Thursday, February 10, 2011

Afghanistan War News Updates -- February 10, 2011



NATO Commander Expects More Taliban Attacks in Spring -- Voice of America

NATO's top military commander in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus, predicts an increase in fighting in Afghanistan with the arrival of spring. But in an interview on NATO TV, he also described divisions within the Taliban insurgency.

Asked whether fighting would intensify in the coming weeks, NATO's top commander, General David Petraeus, balanced his answer, noting the strengthened alliance force from last year's troop surge.

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More News On Afghanistan

NATO, Afghans seek to pre-empt spring offensive
-- Washington Times/AP
Two soldiers killed in Afghanistan -- BBC
Two soldiers killed in Afghanistan: MoD -- AFP
Two soldiers killed in Afghanistan -- Press Association
Suicide bomber kills Afghan district chief -- AJC
Afghan district chief among 7 killed in suicide attack -- Sify News
Suicide bomber kills Afghan district chief, 2 others in attack inside office in north -- Canadian Press
Afghan 'supermarket bomber' is paraded in public -- BBC
Two held over Kabul supermarket bombing -- AFP
Kabul grocery bombing said to target French diplomats -- Washington Post
Taliban Directed Attacks From Prison -- New York Times
U.S. troop cut could set back Afghan gains-thinktank -- Reuters
LeT operations growing in Afghanistan: US -- Hindustan Times
Al Qaeda in Pakistan continue to attack US -- Zeenews
US military strategy seeks to strengthen Pakistan -- The International News

Human rights groups in Afghanistan shift focus from NATO to atrocities by Taliban -- Sify
Afghan Rights Groups Shift Focus to Taliban -- New York Times

Staff Sgt Olaf Schmid died defusing new Taliban device -- BBC
Bomb disposal expert Olaf Schmid a 'giant of a man', inquest told -- The Guardian
Bomb death 'was not preventable' -- The Independent
Bomb disposal hero was 'impatient' -- The Independent
Bomb death 'was not preventable' -- Press Association

Kandahar base hosts families of fallen soldiers
-- CBC
Canada's Afghan pullout irked U.K. PM: WikiLeaks -- CBC
Afghan state seeks control over abused women -- Reuters
Military gains from foreign aid -- Sydney Morning Herald
Military priorities are distorting aid budgets, says Oxfam -- The Guardian
David Cameron: Afghanistan strategy right -- The Independent
Like No Place on Earth: How U.S. Businesses Are Succeeding in Afghanistan -- Forbes
There's A War On In Afghanistan -- Conor Friedersdorf, The Daily Dish/The Atlantic

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