Monday, December 10, 2012

Afghanistan War News Updates -- December 10, 2012



Navy SEAL Team Six Member Killed Rescuing Doctor From Afghanistan -- FOX News

A U.S. official has told Fox News that a member of the Navy SEAL Team Six -- the same special ops group used for the raid on Usama bin Laden's compound -- was killed during a weekend rescue mission in Afghanistan that freed an American doctor abducted by the Taliban outside of Kabul five days ago.

President Barack Obama praised the special forces on Sunday, saying the mission was characteristic of U.S. troops' "extraordinary courage, skill and patriotism."

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More News On Afghanistan

ISAF Joint Command operational update, Dec 10 -- ISAF
U.S. Navy SEAL killed in operation to rescue American doctor in Afghanistan
-- CNN
US soldier killed in Afghan rescue mission -- BBC
SEAL Team Six Member Killed in Raid to Free Doctor -- ABC
Obama lauds rescue of Indian American doctor -- New York Daily News
US: Service Member Died in Afghan Rescue Mission -- Voice of America
US Navy SEAL Killed During Sunday's Afghanistan Rescue Mission -- Business Insider
Latest update: Rescued American doctor was among 3 Taliban hostages -- Examiner
ISAF kills another al Qaeda commander in Kunar raid -- Long War Journal
For Afghan forces, retaking ‘Road of Martyrs’ from Taliban was priority -- Stars and Stripes
U.S. deaths decline sharply in Afghanistan
-- Detroit Free Press

Attacks in Afghanistan kill provincial police chief, official in charge of women’ affairs -- Washington Post/AP
Two officials assassinated in Afghanistan -- Al Jazeera
Afghanistan killings: Nadia Sidiqi and Mohammad Musa Rasuli killed -- BBC
Two officials killed in separate Afghan attacks -- Deutsche Welle
Police Chief, Women's Official Killed In Afghan Attacks -- Radio Free Europe
Prominent female official in Afghanistan assassinated
-- LA Times
Gunmen kill senior women’s activist in Afghanistan -- Washington Post
Leading Afghan women's rights activist murdered while on her way to work -- Global Post
Bomb kills provincial Afghan police chief -- Reuters
Taliban bomb kills Afghan police chief Musa Rasouli -- The Australian/AFP

Taliban say they will attend meeting in France on Afghanistan, but won’t talk about peace
-- Washington Post/AP
Afghanistan considering peace plan that would increase Pakistan’s role -- McClatchy News
Afghan spy master receives hospital visit from General John Allen
-- Examiner
Russia, Afghanistan fight drugs together -- Voice of Russia
Often Throwing Rocks At Afghan Dogs Is The Nicest Thing Marines Can Do
-- Business Insider
Royal Marines accused of killing Afghan prisoner appear in court
-- The Guardian
One raid, two stories: Were insurgents killed? Or just a man’s family? -- Anna Husarska, Washington Post
Afghanistan may be focus of future Indo-Pakistan rivalry: US -- Economic Times
The next surge in Afghanistan -- Dvids
No Easy Exit for NATO in Afghanistan -- Judy Dempsey, New York Times
Letting go in Afghanistan as mission winds down -- David S. Cloud, Los Angeles Times

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