Monday, September 17, 2012

A Horrible Weekend For NATO Forces In Afghanistan



NATO Disasters Stack Up In Afghanistan -- L.A. Times

More 'insider' slayings, as well as a NATO airstrike that killed eight women, follow a Taliban attack that destroyed more than $150 million worth of equipment.

KABUL, Afghanistan — In a disastrous day for the NATO force in Afghanistan, four American troops were gunned down Sunday by Afghan police, a U.S. airstrike killed eight Afghan women foraging for fuel on a rural hillside, and military officials disclosed that a Taliban strike on a southern base had destroyed more than $150 million worth of planes and equipment — in money terms, by far the costliest single insurgent attack in 11 years of warfare.

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More News On Recent Attacks In Afghanistan

Eight Nato troops killed in Afghanistan -- The Guardian
UPDATE 6-Six die in weekend "insider" attacks in Afghanistan -- Reuters
Audacious Raid on NATO Base Shows Taliban’s Reach -- New York Times
NATO releases details of brazen raid on base in Afghanistan -- CNN
4 troops killed in southern Afghanistan insider attack -- Washington Post
Foreign troops killed in southern Afghanistan -- Al Jazeera
2 British soldiers killed in Afghan insider attack -- AP
Afghanistan: Six killed by insiders, insurgents blow up $180m in jets -- Christian Science Monitor
Audacious Raid on NATO Base Shows Taliban’s Reach -- New York Times
NATO releases details of brazen raid on base in Afghanistan -- CNN
Kabul Must Take 'Insider' Attacks Seriously -- Radio Free Europe
Afghan soldiers pay the price as US forces told not to interact with them -- The Independent
NATO Airstrike Kills 8 Afghan Women -- Voice of America

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