Afghanistan War News Updates -- October 2, 2011



Afghan Commission: Pakistani Behind Assassination Of Peace Council Chief -- CNN

Afghan officials repeated accusations Sunday that the assassination of the country's peace council chairman began with a plot in Pakistan and was carried out by a citizen of the neighboring nation.

The Pakistani government did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Burhanuddin Rabbani, who was spearheading the reconciliation process with the Taliban in Afghanistan, was killed in a suicide bomb attack at his home on September 20.

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More News On Afghanistan

Afghan Officials: Rabbani Killing Planned in Pakistan -- Voice of America
Assassination was planned in Pakistan, Afghanistan charges -- Miami Herald/McClatchy News
Afghan aide Burhanuddin Rabbani's killer 'Pakistani' -- BBC
Rabbani killer was Pakistani: Karzai’s office -- DAWN/AFP
ISI involved in Rabbani killing: Kabul -- The International News

Afghan president says talks with Taliban futile, dialogue should be held with Pakistan instead -- Washington Post
Afghanistan urges Pakistan to take steps for peace -- Yahoo News/AP
Afghanistan urges Pakistan to take steps for peace -- Dawn
Karzai says peace talks should involve Pakistan -- Reuters
Hundreds of Afghans Hold Anti-Pakistan Protest -- New York Times/Reuters

Senior militant leader in Afghanistan caught -- L.A. Times
Top al-Qaeda associate caught in Afghanistan -- The Telegraph
Top Haqqani Leader Captured in Afghanistan -- Voice of America
Key Afghan insurgency strategist caught -- Sydney Morning Herald

FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, Oct 2
-- Alertnet
Official: 9 Afghan soldiers killed in roadside bomb blast -- CNN
In northern Afghanistan, a small, stubborn Taliban -- Boston.com/Washington Post
Little money recovered in Kabul Bank scandal -- Washington Post
Kabul rocks to live music for the first time in 30 years -- Euronews

Afghanistan on brink after decade of war -- AFP
Are Afghan prisons locked in failure? -- Marisa L. Porges, Washington Post
What should America's goal be in Afghanistan? -- Melissa Labonte and Peter Romaniuk, CNN
Twenty-Five Years of Stingers And Jihad in Afghanistan -- Ted Mann, The Atlantic

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