Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Afghanistan War News Updates -- September 13, 2011



Kabul In Chaos After Taliban Attacks -- Al Jazeera

Battle continues as Taliban claim series of deadly blasts targeting intelligence agency and state ministries.

Taliban gunmen armed with suicide vests and heavy weaponry have launched co-ordinated attacks in Kabul, targeting NATO's headquarters, the US embassy, and the Afghan intelligence agency.

Heavy gunfire continued to be heard on Tuesday as Afghan forces battled to clear a building in the city's diplomatic quarter which had been taken over by heavily armed fighters. Rockets have reportedly been fired at the US and other embassies in the area.

At least four policemen and two civilians have been killed and 22 others injured, according to AFP.

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More News On Afghanistan

Kabul US embassy attack: live -- The Telegraph
US embassy in Kabul under attack - live updates -- The Guardian

Taliban attack across Kabul, target U.S. embassy -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Taliban attack US Embassy, other Kabul buildings -- Yahoo News/AP
Six dead as Taliban target NATO, US embassy in Kabul -- Yahoo News/AFP
Gunmen attack US Embassy, other buildings in Kabul -- AP
Taliban attack across Kabul, target U.S. embassy -- Reuters
Taliban target NATO, US embassy in Kabul -- AFP
U.S. Embassy in Kabul Attacked; No Casualties Among Staff -- ABC News
Inside Kabul: Telegraph report on US embassy attack -- The Telegraph
Militants Launch Attack on U.S. Embassy in Kabul -- New York Times
Taliban attacks Afghan capital, U.S. Embassy -- CBS News
Taliban launch major attack in heart of Kabul -- CNN
Kabul: U.S. embassy comes under attack -- Washington Post
Insurgents Attack U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan -- FOX News
Afghan gunfight: Explosions and firing rock Kabul -- BBC
U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan under attack, Taliban claims responsibility -- New York Daily News
Afghan Insurgents Target Coalition Force Headquarters, Embassy District -- Voice of America
In pictures: Kabul attacks -- BBC

Forces Detain 3 Suspects, Find Cache -- US Department of Defense
General: US soldiers to be spread thinner -- AP
Afghan forces kill 21 insurgents, detain 9 in Badakhshan province -- Xinhuanet
Pentagon blames Haqqanis for Wardak bombing -- Stars and Stripes
Kidnapped boys saga: NATO trains its sights on TTP hideouts in Afghanistan -- Express Tribune
Pentagon To Drastically Cut Spending On Afghan Forces -- L.A. Times
Pentagon looks to cut cost of training Afghans -- AP

Rights group's report slams local Afghan police -- CNN
Brutality by Afghan Local Police Is Reported -- New York Times
Afghanistan militias and police 'committing abuses' -- BBC
Militias funded by US accused of rights abuses -- The Independent

U.S. Mum Over Reported Taliban Office in Qatar -- FOX News
In rural Afghanistan, many don’t know 9/11 -- CNN
Afghanistan Squanders New Roads With Overweight Trucks -- Radio Free Europe
For the U.S. to Leave Afghanistan, It Has to Be Ready to Stay -- Aryn Baker, Time
With Kabul Under Attack, What Weakening Insurgency? -- Uri Friedman, Atlantic Wire
Recent attacks in Kabul -- AP

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