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Afghans: Haqqani Son Is Dead
 Afghans: Haqqani Son Is Dead 
Aug 26, 2012 10:45 AM CDT

Afghans: Haqqani Son Is Dead

Scion Badruddin Haqqani reported killed in US drone strike

(Newser) - Afghanistan's intelligence agency said today its operatives have confirmed that the son of the founder of the powerful Haqqani militant network was killed in an airstrike in Pakistan, even as the Taliban vowed that he was alive and well. A spokesman for Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security said...

Ramadan Fasting Fueling Afghan Attacks on Troops
Ramadan Fasting Fueling Afghan Attacks on Troops
new theory
Aug 24, 2012 8:20 AM CDT

Ramadan Fasting Fueling Afghan Attacks on Troops

Coalition commander suggests it could be raising stress

(Newser) - First Hamid Karzai suggested the attacks by Afghan forces on US troops and other allies were really occurring at the hands of " foreign spies ." Now American and Afghan officials are suggesting a surprising alternative: Ramadan. Officials say it isn't the main cause; however, they believe that the...

Afghanistan: Foreign Spies Infiltrating Our Army

Karzai blames neighboring countries for 'green on blue' attacks

(Newser) - Why are so many Afghan soldiers killing their NATO allies? They're not; foreign spies are. Or at least, that's what Hamid Karzai's office said today, saying that based on interrogations and other evidence, the main culprits behind the so-called "green on blue" attacks were from neighboring...

Afghanistan: We'll Try Harder to Spy on Own Troops

Responds to spike in 'green on blue' attacks

(Newser) - Afghanistan is promising to step up its scrutiny of its own security forces following a surge in "green on blue" attacks. Insider attacks have killed nine US service members in the last 12 days and Afghan officials say nearly 200 new intelligence officers have been assigned to go undercover...

US Military Chief's Plane Blasted by Afghan Rockets

But Army Gen. Martin Dempsey was 'nowhere near' the plane

(Newser) - Militants fired rockets at a US base in Afghanistan last night, damaging the plane of the chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff while he was on a visit. But Army Gen. Martin Dempsey was "nowhere near" the aircraft, a spokesman said today. A Taliban rep claimed responsibility...

Afghan Schoolbooks Delete US, Taliban History

Taliban atrocities, US invasion get little or no treatment

(Newser) - Soon, students in Afghanistan won't know much about the Taliban or the US-led invasion—and Afghan officials don't seem to mind. New history books purposely exclude or minimize such horrors, apparently to bring cohesion to a war-torn society, the BBC reports. "My responsibility is to bring unity...

Afghan Cop Kills 2 US Troops
 Afghan Cop Kills 2 US Troops 
Aug 17, 2012 4:18 AM CDT

Afghan Cop Kills 2 US Troops

Killing is 6th 'green-on-blue' attack in 2 weeks

(Newser) - Two US soldiers were killed in Afghanistan this morning by an Afghan police officer, the sixth such "green on blue" killing in the past two weeks, reports the AP . One Afghan police officer was also seriously wounded in the attack. The attacker, who had been recruited by the village...

US Is Selling Out Uzbekistan
 US Is Selling Out  Uzbekistan 
OPINION
Aug 15, 2012 1:12 PM CDT

US Is Selling Out Uzbekistan

We ignore strategic ally's human rights abuses: Former prisoner

(Newser) - The US media rarely mentions Uzbekistan, but human rights there are in a deplorable state. Just ask Sanjar Umarov, who was jailed and tortured for years for speaking out against the massacre of mostly peaceful protesters in 2005. "I was drugged, beaten, falsely accused of directing the uprising,"...

Dozens Killed in Afghan Day of Terror

Attackers target markets, hospital, mosque

(Newser) - A series of brutal attacks across Afghanistan made yesterday the deadliest day of the year so far for the country's civilians. At least 48 people were killed and more than 100 others injured in shootings and bombings, including a triple suicide bombing in the normally peaceful province of Nimruz,...

3 US Troops Killed by Afghan Police at Dinner

Special forces members had been invited to meal to talk about security

(Newser) - Three US special forces troops were shot dead last night by an Afghan police commander and his men, who had invited the Americans to a dinner in Helmand province to discuss security, reports Reuters . "During dinner, the police commander and his colleagues shot them and then fled," said...

Truck Bomb Rams NATO Afghan Base

Bomb under bridge kills 9 on Kabul bus

(Newser) - A suicide attacker in an explosives-laden pickup truck rammed the gates of a NATO base in Afghanistan's Logar province today, wounding at least 11 Afghans, reports the AP . NATO commanders have confirmed the blast and say there are no immediate reports of injuries among the troops. The Taliban took...

Months After US Exits, the Tale of Afghan Base in Ruin

Combat base falling apart just months after handover

(Newser) - One of the first American bases to be handed over to Afghan control is falling apart, in what some fear signals the future of the rest of the country, the Washington Post finds. Combat Outpost Conlon, in a Taliban stronghold 50 miles from Kabul, was handed over less than six...

Nikki Haley's Hubby Deployed to Afghanistan

Will aid in agribusiness training for a year

(Newser) - The husband of South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley will soon head off to Afghanistan for a year's deployment. It appears to be the first time a governor's spouse has been sent to a combat zone as a member of the National Guard, McClatchy reports. South Carolina National Guard...

Afghan Police Bases US Built for $19M Sit Empty
Afghan Police Bases
US Built for $19M Sit Empty
new report
Jul 30, 2012 7:41 AM CDT

Afghan Police Bases US Built for $19M Sit Empty

Report: some infrastructure projects could even prove detrimental

(Newser) - When US inspectors looked at four border police bases in Afghanistan—funded by the US at a cost of almost $19 million—they found most of the facilities on three of those bases had either been abandoned or weren't being used as intended, the Wall Street Journal reports. The...

Afghan Cop Kills 3 Western Trainers

Afghan soldier wounds 2 NATO troops

(Newser) - The latest attacks on Westerners by Afghans have claimed three lives and wounded several other people. An Afghan policeman this weekend shot a trio of civilian police training advisers, two American and one British, Afghan and NATO authorities say. Two other people, including an Afghan training adviser, were wounded in...

22 NATO Supply Trucks Blown Up in Afghanistan

Fuel convoy attacked at rest stop

(Newser) - Pakistan has reopened supply lines , but NATO is still having plenty of trouble getting supplies into Afghanistan. In the latest attack, a magnetic bomb placed on a truck destroyed 22 fuel tankers in northern Afghanistan early this morning, reports AP . The tankers, which were transporting fuel south from Uzbekistan, were...

Suicide Bomber Hugs Father of Bride, Kills 23

Attack in Afghanistan hits prominent anti-Taliban politician

(Newser) - A suicide bomber in Afghanistan killed an anti-Taliban politician today by striking on his daughter's wedding day, reports the BBC . The bomber hugged Ahmad Khan Samangani as he was greeting guests at the wedding hall and set off an explosion that killed the MP and at least 22 others,...

Getting Out of Afghanistan Will Cost Us Billions

Thanks to geography, it's an 'order of magnitude' harder than Iraq

(Newser) - Fighting a war isn't cheap, and in Afghanistan's case, neither is ending one. The US is set to get everyone out by 2014, but getting everything out will cost billions, says Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter. "Combat is still going on. Terrible terrain. Narrow roads. Long way...

Taliban Boss: We Can&#39;t Win
 Taliban Boss: 
 We Can't Win 
INTERVIEW
Jul 11, 2012 6:53 AM CDT

Taliban Boss: We Can't Win

Calls al-Qaeda 'plague', bin Laden death 'relief'

(Newser) - A top Taliban commander says his group "cannot prevail" in Afghanistan, and leaders know it. "Any Taliban leader expecting to be able to capture Kabul is making a grave mistake," the unnamed leader, a former Guantanamo detainee, tells the New Statesman in an interview previewed by the...

Karzai Calls for Arrest of Taliban in Public Execution

Officials don't think executed woman actually committed adultery

(Newser) - A video of a woman being publicly executed , supposedly for adultery, sparked outrage in Afghanistan—and now President Hamid Karzai has ordered the arrest of the Taliban involved. Officials actually believe the woman was killed—shot nine times as a throng of people cheered—because two Taliban commanders both had...

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