Thursday, September 2, 2010

Afghanistan War News Updates -- September 2, 2010

EXPLOSIVE REHEARSAL - Afghan soldiers climb atop a vehicle to watch the impact of 60 mm high-explosive mortar rounds during a mission rehearsal at Range Juarez, Afghanistan, Aug. 28, 2010. U.S. Marines participated in the rehearsal, which was the first time any of the Afghan soldiers had fired high-explosive rounds. The Marines were mortarmen assigned to Combined Action Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Mark Fayloga

US Defense Secretary In Afghanistan -- Voice of America

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is in Afghanistan for meetings with President Hamid Karzai and the commander of NATO forces in the country, U.S. General David Petraeus.

Gates arrived in Kabul Thursday from Baghdad, where he attended ceremonies Wednesday marking the end of the U.S. military's seven-year combat mission in Iraq.

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More News On Afghanistan

US defence chief Gates on surprise Afghan visit -- AFP
Gates in Afghanistan to Meet With Karzai, Petraeus -- ABC News
Gates arrives in Afghanistan -- CNN
Gates In Afghanistan To Meet With Karzai, Petraeus -- NPR

2 American troops killed in Afghan attacks -- AP
Two US soldiers killed in Afghanistan -- AFP
Taliban attack claims NATO soldier life in E. Afghanistan -- Xinhuanet
Troops in Afghanistan thwart attack on combat outpost -- CNN
Near Kandahar, the Prize Is an Empty Town -- New York Times
Taliban Kill Another Afghan Official in Kandahar -- FOX News
Bomb attack kills Afghan Muslim religious leader -- AP

Afghan leader condemns air strike in north -- Reuters
NATO probes Afghan civilian deaths claims -- AFP
Nato probes report air strike killed Afghan campaigners -- BBC
NATO checks claim strike kills 10 Afghan campaigners -- Reuters
Spin War Shift: Military Now Bragging About Afghan Air Strikes -- The Danger Room

No disciplinary action over French friendly fire incident in Afghanistan -- RFI
Emotional medevac in Afghanistan -- MSNBC (Photos)
Watching a Teenage Girl Die by Mortar -- New York Times
IED attacks not going well for Taliban fighters -- CJTF101
Vigorous Decapitation In Afghanistan -- Strategy Page
US-Nato 'Under-resourced' In Afghanistan: Petraeus -- RTT

Few signs of run on Afghanistan's Kabul Bank
-- AP
Customers Crowd Troubled Afghan Bank to Withdraw Deposits -- Wall Street Journal
Afghanistan takes control of Kabul Bank -- UPI
Afghanistan's Kabul Bank taken over amid graft claims -- Yahoo News/AFP

Can Lessons Learned In Iraq Work In Afghanistan? -- NPR
As U.S. deaths in Afghanistan rise, military families grow critical -- L.A. Times

FACTBOX-Military deaths in Afghanistan -- Reuters

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