Afghanistan War News Updates -- August 18, 2011





Afghan Insurgents Step Up Deadly Attacks On Civilians -- New York Times



KABUL, Afghanistan — A series of violent attacks by insurgents in recent days has succeeded in killing numerous civilians, but for the most part failed against military targets.



On Thursday morning, two mines planted on a road in western Herat Province exploded, destroying a minibus and a truck and killing 23 civilians and wounding eight, according to Afghan officials.



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Factbox: Security developments in Afghanistan
-- Yahoo News/Reuters

Karzai, Allen Condemn Insurgent Attacks -- US Department of Defense

ISAF Joint Command morning operational update -- Dvids



Afghan bomb kills five US troops
-- Yahoo News/AFP

Insurgents responsible for Afghan deaths -- UPI

Bomb attacks in Afghanistan kill 26 -- CNN

Taliban bombs kill 25 in Afghan attacks -- The Telegraph

Afghan bombings kill 25, target US base -- AFP

Afghan roadside bomb 'kills 22' in Herat province -- BBC

Roadside Bomb Kills At Least 20 in Western Afghanistan -- Voice of America

Afghan children among bus blast victims -- Al Jazeera

Suicide Truck Bomber Attacks U.S.-Run Base in Afghanistan -- FOX News

Taliban suicide bomber attacks US-run base in eastern Afghanistan -- MSNBC

Officials: Explosion Hits US-led Base in Eastern Afghanistan -- Voice of America

Operation Badr: tracking the Taliban summer offensive in Jawzjan province -- Long War Journal

Policing under threat of suicide bombers and IEDs -- CNN

Top brass blunders put British troops 'at a permanent disadvantage' in Afghanistan -- Daily Mail

America's Robot Army: Technology to Save Lives in Afghanistan -- ABC News

Al Jazeera’s Kabul bureau chief accused of being member of Hamas, network says -- Yahoo News/Cutline

New US military transport contract aims to end diversion of money to Taliban -- Christian Science Monitor

In the war zone, time is an enemy -- Stars and Stripes

Uncle Sam And Pakistani Generals Sail Under False Colors In Afghanistan – Analysis -- Eurasia Review



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