Sunday, April 25, 2010

Afghanistan War News Updates -- April 25, 2010



Afghan Protest Turns Violent -- Washington Post

KABUL -- Protesters angered by killings during an early morning military operation set fire to NATO supply vehicles in Logar province on Sunday, amid differing claims about whether the men killed were civilians or insurgents.

In the early morning darkness, a joint U.S. and Afghan patrol killed three people and arrested two others in the village of Nasir near the Logar provincial capital, according to Afghan officials. A NATO statement said the men were shot when they displayed "hostile intent," and that one of those captured was a low-level Taliban commander who planned suicide bombings.

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More News On Afghanistan

Violent demonstration in Afghanistan against military raid --RFI
NATO: Joint Force Captures Taliban Sub-Commander in Afghanistan -- Voice of America
Afghan Militancy Surges as 11 Killed, 12 Injured on a Single Day -- CriEnglish
Suicide attack killed American soldier, US says -- AP
Fatal suicide bomb in Afghanistan's Zabul province -- BBC
Suicide Attack Kills Three In Southeastern Afghanistan -- Radio Free Europe
80 Afghan schoolgirls sickened in a week -- AP
Afghan Schoolgirls Fall Ill In Suspected Gas Attack -- New York Times/Reuters
Afghanistan: A conspiracy of silence -- The Independent

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