Sunday, September 26, 2010

Afghanistan War News Updates -- September 26, 2010

U.S. Army Sgt. Ricardo E. Maya keeps watch as 120mm white phosphorus mortar rounds hit the nearby ridgeline during a firefight at the an Afghan National Police checkpoint in Kunar province, Afghanistan, Sept. 18, 2010. Maya is assigned to the 327th Infantry Regiment's Company D, 1st Battalion, Task Force Bulldog. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Gary A. Witte

U.S., Afghan Forces Destroying Taliban Fighting Positions -- L.A. Times

The latest effort to root out insurgents is centered on districts to the west and south of Kandahar, the city they regard as their spiritual home. 'We expect hard fighting,' a NATO spokesman says.

Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan — Afghan and Western troops have launched a new push into Taliban strongholds on the outskirts of Kandahar, Western military officials said Sunday, intensifying a months-long effort to dislodge insurgents from the southern city they regard as their spiritual home.

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More News On Afghanistan

American and Afghan Troops Begin Combat for Kandahar -- New York Times
US and Afghan forces launch Kandahar strike -- Financial Times
Scores of Taliban Killed in 2 Airstrikes -- New York Times
NATO helicopters entered Pakistan to kill insurgents -- Yahoo News/Reuters
30 killed as 2 NATO helicopters strike inside Pakistan -- Xinhuanet
Operation in Taliban birthplace goes on, enters important phase: NATO -- Xinhuanet
NATO: Bomb blast kills 2 troops in Afghanistan -- AP
Two NATO soldiers killed in bomb blast in Afghanistan -- RIA Novosti
NATO: Bomb blasts kill 3 troops, 30 militants die -- AP
Bombs Kill 3 Foreign Troops in Afghanistan -- Voice of America
ISAF hunts senior al Qaeda leader in Kunar -- Long War Journal
Violence kills 100 Afghan police every month: govt -- AFP
NATO airstrike destroys IED factory, 2 tons of explosive devices in S. Afghanistan -- Xinhuanet
IEDs killing fewer troops in Afghanistan -- Washington Post
'No NATO trainers, no transition to Afghan control' -- AFP
2,000ft up, the new 'barrage balloon' spying on the Taliban -- Daily Mail
Afghan army getting its first female officers -- Army Times
Afghanistan's first female army officers graduate -- AFP

Evidence Mounts That Afghan Elections Marred by Fraud -- FOX News
Widespread Fraud Seen in Latest Afghan Elections -- New York Times
Afghan 'vote-rigging videos' emerge -- Al Jazeera

British woman kidnapped in Afghanistan after insurgents ambush convoy -- The Daily Mail
Afghanistan: gunmen kidnap Briton and three co-workers -- The Guardian
British aid worker kidnapped in Afghanistan -- AP

Danish prime minister in surprise visit to Afghanistan -- Yahoo News/AFP
Amputee battles on front line in Afghanistan -- Detroit Free Press/AP
Massive Afghan Iron Ore Deposit Up For Tender Again -- New York Times
Britain’s Fourth Afghan War, Through the Lens of Three Others -- John Burns, New York Times

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