Afghanistan War News Updates -- September 27, 2011

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Afghan police lead the way on a joint patrol with the Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team, which includes U.S. troops, in the Mehtar Lam district in Afghanistan's Laghman province, Sept. 26, 2011. The provincial team's police transition unit is responsible for the training and mentoring Afghan police. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Crane

Taliban Says it Controls Haqqani Network, Denies Links to Pakistan -- Voice of America

The Taliban says it, not Pakistan, controls the Haqqani network, which U.S. officials blame for numerous attacks on American targets and have linked to Islamabad's intelligence agency.

A statement relased on the Taliban's website (Voice of Jihad) said "all insurgent activity is of "our own initiatives and our own actions." It said there are no ties between the Haqqani network and Pakistan's spy agency, the ISI

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More News On Afghanistan

Security developments in Afghanistan, Sept 27 -- Alertnet
Caldwell: Afghan Troops, Police Make ‘Significant’ Progress -- US Department of Defense
Forces Pressure Insurgents in Eastern Afghanistan -- US Department of Defense
NATO airstrike kills key Taliban leader -- China Daily
US warplanes kill 35 in Afghanistan -- Press TV
Suicide bomb, blast kill 18 civilians in Afghanistan -- Reuters
Roadside bomb kills 16 Afghan civilians -- AJC/AP
Afghanistan: 11 children killed in Herat bus blast -- BBC
Suicide Bomber Kills Two in Southern Afghanistan -- FOX News/AP
Suicide Car Bomb Kills Two in Southern Afghanistan -- Voice of America
Five dead in car bomb near Afghan police HQ -- AFP
Blast kills, wounds several -- UPI
Three killed by suicide bomber in southern Afghan city -- RIA Novosti

The Rapid Rise Of America's Man In Kandahar -- NPR
800 additional U.S. military trainers to be sent to Afghanistan by March -- Washington Post
Commander: More US trainers heading to Afghanistan -- Stars and Stripes/AP
US Marines find rewards in Afghanistan -- AP
Afghan Arnies gripped by bodybuilding craze -- AFP
An Aid Worker Writes: Hope and Exasperation at a Kandahar Hospital -- New York Times

Growing Afghanistan Doubts -- Mark Thompson, Time
Why the Afghan Plan to Lure Fighters Away from the Taliban Is Floundering -- Julius Cavendish, Time
In Afghanistan, a Blurring Line Between 'Bad Guys' and U.S. Allies -- Joshua Foust, The Atlantic
Is reconciliation finished in Afghanistan? -- Michael Wahid Hanna, Foreign Policy