Saturday, October 15, 2011

Afghanistan War News Updates -- October 15, 2011

U.S. Base In Normally Tranquil Afghan Province Hit By Suicide Team -- L.A. Times

REPORTING FROM KABUL, Afghanistan -- A team of insurgent bombers and gunmen on Saturday made an audacious attempt to overrun an American base in what has long been considered one of Afghanistan’s safest provinces.

Afghan officials said two Afghan fuel suppliers and all four attackers were killed in the strike on the headquarters of the so-called provincial reconstruction team in Panjshir, a province north of Kabul, where security responsibilities were handed over in July to Afghan forces.

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More News On Afghanistan

Militants assault US base in eastern Afghanistan -- Yahoo News/AP
First suicide bombing in north Afghan province -- Baltimore Sun/Reuters
Afghanistan militants attack US base in Panjshir -- BBC
Suicide attackers target U.S. base in Afghanistan -- CNN
Taliban claims US base attack in Afghanistan -- Al Jazeera
Militants Attack US Base in Northern Afghanistan Killing 2 -- Voice of America
Suicide attack on Afghanistan US facility kills two -- AFP
The Taliban in Afghanistan’s once impregnable Panjshir Valley -- Reuters

FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, Oct 15 -- Alertnet/Reuters
ISAF Joint Command morning operational update -- Dvids
Son of NY Bomb Plot Sheik Killed in Afghanistan -- New York Times/AP
Islamists say US drone in Afghanistan kills son of Egyptian sheik imprisoned over NY bomb plot -- Washington Post
21 insurgents killed, 19 arrested in Afghanistan: official -- Xinhuanet
Suicide car bomber kills 3 Afghan police officers -- AP
Decorated Army sergeant from Atwater, Ohio, dies from combat injuries in Afghanistan -- Cleveland.com
Night raids no way forward -- Chris Rogers, Afpak Channel
Afghan Security Forces Learn to Protect, Serve -- US Department of Defense
Canadian soldiers embrace new mentor role in Afghanistan -- Vancouver Sun/Post Media News

Reserve Family Sparks Afghan Literacy Project
-- US Department of Defense
Newly trained midwives are saving lives in Afghanistan -- The Guardian
Afghanistan - Newly Discovered Mineralogical Treasure House (Again) -- IBTimes
Reading between the lines in the Afghan war -- Graeme Smith, Globe and Mail

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