Saturday, April 16, 2011

Afghanistan War News Updates -- April 16, 2011



Suicide Bomber Kills NATO And Afghan Troops -- Al Jazeera

Attack on base in eastern province claims up to nine lives, a day after the assassination of Kandahar city police chief.

A suicide bomber wearing an Afghan security-forces uniform has blown himself up at the entrance to a military base in eastern province of Laghman, killing five foreign and four Afghan soldiers, officials say.

The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) confirmed in a statement on Saturday the deaths of five of its men. It is the highest toll of foreign soldiers in a single incident in several months.

General Mohammad Zahir Azimi, an Afghan defence ministry spokesman, said a man on foot detonated his vest packed with explosives about 7:30am local time at the entrance to the base, which is shared by Afghan and international forces.

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More News On Afghanistan

NATO: Bomb kills 5 NATO troops, 4 Afghan soldiers -- Yahoo News/AP
Suicide attack kills 5 foreign soldiers in Afghanistan -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Afghan blast kills nine troops -- Yahoo News/AFP
Taliban Suicide Bomber Kills Five Coalition Troops at Afghan Base -- Wall Street Journal
Suicide bomber attacks Afghan military base -- CNN
5 NATO soldiers killed in E. Afghanistan -- Xinhuanet

Assassinated Kandahar police chief was optimistic about security -- Christian Science Monitor
Afghan Taliban Kill Police Chief -- Wall Street Journal
Afghan suicide bomber kills Kandahar police chief -- BBC
Suicide-bomb attack kills Afghan police chief -- L.A. Times

Taliban release seized Afghan policemen
-- BBC
Forces Capture Insurgents, Weapons in Afghanistan -- U.S. Department of Defense
News Wrap: Obama Says Afghanistan Troop Drawdown Not a 'Token Gesture' -- PBS
'I'm not confident' Afghanistan operation will work, Reid says -- CNN
Top Afghan, Pakistan officials hold talks in Kabul -- Yahoo News/AP
Afghanistan, Pakistan upgrade peace efforts -- Reuters
Son's death in Quran burning protest haunts Afghan family -- McClatchy News

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