New York Times: Across Afghanistan, Scores Are Killed in a Deadly Wave of Violence
BAGHLAN-E-MARKAZI, Afghanistan — In a chaotic day of violence throughout Afghanistan, scores of police officers, soldiers and civilians were killed by insurgents who, in four separate attacks, overran a major military base, killed a police chief, destroyed a police post and bombed a memorial event.
In the capital, Kabul, a commemoration for a man some Afghans regard as a hero turned violent as suicide bombers attacked celebrants, killing seven, and the police arrested more than 100 mourners for shooting in the air.
The deadliest single incident was the destruction by Taliban insurgents of an army base in Baghlan Province on Sunday, with at least 22 and as many as 40 security force members killed, local officials said.
The military installation was the second major base to fall to the insurgents in Baghlan Province in the past month, and the third in northern Afghanistan during the same period.
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Afghanistan War News Updates -- September 9, 2018
29 killed in Afghanistan as anti-Taliban leader mourned -- FOX News/AP
Suicide Bombing Hits Afghan Commemorations Of Resistance Leader Masud, Killing At Least Seven -- RFE
Afghanistan: Bomb attack hits Ahmed Shah Massoud supporters -- Al Jazeera
Chaos grips Kabul as thousands of gunmen take to streets on Massoud anniversary -- Washington Post
Furious Kabul Residents Slam Govt Over Massoud Day Mayhem -- TOLO News
Attack on checkpoint in western Afghanistan kills 9 -- The Hindu/AP
Deadliest recorded year for Afghan civilians -- CNN
Can Afghanistan Be Saved? Kabul is a democracy in name only. -- Arif Rafiq, National Interest
'We are losing': Trump and his top advisors aren't publicly admitting how bad things are in Afghanistan -- John Haltiwanger, Business Insider
Afghanistan: A bad year in America's longest war -- Brent Swails, CNN
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