Canada's Secret Afghan Casualty List Reveals Intensity of Combat
05 November 2010
, Toronto Star, 5 November 2010
EXCERPT: "The policy of releasing the number of injured soldiers only once a year ? on Dec. 31 ? has obscured the intensity of fight facing Canadian soldiers, as well as the nature of the sometimes life-altering injuries. It has also given Canadians back home a mental buffer against the numbing realities of war ? soldiers who fight hard also...
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Casualties Overwhelm Kandahar Hospital, Forcing Many to Seek Treatment in Pakistan
05 November 2010
, The Canadian Press, 5 November 2010
EXCERPT: "At southern Afghanistan's largest hospital, a steady flow of patients caught in the crossfire in battles between Taliban and NATO forces leaves doctors scrambling to keep up and overwhelms the limited bed space. On some days, the floor is red with blood. The overflow at Kandahar's Mirwais...
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Afghan Taliban Threaten Death to Anyone Willing to Negotiate Peace
05 November 2010
, The Associated Press, 5 November 2010
EXCERPT: "Scribbled notes from Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar have surfaced in mosques all over Afghanistan's ethnic Pashtun heartland, threatening death to anyone who takes up a government offer to negotiate for peace, according to a longtime Taliban member. Trying to quash rumors of a break in their ranks, the Taliban also have vehemently...
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Teenage Suicide Bomber Targets Head of Provincial Council in NW, Kills 10
05 November 2010
, The Canadian Press, 5 November 2010
EXCERPT: "A teenage suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowded bazaar in northwest Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least nine people and wounding 30 others, police said. The attack targeted the head of the Faryab provincial council, Mullah Rahmatullah Turkistani, police chief Khalil Andarabi said. Turkistani, who was...
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Neighboring Countries Ponder a Post-occupation Afghanistan
05 November 2010
, The Washington Post, 5 November 2010
EXCERPT: "Worried that the administration is moving toward an endgame in Afghanistan - through troop withdrawals, negotiations or both - other countries in the region have stepped up efforts to protect security and economic interests that might conflict with those of the United States. [...] Saudi Arabia, which has served as a venue...
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