Monday, September 12, 2011

Afghanistan War News Updates -- September 12, 2011



Afghanistan Militias And Police 'Committing Abuses' -- BBC

Militias and some units of the new local police in Afghanistan are committing serious human rights abuses, a Human Rights Watch report has said.

It says that they are responsible for crimes including killings, rape, arbitrary detention, abductions and forcible land grabs.

The report says the Afghan government has failed to hold the militias properly to account.

Nato said it was working with the government to examine the findings.

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More News On Afghanistan

US-backed Afghan militias accused of human rights abuses -- The Guardian
Afghan militias, police accused of abuses -- AP
NATO-backed local police terrorising Afghans - report -- Reuters
US-backed Afghan police accused of serious abuses -- AFP
U.S.-backed Afghan police force accused of human rights abuses -- Global Post
HRW: Afghan Police Guilty of Serious Abuses -- Voice of America
Afghanistan militias and police “committing abuses” -- RAWA News

Afghan truck bomb hits US troops in Wardak -- BBC
77 U.S. troops injured in Taliban truck bombing -- L.A. Times
Nato military base attacked by suicide bomber in Afghanistan -- The Guardian
Taliban targets coalition base on eve of 9/11 anniversary -- CNN
Taliban Time Blast to 9/11 -- Wall Street Journal
NATO: 77 U.S. troops injured after Taliban hit Afghan coalition base -- CNN
Taliban claim Afghanistan truck bomb attack that wounded 77 US troops -- Yahoo News/Christian Science Monitor

FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, Sept 12 -- Alertnet
Operations Continue at Outpost After Attack -- US Department of Defense

US troops in Afghanistan mark 9/11 -- AFP
In Afghanistan, tie between 9/11 and the war often gets lost -- L.A. Times
PHOTOS: Commemorating Sept. 11 In Afghanistan -- NPR
In rural Afghanistan, many don’t know 9/11 -- CNN

US must stay in Afghanistan for 'long haul', says ambassador -- The Telegraph
U.S. casualties keep rising in Afghan war -- Ottawa Citizen
Six soldiers honoured for service in Afghanistan -- Montreal Gazette/Postmedia News
For some former Guantanamo detainees, present bleaker than past -- Washington Post
NATO progress in Afghanistan questioned -- Voice of Russia

Taliban office in Qatar approved by US
-- The Australian/The Times
U.S. backs move to let Taliban open headquarters in Qatar in the hope of ending war in Afghanistan -- Daily Mail
U.S. Offers The Taliban New Middle East Headquarters -- Business Insider

Half a Trillion Dollars of Broken Afghan Dreams -- New York Times/Reuters
9/11 Recalled — Kabul -- Sharifullah Sahak, At War, New York Times
In Afghanistan, tie between 9/11 and the war often gets lost -- Laura King, L.A. Times
Ryan Crocker’s ‘strategic patience’ in Afghanistan -- Jackson Diehl, Washington Post

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