Afghanistan War News Updates -- September 7, 2009

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Afghan Rights Body: Dozens Of Civilians Died In NATO Strike -- Yahoo News/AFP

KABUL (Reuters) – Scores of civilians died in last week's NATO air strike on Taliban insurgents in northern Afghanistan, a prominent domestic rights group said on Monday in a first independent estimate of the death toll.

Afghanistan Rights Monitor (ARM), a non-governmental group funded by domestic rights campaigners, said in a report based on more than a dozen interviews with local residents that between 60 and 70 civilians died in the September 4 strike in the Char Dara district of Kunduz province.

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MORE NEWS ON AFGHANISTAN

Europe 'big three' call for Afghanistan conference -- AFP
Leaders call for Afghanistan conference -- Financial Times
FACTBOX: Security developments in Afghanistan, Sept 7 -- Reuters
US-German Rift Emerges over Afghan Deaths Case -- Washington Post/AP
Afghan Airstrike Roils Germany Election Campaign -- L.A. Times
Merkel seeks Afghan strike probe -- Al Jazeera
6 civilians among 54 killed in NATO raid: Afghan official -- Daily Times
Taliban demand air strike inquiry -- BBC
U.S. Strike an "Enormous Coup" for Taliban -- CBS
Taliban Attacks in North Afghanistan Spike -- Washington Times
Bombing in S. Afghanistan kills US service member -- AP
Two Van Doos killed in Afghanistan: IED blast -- Montreal Gazette
2 Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan -- CBC
Two more Canadian soldiers die from IED strike in Afghanistan -- Canadian Press
Aid Group Says U.S. Troops Raided Afghan Hospital -- New York Times
Anger over Afghan hospital raid -- BBC
Charity: US troops stormed through Afghan hospital -- Seattle PI/AP
Aid group says U.S. troops raid Afghan hospital -- Reuters
Q+A: Civilian casualties in Afghanistan -- Reuters
FACTBOX-Military deaths in Afghanistan -- Reuters
US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 738 -- Washington Post/AP

AFGHANISTAN ELECTION RESULTS

Shadow of fraud lengthens over Afghan vote -- Yahoo News/AFP
Fake Afghan Poll Sites Favored Karzai, Officials Assert -- New York Times
Karzai on Brink of a Tainted Victory as Brown Seeks Help to Gain the Upper Hand --
Times Online
Afghan Officials Disqualify Votes from 450 Polling Places -- L.A. Times
Karzai's Lead Grows As Votes Add Up -- Wall Street Journal

COMMENTARIES, OPINIONS, AND EDITORIALS

Obama's Quagmire -- Jeffrey T. Kuhner, Washington Times opinion.
Should Obama Go 'All In' On Afghanistan? -- Andrew J. Bacevich, Los Angeles Times opinion.
Dear Britain: "Get Out of Afghanistan, So We Can Get Out" -- Robert Naiman, Huffington post
Can Karzai Win Be Considered Legitimate? -- Bronwen Maddox, The Times
Afghanistan: Obama's Necessary War -- Gautam Adhikari, Times of India
In Afghanistan, Let's Keep It Simple -- Ahmed Rashid, Washington Post
Afghanistan Isn't Obama's Vietnam - Yet -- Doyle McManus, LA Times