Saturday, December 8, 2012

Afghanistan War News Updates -- December 8, 2012



Karzai Says Suicide Attack On Aide Was Planned In Pakistan -- Washington Post

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Afghan President Hamid Karzai charged Saturday that the suicide bomber who tried to kill his top intelligence aide in the Afghan capital on Thursday had come from next-door Pakistan and that the assassination plot had been “designed” there.

Speaking with journalists at the presidential palace in Kabul, Karzai said Asadullah Khalid, head of the National Directorate of Security, was expected to “recover completely” and return to work. Khalid was severely injured in the bombing and flown to Bagram air base, the main U.S. military base in Afghanistan, for medical treatment.

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More News On Afghanistan

ISAF Joint Command operational update, Dec 8 -- ISAF
Taliban ambush NATO troops in Afghanistan -- UPI
Emerging Taleban chief to shift focus to Afghanistan -- Khaleej Times/Reuters
Karzai Hints at Conditional Immunity for U.S. Troops post-2014 -- Naharnet
US military has detained hundreds of Afghan teens during war, report says
-- The Guardian
US military has detained 200 teens in Afghan war, report says -- FOX News/AP
Afghan leader says to raise attack on spy chief with Pakistan -- Reuters
Afghan president says suicide bomber who wounded nation’s spy chief came from Pakistan -- Washington Post/AP
Suicide bombing planned in Pakistan, Afghan leader says -- L.A. Times
Karzai: Spy Chief Bomber Came from Pakistan -- Voice of America
Afghan spy chief attack planned in Pakistan: Karzai -- AFP
Afghan leader: Terror attack 'plotted in Pakistan' -- Deutsche Welle
Karzai: Taliban had help with bombing -- UPI
Attack on Spy Chief Won't Derail Peace Moves, Says Karzai -- Wall Street Journal
Taliban to Meet With Northern Foes -- Wall Street Journal
Reconciliation in Afghanistan: Military satisfied with outcome of Pakistan’s efforts -- DAWN
Afghanistan: The Taliban Plot to Assassinate Karzai
-- Sami Yousafzai, Daily Beast

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