Sunday, June 26, 2011

Afghanistan War News Updates -- June 26, 2011



A Gloomy Picture For Afghan Peace Talks As Taliban Continues To Fight -- Xinhuanet

KABUL, June 25 (Xinhua) -- The prospects of the ongoing peace negotiations with Taliban appears to be bleak as radical outfit fighting Afghan and NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) has vowed to continue armed struggle until foreign troops leave Afghanistan.

Amid increasing militancy and muscling by warring sides in Afghanistan, efforts to push for peace talks and national reconciliation in Afghanistan have been accelerated in the insurgency-hit country, however, no positive signs are on the horizon for the near future, local experts say.

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More News On Afghanistan

Taking a Risk With Taliban Negotiations, Even if the Talks Are Real This Time -- New York Times
Afghanistan: The next chapter for Taliban talks -- BBC
After a decade of war, no clear answers and no sign that fighting will end soon -- Washington Post/AP
Karzai welcomes U.S. troop withdrawal -- CNN
Obama criticized by both parties over Afghanistan -- USA Today
US envoy bound for Afghanistan ahead of drawdown -- AFP

FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, June 26 -- Alertnet
Two Spanish soldiers killed in Afghanistan -- Yahoo News/AFP
Four NATO soldiers killed in separate attacks in Afghanistan -- M&C
More than 32 Taliban killed, says Afghan army -- AFP
Afghanistan: Eight-year-old girl 'used in attack' -- BBC
Afghanistan hospital suicide bomb toll rises to 38 -- Yahoo News/AFP
Suicide Bomb Kills 35 at Afghan Clinic -- Time/AP
At Least 38 Dead from Suicide Attack on Afghan Hospital -- Voice of America
Afghanistan: Logar hospital blast victims buried -- BBC
Suicide car bomber kills 35 at Afghan clinic -- AP
Suicide truck bomber targets Afghan hospital, kills 35 -- CNN

Intelligence shift shows change in Afghan war aims -- Yahoo News/AP
Story of a raid: US night operations anger Afghans -- Stars and Stripes/AP
Attackers in uniform add to anxiety in Afghanistan -- L.A. Times
Belgium to cut in half its Afghan contingent -- Yahoo News/AP
From Taliban taxes to shakedowns, US military presence hasn't changed daily Afghan corruption -- Newser
Number of Afghanistan refugees has doubled in 2011 -- CNN

What the Afghan war is missing: A sense of desperation -- Washington Post editorial
Omar Hamid: a purely military approach will only result in a stalemate -- The Telegraph
An aggressive retreat: America's risky withdrawal from Afghanistan -- The Economist
Let's Make a Deal: The United States and the Taliban should be able to work out a compromise on Afghanistan. But will the Afghans be able to live with it? -- James Traub, Foreign Policy
Obama postpones the inevitable end of war in Afghanistan -- Pat Buchanan, Miami Herald
It Has to Start With Them -- Thomas Friedman, New York Times

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