Afghanistan War News Updates -- August 7, 2010

U.S. Army Spc. Greg R. Kenshalo fires an automatic grenade launcher during an attack on Combat Outpost Bar Alai in Kunar province, Afghanistan, April 5, 2010. Multiple insurgents with automatic machine guns opened fire about seven hours after a sniper also shot at the base. No members of Afghan or international forces were injured during the attacks. Kenshalo is a a rifleman with Troop C, 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment. U.S. Army photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Gary A. Witte

Attack Kills U.S., Foreign Doctors On Medical Mission In Northern Afghanistan -- Washington Post

KABUL -- An attack on a caravan of American and European medical personnel in a remote area of northern Afghanistan has killed 10 people, officials said on Saturday.

Afghan officials said the group of doctors, traveling through northern provinces to provide medical care, were found shot to death and robbed of their belongings on Friday in Badakshan, a relatively peaceful mountain province which has nevertheless suffered from deteriorating security and a growing Taliban insurgency in recent years.

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More News On Afghanistan

Eight foreign medical workers killed in Afghanistan -- Reuters
Briton among eight foreign medics executed by Taliban -- Yahoo News/AFP
6 Americans on medical team killed in Afghanistan -- Yahoo News/AP
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10 on Medical Aid Trip in Afghanistan -- New York Times
British doctor feared among 10 dead in Afghanistan ambush -- The Guardian
8 aid workers found slain in northern Afghanistan -- L.A. Times
Briton among eight doctors 'killed by Taliban' -- The Telegraph
Taliban claims responsibility for killing eight 'Christian missionaries' in Afghanistan -- Sify

Roadside Bombs Kill 12 Afghans, 1 Polish Soldier -- Voice of America
12 Afghan civilians killed in bombings -- CNN
16 civilians killed in Afghanistan, ISAF says -- Sify News

Obama, Cameron talk about Afghanistan, Pakistan -- USA Today
Kandahar Will Be Big Political Test for NATO, Sedwill Says -- U.S. Department of Defense
Iran blames West for Afghan problems -- UPI
Foreign prisoners in Afghanistan may remain under US control -- AFP
U.S. Military Surgeons Saving Children's Lives in Afghanistan -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Antigraft Units, Backed by U.S., Draw Karzai’s Ire -- New York Times
Rolling Stone reporter, DOD at odds over denied embed request -- Stars And Stripes
Mutilated Afghan girl Aisha in US for new nose -- BBC
Afghan woman mutilated by Taliban to have US surgery -- AFP
Aisha, Afghan Teen Mutilated By Taliban, Comes To U.S. To Have Reconstructive Surgery -- Huffington post
The real problem in the Afghan war is India, Pakistan and Kashmir -- Mohsin Hamid, Washington Post