Monday, January 4, 2010

Afghanistan War News Updates -- January 4, 2010

US soldiers load onto a Chinook helicopter during an operation in Khost province Photo AFP.

Five Foreign Soldiers Killed In Afghan Blasts -- BBC

Four US soldiers and one UK serviceman have been killed in two separate bomb blasts in southern Afghanistan, officials say.

The American soldiers died after an improvised explosive device went off, a statement by Nato-led forces said.

The British soldier was killed in a separate blast in Helmand province, officials said.

The deaths on Sunday are the first attributed to hostile action in Afghanistan in 2010.

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More News on Afghanistan

Afghan attacks kill 4 US troops, British soldier
-- Yahoo News/AP
Four US soldiers killed in Afghan bomb blast: NATO -- AFP
Five foreign troops killed in Afghan explosions -- Reuters
4 U.S. troops die in Afghan blast -- L.A. Times
Roadside bomb kills four US troops -- Press Association
4 U.S soldiers killed in Afghanistan -- CBC
Britain's first Afghanistan death of 2010 -- The Guardian
First British casualty in Afghanistan this year -- Times Online
British soldier killed in Helmand explosion -- BBC

Eighteen militants killed in Afghanistan -- AFP
Afghan forces kill 25 militants: official -- China View
British Al-Qaeda plot to murder family of sniper soldier -- Mirror.co.uk
France cautious over kidnapped journalists -- Yahoo News/AFP
Taliban: CIA Attack Was Retaliation for Drone Strikes -- Wall Street Journal
3 of 7 CIA employees killed in suicide bombing in Afghanistan are identified -- Star Telegram
British troops 'will be led by Afghans' -- The Independent
Afghans Answering the Call to Fight -- New York Times
Taliban must join security forces, says Brit general -- The Telegraph
Marines coaxing residents back to Helmand ghost town -- Washington Post

Karzai orders Afghan parliament to suspend break -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Many Karzai Afghan Cabinet Choices Are Rejected -- New York Times
Karzai’s Cabinet Fails to Get Backing of MPs in ‘Victory for Democracy’ -- Times Online
Afghanistan's Karzai sacks convicted Kabul mayor -- AFP
Afghanistan Parliament's Rejection of Karzai Cabinet Picks Signals Power Shift -- Washington Post

Commentaries And Analysis

Can the West avoid Russia's fate in Afghanistan? -- Times Online
Afghanistan Outlook: The Clock Is Ticking -- David Wood, Politics Daily
'I Am For Sale' -- Masha Hamilton, Los Angeles Times
Afghanistan, Now and Then -- Eric T. Olson, Los Angeles Times
4 Afghan War Veterans Look Back, and Ahead -- New York Times
Hazaras Hustle to Head of Class in Afghanistan -- New York Times
Do we need a less aggressive force posture in Afghanistan? -- Captain's Journal

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