Thursday, September 22, 2011

Afghanistan War News Updates -- September 22, 2011



After Afghan Slaying, A Sense Of Helplessness -- Washington Post

KABUL — As they mourned the slain Afghan leader who had been tasked with reconciling with the Taliban, close friends and associates of Burhanuddin Rabbani expressed anger and hopelessness Wednesday about peace talks they say were doomed from the start.

“We cannot continue to have wishful thinking,” former presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah, who was close to Rabbani, said as he drove to the former president’s house to pay his last respects. “We must deal with them forcefully.”

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More News On Afghanistan

Slaying of Afghan peace negotiator Rabbani remains a mystery -- L.A. Times
Taliban sent ‘peace message to trick Rabbani’ -- Financial Times
Afghan president: Rabbani's killer staged a ruse -- Stars and Stripes
Karzai: Rabbani Killer Used Fake Peace Message for Access -- Voice of America
Mysterious silence as Taliban backs down on assassination claim -- Sydney Morning Herald
Assassination of former Afghan president dashes peace hopes -- USA Today
Pessimism Fills Kabul During Mourning for Slain Peace Council Chief -- New York Times
Search begins for a new peace broker in Afghanistan -- The Guardian
Taliban stay quiet on killing of former Afghanistan president Rabbani -- The Guardian
Analysis: Mixed Taliban messages on killing may show divide -- Reuters

Force Kills Taliban Leader, Detains Insurgents
-- US Department of Defense
Coalition forces deny insurgency movement, money in Afghanistan -- Dvids
Taliban local leader killed, 2 NATO drone crashed in E. Afghanistan -- Xinhuanet
Two NATO Soldiers Killed In Militant Attack In Afghanistan -- RTT News
With more space needed, U.S. planning major expansion at detainee facility in Afghanistan -- Washington Post

Afghan Taliban linked to US chopper crash dead, says Nato -- The Telegraph
Taliban chief linked to Chinook crash killed, says Nato -- BBC
We've got him! Taliban leader who was intended target of US special forces killed in Chinook crash is dead -- Daily Mail

New 'Silk Road' eyed for Afghanistan -- Yahoo News/AFP
Afghanistan's Buried Riches -- Scientific American

Afghanistan's political landscape of treachery no closer to a truce -- Sydney Morning Herald
Has Afghanistan lost its chance for peace? -- Al Jazeera
Burhanuddin Rabbani's death changes little in Afghanistan -- Stephen Grey, The Guardian
Former Afghanistan President Rabbani's assassination: The fallout -- Yahoo News/The Week

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