US Airstrikes Up 172 Pct. over Previous Year
13 October 2010
Petraeus Launches Afghan Air Assault; Strikes Up 172 Percent, WIRED // Danger Room, 12 October 2010
EXCERPT: "There's once again a full-blown air war over Afghanistan. Last month, NATO attack planes dropped their bombs and fired their guns on 700 separate missions, according to U.S. Air Force statistics. That's more than double the 257 attack sorties they flew in September 2009, and one of the highest single-month totals of the entire...
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Taliban Deny Talking with the Government
13 October 2010
Afghan Taliban Say not Talking to Government, Reuters, 13 October 2010
EXCERPT: "The Afghan Taliban said on Wednesday they were not talking to President Hamid Karzai's government, rejecting recent media reports the two sides were in secret negotiations to end a war now in its 10th year. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid also repeated a long-standing demand for foreign forces to leave the country, saying reports of peace talks...
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UN Extends NATO's Afghan Mission for Another Year amid Terrorism Concerns
13 October 2010
, The Associated Press, 13 October 2010
EXCERPT: "The Security Council voted unanimously Wednesday to extend U.N. authorization for the NATO-led force in Afghanistan for a year, expressing "strong concern" at the increase in terrorist activities by the Taliban, al-Qaida and other armed groups. A resolution adopted by the U.N.'s most powerful body stressed the need for sustained...
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Gains in Training but Struggles in the Field
13 October 2010
, The New York Times, 12 October 2010
EXCERPT: "Two main training sites ? the Kabul Military Training Center, used principally by the Afghan Army, and the Central Training Center, used by the police ? have become bustling bases, packed with trainers and recruits, and there is a sense among the officers that they are producing better soldiers than before. The military center has been graduating...
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Civilian War Injuries Double in Kandahar: Red Cross
13 October 2010
Afghan Civilian War Injuries Double in Kandahar Conflict, The Guardian, 13 October 2010
EXCERPT: "The number of Afghan civilians hospitalised for serious war wounds has doubled in 12 months in Kandahar, the focus of an ongoing US-led campaign against Taliban strongholds. In August and September, Mirwais regional hospital in the country's second biggest city admitted almost 1,000 new patients with weapons injuries, according to the...
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