Afghanistan War News Updates -- August 5, 2010

U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander, International Assistance Security Force, salutes as 400 Afghan National Army noncommissioned officer recruits recite the oath of enlistment on Camp Ghazi in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 15, 2010. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Daylena Gonzalez

Petraeus Renews Limits On Airstrikes In Afghanistan -- McClatchy News

WASHINGTON — Afghanistan commander Army Gen. David Petraeus has renewed orders to American troops to refrain from calling in artillery or air power when battling Taliban forces unless they're certain that no civilians are present.

The Aug. 1 order, Petraeus' first since he assumed command early this summer from ousted Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, was an effort to fine-tune a McChrystal directive that had angered some U.S. troops, who said the restrictions on the use of artillery and air power exposed them to greater danger. Petraeus' order, unclassified portions of which were released Wednesday, seemed unlikely to mollify that complaint, however.

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More News On Afghanistan

Petraeus establishes new rules of conduct for Western forces in Afghanistan -- L.A. Times
Petraeus reloads rules of engagement -- USA Today
New NATO Military Directive Aims to Avoid Afghan Civilian Casualties -- Voice of America
Petraeus focused on Afghan civilian protection -- Washington Times
Petraeus Clarifies Rules To Avoid Civilian Casualties -- Radio Free Europe
Petraeus Stresses Shielding Afghans, Self-Defense in New Rules -- Bloomberg
Petraeus focuses on civilians in Afghan directive -- BBC
Petraeus issues new rules on use of force -- Washington Post

NATO helicopter goes down in southern Afghanistan -- AP
Canadian military helicopter makes ‘hard landing’ in Afghanistan -- National Post
Suicide Bomber Kills 7 Afghan Police in North -- New York Times/AP
7 dead in Afghan suicide attack -- CNN
Suicide bomber kills 7 police in Afghan north -- Reuters
FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, Aug 5 -- Reuters
Afghanistan says 39 civilians died in disputed NATO attack -- Yahoo News/Reuters
IEDs kill more civilian Afghans in 2010 -- USA Today
U.S. PR offensive highlights insurgent attacks on Afghan civilians -- McClatchy News
In Afghanistan, A Beautiful Desert Goes Boom -- CBS News
British Support for Fight in Afghanistan Falls -- Voice of America
President Obama sinks in polls over Afghanistan war policies -- New York Daily News
Iran's deadly hand in Afghanistan -- New York Daily News
Marines headed for Afghanistan baptized in ocean off Camp Pendleton -- L.A. Times
Pentagon says Rolling Stone writer denied embed -- Washington Times
Portrait of Pain Ignites Debate Over Afghan War -- New York Times
Afghan woman whose nose, ears cut off travels to U.S. -- CNN