Afghanistan War News Updates -- September 4, 2010

U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and U.S. Army Gen. David H Petraeus, commander of the International Security Assistance Force, depart the force's headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 3, 2010. Mullen made a short stop in the Afghan capital to address Combined Joint Interagency Task Force 435 and receive an operational update from Petraeus. DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley

Petraeus Explains Afghanistan Strategy -- U.S. Department of Defense

KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 3, 2010 – Progress in Afghanistan has been faster than expected in some respects, and not as far along in others, Army Gen. David H. Petraeus said here today.

Petraeus, the commander of U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan, spoke to reporters traveling with Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, before attending a working lunch with the admiral.

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More News On Afghanistan

Petraeus Says Afghan Raids on Rebels Exceed Iraq Pace -- Bloomberg
Afghan exit plan already drafted -- The Australian
Petraeus Plans for Start of US Withdrawal from Afghanistan Next Year -- Voice of America

Gates Sees 2-3 Years of Combat in Afghanistan -- Wall Street Journal
Gates Confident Afghan Strategy Working, But Outcome Not Assured -- Voice of America
Gates rallies troops in Kandahar -- Financial Times
Gates meets US troops in Afghan Taliban heartland -- AFP
Gates says Pakistan havens still threaten Afghanistan -- Reuters
U.S. Defense Chief Sees Progress In Tour Of Afghan South -- Radio Free Europe

Britain's top general in Afghanistan admits it will get worse before it gets better -- The Telegraph
Afghanistan violence will get worse, says UK commander -- BBC
Afghan violence 'will get worse' -- Press Association

Taliban-style bomb kills Afghan police, civilians -- AFP
Blast kills Afghan policemen, civilians: governor -- Reuters
Suicide bomber kills 5 Afghan police, civilian -- AP
At least 7 die, 17 injured in terrorist attack in Afghanistan -- RIA Novosti
Suicide Attack Kills Afghan Police -- Wall Street Journal
NATO soldier killed in southern Afghanistan -- Yahoo News/AFP
FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, Sept 4 -- Reuters

U.S. Marines, British advisers at odds in Helmand -- Washington Post
Afghanistan Gains Come at High Price, U.S. General Says -- Defpro
U.S. forces try to keep the peace in Afghanistan's Helmand province -- Washington Post (Photo Gallery)
Analysis: Special-ops on show to woo war skeptics -- AP
British guns used against Nato forces in Afghanistan -- The Telegraph

Obama, NATO chief to discuss Afghanistan on Tuesday -- AFP

Ex-executives say their dismissals triggered run on Kabul Bank -- Washington Post
Afghanistan says it will back Kabul Bank -- UPI
Afghans continue pulling money from troubled bank -- AP
U.S. to temper stance on Afghan corruption -- Washington Post
Afghan corruption undermines anti-Taliban campaign, officials say -- Miami Herald/McClatchy News

Taliban tries to stop the music in Afghanistan - again -- McClatchy News
US Doctors Work With Afghans to Improve Country's Medical Care -- Voice of America
Women in Afghanistan need our support -- The Guardian opinion
A Chaplain and an Atheist Go to War -- Wall Street Journal