Sunday, August 8, 2010

Afghanistan War News Updates -- August 8, 2010



Taliban Kills 10 Medical Aid Workers In Northern Afghanistan -- Washington Post

KABUL -- Gunmen killed 10 members of a medical team, including six Americans, traveling in the rugged mountains of northern Afghanistan, demonstrating the reach of insurgents far from their traditional havens and shocking the expatriate community here.

The attack was one of the deadliest on civilian aid workers since the war began in 2001. That it occurred in Badakhshan province, a scenic mountain redoubt considered a peaceful refuge from the war, added to growing concern that the Taliban has seized on northern Afghanistan as its latest front.

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More News On Afghanistan

Taliban kills 10 aid workers, including 6 Americans -- L.A. Times
Taliban kill 10 on a medical mission in Afghanistan -- Boston.com
8 Westerners on Medical Team Killed in Afghanistan -- Voice of America
Afghan police probe foreign medic killings -- AFP
Afghanistan war: Deadly ambush of medical mission roils one of safest provinces -- Yahoo News/Christian Science Monitor
Gunmen Kill Medical Aid Workers in Afghanistan -- New York Times
Slain Workers Undaunted by Risks, Friends Say -- New York Times
Eye surgeon devoted 30 years to patients in poverty -- The Independent
Killed Doctor Was 'Not On Christian Mission' -- SKY News
British mercy doctor executed by Taliban days before she was due to marry -- Daily Record
British surgeon among 10 medics executed in Afghanistan -- The Guardian
British doctor executed by the Taliban in Afghanistan was due to marry in two weeks -- The Daily Mail
Killed in cold blood: the British doctor who went to help in Afghanistan -- The Telegraph

Five NATO Troops Killed In Afghan South -- Radio Free Europe
Five NATO troops killed in volatile Afghan south -- AFP
NATO: 3 US service members killed in Afghanistan -- AP
Politician, two NATO troops killed in Afghanistan -- AFP
2 Danish soldiers killed, 3 wounded in Afghanistan blast -- Canadian Press

Rights Commission: Afghan War Kills 1,325 Civilians This Year -- Voice of America
Afghan commission: Civilian deaths up in 2010 -- AP
Afghan war 'kills 1,325 civilians this year' -- AFP

U.S. Special Forces train Afghans in own image, success could lead to troop withdrawals in region -- New York Daily News
U.S. Special Forces ordered to shave off beards, some against command because it helps relations -- New York Daily News
Kandahar Will Be Big Political Test for NATO, Sedwill Says -- U.S. Department of Defense
Afghanistan war 'lost cause,' says Pakistan's ex-intelligence chief -- CNN
Afghanistan Says to "Deal With" Security Firms -- New York Times/Reuters
Taliban diss Time Magazine cover -- Long War Journal

Afghanistan despatch: 'If Nato pulls out too early there will be civil war again' -- The Telegraph
Afghanistan: Where any field can be a killing field -- Toronto Star
Reclaiming the humanitarian space -- James Denselow, The Guardian
In the Fight for Afghanistan, the Taliban Have the Advantage of Time -- David Wood, Politics Daily
The real problem in the Afghan war is India, Pakistan and Kashmir -- Mohsin Hamid, Washington Post

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