Afghanistan War News Updates -- February 23, 2012



New Afghanistan Koran Protests Leave Eight Dead -- BBC

At least another eight people have been killed, including two Nato soldiers, in violence across Afghanistan, after the burning of the Koran at a US base.

Many others were injured in the protests, while armed men also attacked at least two military installations.

US President Barack Obama has sent his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai a letter of apology for the burnings.

Crowds shouting "death to Obama" have been throwing stones and setting fire to the US flag.

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More News On Afghanistan

Koran row: Nato troops shot dead after Taliban call on Westeners to be killed -- The Telegraph
2 NATO troops killed as Taliban urge attacks over Quran burning -- CNN
2 U.S. troops killed in Koran backlash -- CBS
Report: 2 NATO troops killed by Afghan soldier 'angry over Quran burning' -- MSNBC
Afghan soldier "kills two NATO troops" at protests -- Reuters
Afghan soldier kills NATO troops amid violent protests -- AFP
Two NATO troops killed in Afghanistan Koran burning violence -- New York Daily News
Taliban urges Afghans to 'kill invaders' -- Al Jazeera
Afghan Protests Over Burning of Korans Spread for 3rd Day -- New York Times
US embassy in Afghanistan on lockdown as anti-American protests continue over Koran burning incident -- FOX News
Effigy of 'Black Dog' Obama set alight and seven protesters shot dead as Afghan anger over Koran burning flares for second day -- Daily Mail

Apology Fails to Quell Ire Over Koran Burning as Probe Opens
-- Bloomberg Businessweek
Obama sends letter of apology to Afghan president -- AP
Obama sends letter of apology to Afghan president over Quran burning at US base -- Washington Post/AP

Karzai Appeals for Calm As Quran Protests Turn Deadly -- Voice of America
Karzai calls for calm after deadly anti-U.S. protests -- CTV/AP
Karzai Urges Calm as Six Die in Afghan Koran Protests -- New York Times/Reuters

Training should have averted Afghan Koran burning: general
-- Reuters
Quran Incident Inquiry Under Way, ISAF Official Says -- US Department of defense
In pictures: Afghanistan protests -- BBC

Coalition, Afghans Capture Taliban Leaders in Helmand
-- US Department of defense
ISAF Joint Command morning operational update - February 23, 2012 -- ISAF
War In Afghanistan News 23 February 2012 -- War On Terror News
Joint ISAF/Afghan investigative team visits Parwan detention facility -- Dvids
Afghan Insurgent Reintegration Effort Works, Official Says -- US Department of Defense
NATO: 99 percent of reformed insurgents staying out of fight -- Stars and Stripes
Military: Who Cares How Many Taliban Stop Fighting? -- Danger Room
Afghans, US may defer issues in strategic deal -- Stars and Stripes/AP
Officials: Afghanistan, US looking at removing detention, night raids from partnership talks -- Washington Post/AP
NATO troops in Afghanistan celebrate Mardi Gras -- Reuters

Afghans flee war to face hunger, disease in slums: Amnesty -- Chicago Tribune/Reuters
Afghan refugees abandoned by their own government, report finds -- The Guardian
Rights Group Says Afghans Displaced by War Lack Proper Housing, Food -- Voice of America
Amnesty: Displaced Afghans neglected -- Al Jazeera
500 000 homeless in war-torn Afghanistan -- News24
Thousands of 'ignored' Afghans 'struggle to survive' -- BBC
Amnesty: Every day, 400 more Afghans join ranks of nation’s 500,000 displaced persons -- Washington Post/AP
Afghans fleeing war find misery in urban slums -- Amnesty International

'The Taliban want to kill me. But I am fighting for my daughters’ freedom’ -- The Telegraph
Taliban seize opportunity in Koran controversy -- Bill Roggio, Threat Matrix
Damage Control (Again) in Afghanistan -- Mark McDonald, International Herald Tribune
US military deaths in Afghanistan at 1,771 -- AP

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