Afghanistan War News Updates -- October 3, 2012

U.S. Army Sgt. Matthew Blanchett, center, provides security during a mission in Farah City in Afghanistan's Farah province, Sept. 29, 2012. Blanchett is assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Benjamin Addison

Insider Attacks, Taliban IEDs Continue To Kill U.S. Troops After a Decade of War -- David Wood, Huffington Post

WASHINGTON -- In more than a decade of war in Afghanistan, the United States military has failed to defeat the insurgents' main weapon -- the IED, or roadside bomb -- and has been unable to prevent the spread of a deadly new Taliban tactic, the so-called "insider" attacks by Afghan soldiers on U.S. and allied troops.

Despite a strenuous and costly U.S. effort, the Taliban managed last year to deploy 16,000 IEDs, the main killer of Americans, and are on track to exceed that record this year.

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More News On Afghanistan

ISAF Joint Command morning operational update, Oct. 3 -- ISAF
Combined Force Arrests Taliban Leader -- US Department of Defense
US Soldier Dies Of Combat-Related Injuries In Afghanistan -- RTT
Taliban in control at Kabul’s doorstep -- Global Post
Latest Afghan attack: A troubling first? -- Barbara Starr, CNN
New measures protect U.S. troops in Afghanistan from insider attack -- CBS
Gen. John Allen, We’re not willing to be murdered for Afghanistan campaign -- Examiner
Afghanistan-Pakistan Border Tensions Flare Amid Bombardment Claims -- Voice of AmericaAfghan bid to 'de-friend' France -- The Telegraph
Report: US abandoning hopes for Taliban talks -- Stars and Stripes
Clinton: US Committed to Afghanistan, Despite Recent Setbacks -- Voice of America
NATO's secretary-general discusses Afghanistan, Libya -- L.A. Times
Taliban will face a strong Afghan force in 2014: NATO -- Hindustan Times/PTI
Ex-Afghanistan envoy: The progress is extraordinary -- Michael O’Hanlon, Special to CNN
Afghanistan: We're Out of Reasons -- Joseph Blady, M.D., Huffington Post
Without Taliban Talks, the U.S. Will Lose in Afghanistan -- Spencer Ackerman, Danger Room
NATO in Afghanistan -- Deutsche Welle (A collection of articles)