Afghan war is "a waste of time".

Another Taliban commander has been killed in a drone attack.