Afghanistan War New Updates -- August 5, 2011

IED Attacks in Afghanistan Hit All-Time High -- National Journal

The number of IED attacks in Afghanistan has spiked to all-time high, U.S. military officials said, because of the free flow of critical bomb-making materials from neighboring Pakistan.

Senior military officials said there were more than 1,600 strikes involving so-called “improvised explosive devices” in June, setting a new record for the long Afghan war, and underscoring the dangers posed by militants operating inside both of the troubled countries. The number of IED strikes in June 2011 is nearly 25 percent higher than the monthly average for the conflict. In May, for instance, there were 1,250 IED attacks.

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More News On Afghanistan

ISAF Joint Command morning operational update -- Dvids
FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, Aug 5 -- Alertnet
NATO service member killed in south Afghanistan -- Boston.com/AP
2 NATO soldiers killed as Afghan violence flares -- Washington Post
Nato troops killed in attacks in eastern Afghanistan -- BBC
3 MARSOC Marines, dog die in Afghan blaze -- Marine Times
Four killed in Afghan protests -- IOL News
Sniper snooper: 'Boomerang' helping UK troops to locate Taliban marksmen -- Yahoo News/ANI
Six months after pullback, U.S. goes back in to contest Pech Valley -- Stars and Stripes
Taliban in Afghanistan change tactics to favor assassinations, civilian terror -- Star-Telegram
Fuel tankers catch fire in Kabul, Afghanistan -- Standard Examiner
Fuel tankers ablaze at depot in Afghanistan -- MSNBC
Commander Notes Progress in Southern Afghanistan -- US Department of Defense
General: Insurgent momentum checked -- UPI
Insurgent violence drops slightly in southern Afganistan -- Stars and Stripes
Half of NATO’s trainers could stay in Afghanistan past 2014: colonel -- National Post
Afghanistan ready to include Pakistan in Taliban dialogue -- Yahoo News/ANI
U.S. head of troubled Afghan reconstruction watchdog resigns -- Xinhuanet
Afghanistan watchdog office staff changing again -- AP
US Special Inspector-General For Afghanistan Quits -- National Journal
Exclusive: Top Afghan oversight official stepping down -- The Cable/Foreign Policy
Think tank warns: No Afghan stability without overhaul of aid programs -- CNN
Road building key tactic for U.S. in Afghanistan -- CBS
No aid, no growth: Support for Afghanistan's economy is shrinking -- Deutsche Welle
Afghanistan: “new protest” movements -- RIA Novosti
Afghans Who Risked Lives for U.S. Are Left in Dark on Visas -- New York Times