Monday, July 2, 2012

Afghanistan War News Updates -- July 2, 2012


Taliban Bodies Are 'Returned To Pakistan For Burial' -- BBC

The bodies of nine Taliban fighters, who slipped over the border and attacked a Nato convoy in Afghanistan, have been returned to Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal area for burial.

They were part of a 50-member group of fighters loyal to militant commander Hafiz Gul Bahadur.

Many vehicles were torched in the attack on the convoy in Afghanistan's Khost province two weeeks ago.

But the fighters were killed in a Nato air raid that followed the attack.

Residents in Miranshah, the main town of North Waziristan, told the BBC that the dead fighters were between 15 and 25 years old and were from the area.

They said the bodies were badly charred and barely identifiable.

Read more ....

More News On Afghanistan

ISAF Joint Command Morning operational update, July 2 -- ISAF
War in Afghanistan News - 2 July 2012 -- War on Terror News

3 British Soldiers Killed by Afghan Police Colleague
-- New York Times
New 'green-on-blue' attack in Afghanistan kills 3 British troops -- L.A. Times
Three British soldiers killed in Afghanistan -- The Guardian
Three British soldiers killed by Afghan policeman after argument -- The Telegraph
Hammond slams death of three UK soldiers in Afghanistan -- AFP
Three British soldiers die after being shot by rogue Afghan 'policeman' -- Daily Mail
Shooting British soldiers will not help the Afghan cause -- Con Coughlin, The Telegraph

7 killed in suicide attack in Afghanistan -- AJC/AP
Suicide Car Bomb Kills 7 in S. Afghanistan -- Voice of America
Digger wounded, dog killed in Afghanistan -- The Australian
New suspected school poison attacks rattle northern Afghanistan -- Threat Matrix
Afghan National Security Forces take security lead in southern Afghanistan -- Dvids
As U.S. leaves, a struggle to train Afghan army -- CBS
NATO Ambassador Addresses UN Security Council on Afghanistan -- Defpro News

Afghanistan, Pakistan clash over border violence -- The Nation/AFP
Pak military playing double game on Afghanistan -- Hindustan Times
Kabul threatens Pakistan with Security Council -- AFP
Kabul Threatens To Report Pakistan To UN Over Alleged Shelling -- Radio Free Europe

US building $92 million military headquarters for Afghanistan -- Stars and Stripes/Washington Post
Dreams and Dread in Afghanistan -- Elissa Curtis, New Yorker
After America: Will civil war hit Afghanistan when the U.S. leaves? -- Dexter Filkins, New Yorker
Afghanistan Election Could Mean 'All Bets Are Off' -- John T. Bennett, US News and World Report

Factbox: Military deaths in Afghanistan -- Reuters

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