Afghanistan War News Updates -- September 6, 2011

U.S. Army Spc. Robert Breese and other soldiers patrol Qalat City, Afghanistan, Sept. 2, 2011. Breese, a rifleman assigned to the Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul's security force, is deployed from the Massachusetts National Guard. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Grovert Fuentes-Contreras

Afghan Police Defecting Over Pay -- Sacramento Bee/Institute For War & Peace Reporting

A local policing venture in Afghanistan's northeastern Kapisa province is faltering as men leave the force because their wages have been cut.

The men are part of the Afghan Local Police, originally village militias that have been brought under a centralized command structure since last year. They remain distinct from the regular Afghan National Police, ANP.

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More News On Afghanistan

FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, Sept 6 -- Alertnet
ISAF: Afghanistan Transition Ahead of Schedule -- Voice of America
US civilian killed in Afghanistan -- Yahoo News/AP
US civilian found killed in Kabul -- Yahoo News/AFP
U.S. engineer's remains found in Afghanistan -- CBS News
Billions in arms slated to rust: Afghans can't afford upkeep -- Ottawa Citizen
Armed to the tusks: NATO gives Afghans a $2.5bn white elephant -- The Australian/The Times
US Sends Billions in Equipment That Kabul Can’t Afford -- Antiwar.com
Coalition doubles IED seizures in Afghanistan -- USA Today
3 Silver Stars awarded for fierce firefight in Afghanistan -- Stars and Stripes
U.S. Must Stay in Afghanistan or Risk More Attacks: Envoy -- New York Times/Reuters
9/11 memories fire US troops in Afghan war -- Yahoo News/AFP
New commander takes helm of Marine air command, control group in Afghanistan -- Marines.mil
Afghans to march to Kabul in election protest -- RIA Novosti
Norway freezes Afghanistan aid: report -- Yahoo News/Reuters
A Beautiful View, But Still A Battle Zone -- NPR
Afghan army: If you build it, who will come? -- Taylor Owen, Globe and Mail
Global Insights: China Ponders U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan -- Richard Weitz, WPR
The Clock Is Ticking -- New York Times editorial