Monday, September 26, 2011

Afghanistan War News Updates -- September 26, 2011



US Embassy Shooting In Kabul Heightens Concerns About Afghan Security -- Christian Science Monitor

An Afghan US Embassy employee in Kabul killed an American in an annex known to be used by the CIA. The incident raises further questions about the reliability of America’s Afghan partners.

One American citizen is dead and another wounded after a lone Afghan gunman opened fire in an annex of the US Embassy in Kabul on Sunday night, highlighting that the relationship between Western officials and their Afghan counterparts is as unstable as ever.

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More News On Afghanistan

Rogue embassy employee attacks CIA office in Kabul - -Sydney Morning Herald
2 die in U.S. Embassy shooting incident in Kabul -- CNN
CIA Building Attacked in Afghan Capital -- Time/AP
Gunman Kills American at Kabul CIA Office -- Wall Street Journal
AFGHANISTAN: One American killed at CIA base in Kabul -- L.A. Times
American Killed in Attack at U.S. Compound in Kabul -- New York Times
US Citizen Killed in Kabul Attack -- Voice of America
Afghan employee kills U.S. citizen at Kabul CIA base -- Reuters

SAF Joint Command morning operational update -- Divds
FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, Sept 26 -- Alertnet/Reuters
7 insurgents killed, 32 arrested in E. Afghanistan -- Xinhuanet
Troops kill 22 insurgents, detain 14 in Afghanistan -- Xinhuanet
Over 450 Taliban Militants Killed In Afghanistan Since May -- RTT News
Pakistan 'will not launch' Haqqani offensive -- AFP
Afghanistan warns Pakistan about border fighting -- Yahoo News/AP
Afghans Hold Man Tied to Top Negotiator’s Death -- New York Times
British Afghanistan Troops Sleep Packing Pistols -- FOX News
Commanders ignored warnings that British troops were at risk from attack by Afghan allies -- The Telegraph
British soldiers in Afghanistan shown 'war snuff movies' -- Independent
Afghan aviators soar toward self-reliance -- Divds
US pushes Afghan army to stand on its own two feet -- Business Recorder

What went wrong for Afghanistan's women?
-- Madeleine Bunting, The Guardian
Rabbani death shuts Afghan "door of stability": colleague -- Reuters
Hurtling down Afghanistan’s road to perdition -- Matthew Green, Financial Times
Pakistan Spat Highlights Bitter Truths Facing the U.S. in Afghanistan -- Robert Baer, Time
Growing Afghanistan Doubts -- Mark Thompson, Time
BACKGROUND: Afghanistan: fact file of a war-torn country -- M&C

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