Afghan Girls in Suspected Gas Attack
25 August 2010
Afghan Girls in Suspected Gas Attack, The Sydney Morning Herald, 25 August 2010
EXCERPT: "Dozens of Kabul schoolgirls were admitted to hospital on Wednesday after a suspected poison gas attack on their school, officials said. 'Today at around 9.30am (0500 GMT, 1500 AEST) around 55 people, including nine teachers and 46 students at the Totya Girls' High School, following an apparent poisoning incident, were taken to hospital,'...
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Attack at Spanish Police Base Kills Three
25 August 2010
Terrorist Attack at Spanish Police Base in Afghanistan Kills Three, The Guardian, 25 August 2010
EXCERPT: "A driver for the Spanish police in Afghanistan opened fire during a training exercise today, killing two Spanish officers and their translator. The incident appeared to be the latest in a series of attacks by infiltrators linked to the insurgency, officials said. The assailant was shot dead by Spanish officers who were conducting...
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Afghans Say Withdrawal Timeline "Invigorates" Taliban
25 August 2010
Afghans Say Withdrawal Timeline "Invigorates" Taliban, Reuters, 25 August 2010
EXCERPT: "U.S. plans to begin drawing down forces in Afghanistan from next July are 'invigorating' insurgents, Afghan officials said on Wednesday, agreeing with a blunt assessment given by the top U.S. Marine. U.S. Marines General James Conway said on Tuesday President Barack Obama's plan to start withdrawing troops from Afghanistan...
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New Case of Civilian Deaths Investigated in Afghanistan
25 August 2010
, The New York Times, 24 August 2010
EXCERPT: "A team of investigators from the American-led forces here headed to a volatile corner of northeast Afghanistan on Tuesday after local officials reported that a nighttime raid by NATO commandos there had left 8 civilians dead and 12 wounded. Details were sketchy, but the governor of Tala Wa Barfak, a district in Baghlan Province, said...
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