Afghanistan War News Updates -- November 9, 2011

Up To 70 Taliban Killed In Afghanistan Base Attack -- Voice of America

According to officials in Afghanistan, Afghan and NATO troops have killed at least 70 Taliban militants who launched an attack on a base near the Pakistani border.

A spokesman for the governor of Paktika province, Mukhlis Afghan, said the combined force repelled the assault late Tuesday in the Barmal district.

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More News On Afghanistan

Attack on U.S. base in Afghanistan repelled -- L.A. Times
Taliban attackers driven back, killed in attack on U.S. base -- Washington Post
Up to 70 Taliban dead as Afghan attack thwarted -- AFP
Afghanistan clash 'kills dozens of Taliban' in Paktika -- BBC
Official: At least 60 insurgents killed in Afghan fighting -- CNN
Up to 60 Afghan Taliban killed in NATO base attack -- Reuters

Afghan Soldier Seriously Wounds 3 Australians -- New York Times
Afghan soldier shoots 3 diggers -- ABC News (Australia)
Diggers want to catch rogue soldier alive -- The Australian
Manhunt continues in Afghanistan as MP slams war as 'unwinnable' -- Adelaide now

11 killed in Afghanistan blast -- CNN
Nine members of Afghan family, including children, killed by bomb -- L.A. Times
Roadside Blast Kills 11 in Northern Afghanistan -- Voice of America

Taliban call to limit civilian kills 'hypocritical' -- AFP
Coalition Commander Condemns Insurgent Attacks -- US Department of Defense
Analysis-With an Eye on 2014, India Steps Up Afghan Role -- New York Times/Reuters
Swedish Troops to Start Leaving Afghanistan Soon -- FOX News/AP
The Afghan Solution -- Lucy Morgan Edwards, Foreign Policy

US military deaths in Afghanistan at 1,712 -- Yahoo News/AP