Friday, June 1, 2012

Afghanistan War News Updates -- June 1, 2012


Attack On Coalition Base In Khost Thwarted -- Stars And Stripes

Insurgents rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a base in eastern Afghanistan on Friday, kicking off a gunbattle in which 14 attackers were killed, U.S. military officials said. No Afghan or U.S. troops were killed, though both U.S. and Afghan troops suffered minor injuries.

The vehicle attacked the perimeter of a base in Khost province and after it exploded, insurgents, some wearing suicide vests, continued the attack but were repelled by U.S. and Afghan troops, said Maj. Paul Haverstick, a spokesman for the International Security Assistance Force’s Regional Command-East. At least one of the attackers detonated his vest.

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More News on Afghanistan

ISAF Joint Command morning operational update - June 1, 2012 -- ISAF

Attack on US base kills 15 in Afghanistan: NATO
-- AFP
Suicide bomber attacks Nato base in eastern Afghanistan -- BBC
NATO: Afghan insurgents attack coalition base -- FOX News/AP
Insurgents Attack Coalition Base in Afghanistan, NATO Says -- New York Times/AP

Afghanistan violence kills NATO force member, 11 others -- L.A. Times
Afghan Forces Thwart Suicide Bomb Attack Targeting Governor's Office -- RTT News
Marines expand probe of urination video -- Stars and Stripes/AP
Russia wary of permanent US military bases in Afghanistan -- RT

US pushes Australia to take command -- Sydney Morning Herald
Diggers to take control in Uruzgan -- Herald Sun/AFP
Australia to take control in Uruzgan -- ABC News (Australia)

UN Says Civilian Death Rate in Afghanistan is Unacceptable -- Voice of America
Afghan civilian deaths still too high: UN -- AFP
Afghanistan success measured by violence -- UPI

India seeks more talks with US on Afghan withdrawal -- New York Daily News
India fears for Afghanistan after NATO pullout -- AFP

Situation Normal: Afghanistan Fouled Up -- Mark Thompson, Time
Visit Afghanistan's 'Little America,' and See the Folly of For-Profit War -- David Rohde, The Atlantic

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