Afghanistan War News Updates -- September 3, 2014

NATO troops arrive at the site of a suicide car bomb attack in Kabul August 10, 2014. Credit: REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

Afghans Face Fighting Taliban Without Western Help -- Newsweek

Will Afghanistan, like Iraq, be deserted by the West to fend off extremist groups on its own? The most recent political crisis in the country, which once hosted the perpetrators of the attacks of September 11, the most deadly terrorist assault on American soil, raises new doubts about future presence of United States and NATO forces there.

President Barack Obama has said that unless a new security agreement is signed with the government in Kabul by the end of this year, America will withdraw the remaining troops deployed in Afghanistan, fulfilling his campaign promise to “end” the war by 2014.

The outgoing Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, reneged on an agreement to sign a new pact to facilitate the presence of a residual NATO force in Afghanistan. And while the original agreement, signed in the aftermath of NATO’s 2001 invasion of Afghanistan, remains in effect, administration officials have indicated that a new pact must be signed with the incoming Afghan government if troops are to remain.

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Afghanistan War News Updates -- September 3, 2014

Afghanistan's NATO Coalition Shrinking Fast -- AP
Afghan turmoil threatens NATO's 'mission accomplished' plans -- Reuters
The Other Islamist Insurgency: Taliban Launch New Offensive In Afghanistan As US Troops Prepare To Leave -- IBTimes
41 militants killed, 24 detained in Afghanistan: official -- Global Post/Xinhua News Agency
35 Taliban militants killed, 18 others injured in Afghan operations -- Khaama Press
35 militants killed in Afghanistan -- One India
Another massive Taliban attack repelled in Helmand province -- Khaama Press
Afghan security forces kill 25 militants within a day -- CCTV
11 Killed in Afghanistan as Taliban, Army Clash -- AP
Suicide attack rocks Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan -- Khaama Press
Six Killed in Suicide Attack At Afghanistan Intelligence Compound -- WSj
Roundup: Conflicts claim more than 150 lives in Afghanistan in August -- Global Post/ Xinhua News Agency
Taliban ready to play role in ending violence in Afghanistan -- Khaama Press
Viewpoint: How Nato can help make Afghan forces sustainable -- BBC
US Military Deaths in Afghanistan at 2,202 -- AP