Afghanistan War News Updates -- July 28, 2009

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Mapping Operation Panther's Claw -- The BBC

Defence chiefs in Afghanistan have hailed the first stage of an operation to secure an area of Helmand province a success.

Ten soldiers were killed in Operation Panther's Claw, which was aimed at securing an area the size of the Isle of Wight against the insurgent Taliban forces.

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More News On Afghanistan

America’s New Nightmare -- Newsweek
Tough Fight Will Continue in Afghanistan, Mullen Says -- U.S. Department of Defense
Relocated Army Outpost Draws Fire From Angry Taliban Insurgency -- Stars and Stripes
UK soldiers killed in Afghanistan -- BBC
Afghanistan: two soldiers killed as Operation Panther's Claw declared a success -- The Telegraph
Scots troops tell of Operation Panther's Claw success as first phase of anti-Taliban operation ends -- Daily Record
UK urges fresh effort to split Taliban -- Financial Times
Insurgent bomb 'kills eight Afghan guards' -- AFP
Patrolling Now Zad -- Captain's Journal
FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, July 28 -- Reuters
Gordon Brown Labels Latest Afghanistan Offensive a Success -- Voice of America
Britain 'will need more troops' for success in Afghanistan -- Times Online
Britain Urges Afghan Political Effort -- New York Times
Britain and US Prepared to Open Talks with the Taliban -- The Guardian
David Miliband says Taliban could be reintegrated into Afghanistan government -- The Telegraph
Gunman hits Afghan campaign team -- AP
Taliban open fire on election rally -- Ottawa Citizen
Karzai can 'only win with fraud:' Afghan rivals -- Montreal Gazette
Afghanistan and Taliban Reach Election Truce in District -- New York Times
Top UN official urges Taliban not to disrupt polls -- AFP
Afghanistan victim was new father on polling station patrol -- The Telegraph
Colonel Tim Collins on freeing Afghanistan from the Taliban -- The Telegraph
Poll: Brits Say Afghan War "Unwinnable" -- CBS
Britain: Most want troops out of Afghanistan: survey -- AFP
Afghan war questioned as more bodies flown home -- AFP
Rifts emerge over tackling the Taliban -- BBC
Holbrooke: We Have 'Enough Troops' in Afghanistan -- ABC News
Talking to the Taleban May be the Only Way to End War in Afghanistan -- The Times opinion
In War and Isolation, a Fighter for Afghan Women -- New York Times
Afghanistan: Mission accomplished? -- The Guardian opinion
Warfare by Other Means -- The Times editorial.
US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 680 -- Washington Post