Roadside Bombs Contine to Take Toll -- Ares/Aviation Week
From January to March of this year, sixty-two percent of NATO combat deaths in Afghanistan were due to improvised explosive devices (IED)—the now infamous buried bombs that have traditionally targeted vehicles on the roads, but are increasingly hitting dismounted soldiers on patrol in Afghanistan.
Researchers Lazard Capital Markets noted in a report released last week that after combing though “every casualty report released by the DOD since January 1, 2006 to identify trends in war-related deaths attributable to IEDs,” it found that of first three months of each year, 2011 “posted the highest IED-casualty rate in comparison to the [same] period over each of the last five years” and that the rate of deaths in Afghanistan compare with those in Iraq during 2004 and 2005.
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Forces in Afghanistan Detain Numerous Insurgents -- U.S. Defense Department
Bomb blast kills 3 policemen in Afghanistan -- Yahoo News/AP
Bus Bomb Kills 3 Afghan Policemen -- Voice of America
Afghanistan: Jalalabad blast kills three policemen -- BBC
Bomb planted on a bus kills 3 policemen as violence picks up in east, officials say -- Canadian Press
Bomb disposal expert becomes second UK female soldier to be killed in Afghanistan after being blown up by homemade IED -- Daily Mail
Second female British soldier killed in Afghanistan -- Yahoo News/AFP
First female officer killed in Afghanistan died defusing daisy-chain of bombs -- Daily Telegraph
Taliban planning summer 'spectaculars' in Afghanistan, warn army -- The Guardian
Taliban Fan Fears of Infiltration in Afghan Forces -- New York Times
Afghan forces train to spot rogue soldiers, police -- Newsday
Afghanistan : The gnawing fear of transition -- Reuters
In Afghanistan, Obama foe assails US pullout plan -- Yahoo News/AFP
Kabul Bank to be split and sold off to protect Afghanistan’s financial system -- Washington Post
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Forces in Afghanistan Detain Numerous Insurgents -- U.S. Defense Department
Bomb blast kills 3 policemen in Afghanistan -- Yahoo News/AP
Bus Bomb Kills 3 Afghan Policemen -- Voice of America
Afghanistan: Jalalabad blast kills three policemen -- BBC
Bomb planted on a bus kills 3 policemen as violence picks up in east, officials say -- Canadian Press
Bomb disposal expert becomes second UK female soldier to be killed in Afghanistan after being blown up by homemade IED -- Daily Mail
Second female British soldier killed in Afghanistan -- Yahoo News/AFP
First female officer killed in Afghanistan died defusing daisy-chain of bombs -- Daily Telegraph
Taliban planning summer 'spectaculars' in Afghanistan, warn army -- The Guardian
Taliban Fan Fears of Infiltration in Afghan Forces -- New York Times
Afghan forces train to spot rogue soldiers, police -- Newsday
Afghanistan : The gnawing fear of transition -- Reuters
In Afghanistan, Obama foe assails US pullout plan -- Yahoo News/AFP
Kabul Bank to be split and sold off to protect Afghanistan’s financial system -- Washington Post
Second female British soldier killed in Afghanistan -- Yahoo News/AFP
First female officer killed in Afghanistan died defusing daisy-chain of bombs -- Daily Telegraph
Taliban planning summer 'spectaculars' in Afghanistan, warn army -- The Guardian
Taliban Fan Fears of Infiltration in Afghan Forces -- New York Times
Afghan forces train to spot rogue soldiers, police -- Newsday
Afghanistan : The gnawing fear of transition -- Reuters
In Afghanistan, Obama foe assails US pullout plan -- Yahoo News/AFP
Kabul Bank to be split and sold off to protect Afghanistan’s financial system -- Washington Post
Could German Tiger Attack Helos Be Afghanistan Bound? -- Ares/Aviation Week
Camp Pendleton Marines in Afghanistan to get protective underwear -- L.A. Times
Afghan’s death a parable for country’s justice quandary: Courts or elders? -- Washington Post
Assignment Kandahar: Soft knocking the bazaar -- National Post
Ahmed Rashid on negotiating with the Taliban -- CNN
First female officer killed in Afghanistan died defusing daisy-chain of bombs -- Daily Telegraph
Taliban planning summer 'spectaculars' in Afghanistan, warn army -- The Guardian
Taliban Fan Fears of Infiltration in Afghan Forces -- New York Times
Afghan forces train to spot rogue soldiers, police -- Newsday
Afghanistan : The gnawing fear of transition -- Reuters
In Afghanistan, Obama foe assails US pullout plan -- Yahoo News/AFP
Kabul Bank to be split and sold off to protect Afghanistan’s financial system -- Washington Post
Could German Tiger Attack Helos Be Afghanistan Bound? -- Ares/Aviation Week
Camp Pendleton Marines in Afghanistan to get protective underwear -- L.A. Times
Afghan’s death a parable for country’s justice quandary: Courts or elders? -- Washington Post
Assignment Kandahar: Soft knocking the bazaar -- National Post
Ahmed Rashid on negotiating with the Taliban -- CNN