Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Afghanistan War News Updates -- May 24, 2011



A Slice Of Afghanistan Well Secured By Afghans -- New York Times

SHINKAY, Afghanistan — Zabul Province, one of Afghanistan’s poorest, is mainly known for being a transit route for Taliban insurgents and NATO supply convoys.

But recently Zabul, in southeastern Afghanistan, has become important for another, better reason: as a small but overlooked corner of the Afghan war that offers a glimpse of what a stable future might look like as Afghans take over their own security and administration by 2014.

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More News On Afghanistan

Four Nato soldiers killed in Afghanistan blast -- BBC
British soldier killed by bomb in Afghanistan -- Yahoo News/AFP
Australian soldier killed in Afghanistan -- Yahoo News/AP
Afghan governor survives assassination attempt in violent south -- Reuters
Blasts kill 20 in Afghanistan -- CNN
Roadside Bomb Kills 10 in Southern Afghanistan -- Voice of America
Roadside Bomb Kills Afghan Workers -- New York Times
10 killed, 28 injured in roadside bomb attack in Kandahar -- Xinhuanet
Roadside bomb kills 10, wounds 28 in Afghanistan -- AP
10 Afghan workers killed as Taliban target foreign aid projects -- Examiner
French fighter jet crashes in Afghanistan -- Herald Sun
NATO chopper crashes in western Afghanistan -- CNN
Five Arrests in Attack on Hospital in Kabul -- New York Times
NATO coalition touts recent capture of al-Qaeda fighter in Afghanistan -- Washington Post
Changing the face of the war one high-value target at a time -- Stars and Stripes
Foot patrols in Afghanistan boost IED detection -- USA Today
Worldview: Signs of progress where U.S. forces are present -- Philly.com
Afghan Security Forces Grow in Numbers, Quality -- US Department of Defense

MI6 tells Barack Obama and David Cameron: Taliban won't talk peace -- The SUN
UK intel: Taliban won’t make a deal -- DoD Buzz

Afghan intelligence agency: Taliban leader has disappeared, not in contact with leadership -- Washington Post
Mullah Omar dead? Widespread sources skeptical -- L.A. Times
Rebutting Afghan Spy Agency, Taliban Say Their Leader Isn’t Dead -- New York Times

Still no details on July troop drawdown in Afghanistan -- Stars and Stripes
Australia reaffirms commitment to Afghanistan -- AFP
Soldiers Describe Life in Paktika Province -- US Department of Defense
Canada, troops praised for work in Afghanistan -- Montreal Gazette/Post Media News
Sobs, silence mark final family pilgrimage to remember loved ones in Kandahar -- Canadian Press
Families of Western troops grieve in Afghanistan -- Reuters

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