Saturday, June 12, 2010

Afghanistan War News Updates -- June 12, 2010



Karzai Is Said to Doubt West Can Defeat Taliban -- New York Times

KABUL, Afghanistan — Two senior Afghan officials were showing President Hamid Karzai the evidence of the spectacular rocket attack on a nationwide peace conference earlier this month when Mr. Karzai told them that he believed the Taliban were not responsible.

“The president did not show any interest in the evidence — none — he treated it like a piece of dirt,” said Amrullah Saleh, then the director of the Afghan intelligence service.

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More News On Afghanistan

Karzai reportedly doubts U.S. -- UPI

US military deaths in Afghan region at 1,026 -- AP
3 service members killed in Afghanistan -- CNN
28th NATO soldier dies in Afghanistan this week -- AFP
2 US troops, 11 Afghan civilians killed in south -- AP
British soldier killed in Afghanistan blast -- Yahoo News/AFP
UK soldier killed in Afghanistan explosion -- BBC
NATO, US soldiers killed in blasts in Afghanistan -- New Kerala
17th Polish soldier dies in Afghanistan -- The News From Poland
5 Afghan police, 2 NATO servicemen killed by roadside blasts in Afghanistan -- Today Online
Five policeman die in Afghan blast -- Press Association

Afghan officials: insurgency growing in southwest -- AP
NATO's Afghan Strategy Taking Longer than Expected -- Voice of America
NATO cites Afghan 'progress', US pleads for patience -- AFP
Nato route opens through Russia -- Al Jazeera
Tribal Alliances And The Taliban -- NPR
MoD must drop ‘Yes Minister’ approach to Afghanistan, say Tory MPs -- Times Online
UN Reviewing Taliban, al-Qaida Sanctions List -- New York Times/AP
UN reviewing Taliban, al-Qaida sanctions list -- Reuters
Poland wants NATO to plan an end to Afghan mission -- AP
David Cameron tells troops they are on a noble mission in Afghanistan -- The Guardian
UK's Helmand province mission was 'flawed' -- BBC
Congress Faces Vote on Obama's Afghanistan War Budget as Midterms Loom -- ABC News
Will Cost of Afghanistan War Become a 2010 Campaign Issue? -- U.S. News And World Report
Afghan women swap burqas for police uniforms -- AFP
No end to tragedies in Afghanistan -- Sahil Kapur, The Guardian
Returning Afghanistan to the killers -- Adrian MacNair, National Post
The Courage to Leave -- Bob Herbert, New York Times

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