Saturday, January 29, 2011

Afghanistan War News Updates -- January 29, 2011



Suicide Bomber Kills Deputy Governor In Afghanistan -- L.A. Times

The Taliban claims responsibility for the attack, which kills a Kandahar province official and injures three bodyguards. It's the highest-profile strike of its kind in months.

Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan — A motorcycle-borne suicide bomber killed the deputy governor of strategic Kandahar province Saturday, raising fears that insurgents were reigniting a campaign of assassinations of public servants that terrorized the south's main urban hub for much of last year.

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More News On Afghanistan

Taliban suicide bomber kills deputy governor of Kandahar -- Long War Journal
Suicide bomber kills Kandahar deputy governor -- MSNBC
Afghan suicide bomber kills Kandahar deputy governor -- Yahoo News/AFP
Suicide bomber kills Kandahar deputy governor -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Kandahar deputy governor killed in blast -- CBC
Kandahar deputy governor killed in suicide attack -- BBC
Taliban bomber kills Afghan official -- UPI
Gen. Petraeus Issues Statement on the Murder of the Deputy Governor of Kandahar -- Dvids

Kabul suicide bomber at supermarket targets Western diplomats
-- The Telegraph
Prominent Afghan family died in grocery bombing -- Yahoo News/AP
Suicide bomber kills nine in Kabul -- The Independent
Supermarket blast in Kabul diplomatic district kills at least 8 and injures 6 -- Washington Post
2 Canadians injured in Kabul suicide blast -- Montreal Gazette/Post Media News
Deadly Attack by Taliban in Kabul Sought to Kill Head of Blackwater -- New York Times
Taliban claim responsibility for Kabul blast that killed 8 -- CNN
Supermarket Attack: A Dangerous Turn in Kabul -- Time Magazine

German citizen detained by US in Afghanistan is free again -- Canadian Press/AP
German Parliament Extends Afghan Mission -- Radio Free Europe
German parliament votes to end Afghan combat mission by 2014 -- CNN

Dutch parliament approves new Afghanistan mission -- Deutsche Welle
Green light for Dutch Afghanistan mission -- Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Dutch Parliament Approves New Afghan Police Training Mission -- RTT News

War In Afghanistan News 29 Jan 2011 -- War On Terror News
Roadside bomb kills 4 security guards in Afghanistan's Helmand -- Xinhuanet
Obama begins planning Afghanistan pull-out -- USA Today
Taliban ready for peace talks in Afghanistan -- Sify News
American interpreter takes a stand in Afghanistan -- Stars And Stripes
Afghan killings case referred to court martial -- Stars and Stripes/AP

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