Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Afghanistan War News Updates -- January 10, 2012


10 Killed In Taliban Attack On Government Building In East Afghanistan -- Washington Post/AP

KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban insurgents stormed a government building in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, setting off a firefight that killed 10 people, the Interior Ministry said, the latest sign of insurgent strength after a decade of war.

A statement said three attackers broke into a communications building in Sharan, the provincial capital, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Kabul.

In the ensuing firefight two of the attackers set off their suicide bomb vests, it said. In addition to the three attackers, three policemen and four employees of the Telecommunications Ministry were killed in the attack, the statement said. Two officers and a civilian were injured.

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More News On Afghanistan

Taliban suicide bombers attack Afghanistan government building -- Global Post
10 die as Taliban storm Afghan government building -- AP
10 killed in siege in Afghanistan -- ABC News (Australia)
Insurgents Try to Storm Afghan Government Building -- FOX News/AP
Afghanistan: Police killed in Sharan firefight -- BBC
Suicide attackers storm office in Afghan east, 7 killed -- Reuters

Combined Forces Capture Taliban Leaders in Afghanistan -- US Department of Defense
FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, Jan 10 -- Reuters
Afghan soldier turns gun on U.S. forces -- SFGate/New York Times
New attack feeds NATO worry that Afghan forces being infiltrated -- Boston Globe/New York Times
Afghan leaders develop new security plan to continue to move Afghanistan forward -- Dvids
Afghanistan airdrops surpass record levels in 2011 -- U.S. Air Force
Afghan police to control prisons, rights group concerned -- Reuters
Afganistan's Abuse Charges Surprise Washington -- NPR

Afghan official denies concessions to Taliban -- Al Jazeera
Afghan gov't: No Taliban talks until cease-fire -- CBS/AP
Afghan Govt: Cease-Fire Before Taliban Talks -- Voice of America
Afghan govt urges Taliban for a ceasefire before negotiations -- Daily Times
Afghan Peace Council to Qatar to Probe Taliban Office -- Voice of America
Afghanistan denies assigning certain provinces to Taliban -- Khaama Press
Afghan opposition urges caution in Taliban talks -- Stars and Stripes/AP
How German Diplomats Opened Channel to Taliban -- Spiegel Online

Book review: 'The Operators' goes inside war in Afghanistan
-- L.A. Times
How to Talk to the Taliban -- Michael Semple, Foreign Affairs
Karzai’s Ultimatum Complicates U.S. Exit Strategy -- New York Times

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