Afghanistan War News Updates -- September 6, 2010

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An HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter carrying combat search and rescue U.S Air Force airmen approaches a landing zone during an exercise on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 21. 2010. The exercise tested the squadron’s ability to provide medical aid to U.S. and coalition forces. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Boitz

Panic In Afghanistan: The Angry Run On Kabul Bank -- Time Magazine

You can see the anxiety over the fate of Afghanistan's economy just by looking at the huge line of depositors gathered furiously outside the headquarters of Kabul Bank in the downtown section of the capital. Hundreds thronged the sidewalks Sunday, spilling into a street wreathed in newly laid coils of concertina wire. Armed security guards tried in vain to tamp down tempers that flared despite reports of a possible bailout being orchestrated by the government with the help of U.S. experts. Occasional scuffles broke out between police and nervous depositors, many of whom arrived in the predawn hours to withdraw funds. (Sunday is a workday in Afghanistan.) Intermittent pleas to the crowds by bank officials for patience and understanding were met with angry variations of the same demand: We want our money back.

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More News On Afghanistan

Officials freeze assets of Kabul Bank shareholders, excepting Karzai's brother -- Washington Post
Afghan central bank to back struggling Kabul Bank -- BBC
Afghans Move to Bail Out Kabul Bank -- Wall Street Journal
Afghanistan 'ready' to bail out troubled Kabul Bank -- Yahoo News/AFP
Afghans shocked by Kabul Bank troubles -- Al Jazeera
Security stepped up at Kabul Bank -- BBC

Afghan foreign troops death toll hits 500 for 2010 -- Yahoo News/Reuters
US servicemember dies in fighting in Afghan east -- AP
Afghanistan explosions result in deaths of two soldiers -- BBC
Afghanistan: Battle blasts kill 2 British soldiers -- Mirror.co.uk
First Georgian soldier killed in Afghanistan -- Reuters
Dramatic footage of US troops in live combat in Kandahar -- NDTV
Suspected Taliban bomb maker among captured insurgents -- CNN
23 Militants Killed in NATO, Afghan Forces Operations -- Tolo News
Afghan militancy, conflicts claim 169 lives in a week -- Xinhuanet
FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, Sept 6 -- Reuters
Sources: As many as 2,000 more troops may be going to Afghanistan -- CNN
Afghanistan violence will get worse, says UK commander -- BBC

Report: Iran Paying Taliban to Kill U.S. Troops -- FOX News/Sunday Times
Wanted: Iran's 1G bounty on US heroes -- New York Post
Report: Iran pays $1,000 for each U.S. soldier killed by the Taliban -- MSNCB
Taliban paid bounties for kills -- The Australian
Iran paying Taliban $1000 per American soldier killed? -- Hot Air
Report: Tehran pays Taliban for every US casualty -- Ynet News

More Stryker Brigade soldiers charged with assault on Afghans -- McClatchy News
US expects to spend billions on Afghan training long after drawdown -- Canadian Press
German States Grow Skeptical of Sending Police Trainers -- Spiegel Online
Karzai Forms Council to Pursue Talks with Taliban -- Foreign Policy Journal
War, Corruption Swell Number Of Afghan Street Kids -- New York Times/Reuters
Helmand dam a monument to U.S. challenges -- L.A. Times
The Next Afghan Election -- New York Times editorial