A U.S. paratrooper scans the area for insurgents as others dismount from vehicles along Highway 1 to conduct a foot patrol in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, Aug. 1, 2012. U.S. Army photo by Capt. Thomas Cieslak
Fatal Attack Shows Plan to Unsettle Afghanistan -- New York Times
KABUL, Afghanistan — Three NATO soldiers and an Afghan civilian were killed Wednesday in a suicide attack in the middle of the provincial capital of Kunar Province in eastern Afghanistan.
The attack, in which two bombers detonated suicide vests as soldiers were patrolling near the provincial council’s office, occurred just a few days after the Taliban made a show of force in Kunar, a rugged border province that has been one of the most hard-fought regions for the American military. In those attacks, insurgents assaulted outposts and government buildings in eight districts, although few casualties were reported.
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ISAF Joint Command morning operational update, Aug. 9 -- ISAF
War in Afghanistan News - 9 Aug 2012 -- War On Terrorism News
Combined Force Arrests Taliban Leader -- US Department of Defense
Combined Force Arrests Taliban-affiliated Insurgent -- US Department of Defense
Officials: 2 Afghan soldiers fire on NATO troops in east: 1 Afghan killed, other captured -- Washington Post/AP
NATO troops see second green-on-blue attack in one week -- AfPak channel/Foreign Policy
Taliban suicide bombers kill 3 ISAF troops in Kunar -- Long War Journal
Lejeune Marine dies in Afghanistan -- Marine Times
Marines Continue Pushing Enemy, Teaching Afghan Forces -- US News and World Report
August is heaviest homecoming month for Marines in Afghanistan -- NBC
Exclusive: U.S. sweetens Taliban prisoner proposal in bid to revive peace talks -- Reuters
Pakistan May Free Taliban's Military Chief for Talks -- RIA Novosti
U.N.: Dip in Afghan civilian casualties "hollow" -- CBS
Report: Civilian deaths down but gains ‘fragile’ in Afghanistan -- Stars and Stripes
More News On Afghanistan
ISAF Joint Command morning operational update, Aug. 9 -- ISAF
War in Afghanistan News - 9 Aug 2012 -- War On Terrorism News
Combined Force Arrests Taliban Leader -- US Department of Defense
Combined Force Arrests Taliban-affiliated Insurgent -- US Department of Defense
Officials: 2 Afghan soldiers fire on NATO troops in east: 1 Afghan killed, other captured -- Washington Post/AP
NATO troops see second green-on-blue attack in one week -- AfPak channel/Foreign Policy
Taliban suicide bombers kill 3 ISAF troops in Kunar -- Long War Journal
Lejeune Marine dies in Afghanistan -- Marine Times
Marines Continue Pushing Enemy, Teaching Afghan Forces -- US News and World Report
August is heaviest homecoming month for Marines in Afghanistan -- NBC
Exclusive: U.S. sweetens Taliban prisoner proposal in bid to revive peace talks -- Reuters
Pakistan May Free Taliban's Military Chief for Talks -- RIA Novosti
U.N.: Dip in Afghan civilian casualties "hollow" -- CBS
Report: Civilian deaths down but gains ‘fragile’ in Afghanistan -- Stars and Stripes
NATO troops see second green-on-blue attack in one week -- AfPak channel/Foreign Policy
Taliban suicide bombers kill 3 ISAF troops in Kunar -- Long War Journal
Lejeune Marine dies in Afghanistan -- Marine Times
Marines Continue Pushing Enemy, Teaching Afghan Forces -- US News and World Report
August is heaviest homecoming month for Marines in Afghanistan -- NBC
Exclusive: U.S. sweetens Taliban prisoner proposal in bid to revive peace talks -- Reuters
Pakistan May Free Taliban's Military Chief for Talks -- RIA Novosti
U.N.: Dip in Afghan civilian casualties "hollow" -- CBS
Report: Civilian deaths down but gains ‘fragile’ in Afghanistan -- Stars and Stripes
Civilian Deaths Drop in Afghanistan; Still Triple 2008 Rate -- Danger Room
Afghanistan's future lies in strengthening democracy, checking corruption -- New York Daily News
Why Afghanistan Can’t Wait – OpEd -- Eurasia Review
Afghanistan’s Future: Civil War Or Soccer Rivalry? – Analysis -- James M. Dorsey, Eurasia Review
Taliban suicide bombers kill 3 ISAF troops in Kunar -- Long War Journal
Lejeune Marine dies in Afghanistan -- Marine Times
Marines Continue Pushing Enemy, Teaching Afghan Forces -- US News and World Report
August is heaviest homecoming month for Marines in Afghanistan -- NBC
Exclusive: U.S. sweetens Taliban prisoner proposal in bid to revive peace talks -- Reuters
Pakistan May Free Taliban's Military Chief for Talks -- RIA Novosti
U.N.: Dip in Afghan civilian casualties "hollow" -- CBS
Report: Civilian deaths down but gains ‘fragile’ in Afghanistan -- Stars and Stripes
Civilian Deaths Drop in Afghanistan; Still Triple 2008 Rate -- Danger Room
Afghanistan's future lies in strengthening democracy, checking corruption -- New York Daily News
Why Afghanistan Can’t Wait – OpEd -- Eurasia Review
Afghanistan’s Future: Civil War Or Soccer Rivalry? – Analysis -- James M. Dorsey, Eurasia Review