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The Age
| 8 months ago
But he said that while Western troops are warier of Afghan partners, they are determined not to allow a full breakdown in trust. Australian Brigadier General Roger Noble, deputy to the alliance's operations chief, acknowledged in a teleconference...
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The Globe & Mail
| 8 months ago
Story video So writes British author, MP and Afghanistan expert Rory Stewart in an essay about the latest book concerning Britain's catastrophic invasion and occupation of Afghanistan 1838-1842...The latest Afghan War, in which Canada played a part,...
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Washington Post
| 8 months ago
Afghanistan, senior Taliban commanders have shifted toward a new battlefield strategy, one less focused on reclaiming lost territory and more on winning the next phase of the 11-year-old war. U.S. military and intelligence officials believe that...
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The Globe & Mail
| 8 months ago
Story video French soldiers arrive at the scene of a suicide bombing, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghan soldiers they are training, has put the entire strategy of Afghanizing the conflict in question. Over the weekend, four...
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Taiwan News
| 8 months ago
Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said plans for a gradual transition to having Afghan s responsible for security in the country by the end of 2014 would continue despite the suspension, which he described as "prudent and temporary."...Camp...
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The Sun UK
| 8 months ago
The order from the senior commander of the 130,000-strong international coalition comes amid a worsening threat from Afghan officers. It follows the deaths of two British soldiers at the weekend in a so-called "green on blue" attack although the...
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Fox News
| 8 months ago
Afghan soldiers and police amid a spike in insider attacks risks undermining the entire international mission in Afghanistan, British lawmakers warned Tuesday...Britain's defense ministry said such operations will now need the approval of a regional...
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Washington Post
| 8 months ago
U.S. troops in Afghanistan have been ordered to significantly scale back on-the-ground operations with Afghan military and police forces after a spike in insider attacks that has seriously undermined U.S. trust in their local allies. The decision,...
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The independent
| 8 months ago
Coalition forces are to scale back operations with Afghan soldiers and policemen following a string of so-called green on blue attacks in which local recruits turn their weapons on international allies...The move comes amid mounting concern over "...
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DAWN
| 8 months ago
Nato announces arrest over major base attack AFP 1 hour ago The third in line to the British throne, Prince Harry, who is deployed to the base, was moved under guard to a secure location during the attack, Britain's defence minister said. Nato said...
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United Press International
| 8 months ago
A suicide car bomber in Afghanistan attacked a bus carrying foreigners in Kabul early Tuesday, killing up to 12 people, authorities said. The attack follows a weekend of deadly violence that included the deaths of eight coalition troops in so-called...
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International Business Times
| 8 months ago
Friday last week, which killed two U.S. service members and destroyed six combat planes by the coalition forces, reports said. Share This Story BBC reported on Tuesday that the member of the British Royalty was "about two kilometres away with other...
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Inquirer.net
| 8 months ago
Prince Harry moved to safety in Afghan attackminister 10:27 am Tuesday, September 18th, 2012 Britain's Prince Harry examining the cockpit of an Apache helicopter with a member of his squadron (name not provided) at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan, where...
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International Business Times
| 8 months ago
The U.S. military has suspended most joint field operations with Afghan forces because so many Americans are being killed by the men they are training...James Terry effectively suspends "until further notice" most operations U.S. and Afghan troops...
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Arab News
| 8 months ago
Afghanistan that destroyed six US fighter jets in unprecedented damage in the 10-year war. Brigadier General Gunter Katz was pressed on Friday night's assault. Taleban commandos, armed with suicide vests, guns and rockets and wearing US uniforms,...
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Denver Post
| 8 months ago
Army uniforms infiltrated Camp Bastion on Friday, killing two U.S. marines and destroying six American fighter jets. Hammond told lawmakers that the attackers were not able to get near accommodation housing thousands of U.S. and British...
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The Independent
| 8 months ago
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond tonight insisted the military campaign in Afghanistan would not be derailed as he paid tribute to the latest British soldiers to lose their lives. Mr Hammond said two of the deaths were "all the more raw" because the...
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United Press International
| 8 months ago
An Afghan security force member killed four coalition troops Sunday in the latest of the rising insider attacks in Afghanistan, officials said...In a similar insider attack last weekend, two British soldiers were killed in southern Helmand province...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 8 months ago
Two British soldiers and four US troops were killed during the weekend in separate "green on blue" attacks, the latest victims of Afghan forces turning their weapons on Nato troops. The British soldiers from 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment were...
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SF Gate
| 8 months ago
It was the latest in a string of insider attacks by Afghan forces against their international allies. The attacks by Afghan soldiers and police against international forces are threatening to undermine a partnership that is key to the handover of...
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Mail Online UK
| 8 months ago
A local district police official, who gave his name only as Hafiz, said protesters threw stones at Camp Phoenix, a U.S-run military base in the area. 'Police drove them back from areas round the base,' he said. The crowd had moved instead to the...
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Al Jazeera English
| 8 months ago
13 General Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff committee, has termed the increasing occurrence of "insider attacks" by Afghan security forces on foreign troops "a very serious threat" to the war effort in that country.
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The New Zealand Herald
| 8 months ago
The defence chief's comments followed unusually sharp criticism from Army Gen...Dempsey on Sunday called the escalating insider attacks a "very serious threat" to the Afghanistan campaign. Dempsey vowed that something has to change in order to...
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The Independent
| 8 months ago
The often-strained relationship between the West and Afghanistan has taken another blow after a weekend of violence which saw six Nato troops, including two British soldiers, killed by Afghan forces or insurgents dressed in their uniforms. It was...
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SF Gate
| 8 months ago
Afghanistan (AP) Afghan police killed four American soldiers coming to their aid after a checkpoint attack Sunday, the third "insider" assault by government forces or insurgents disguised in military uniforms in as many days. U.S. begins to withdraw...
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SF Gate
| 8 months ago
The persistent problem of rogue Afghan soldiers and police turning their guns on U.S. and allied troops is a "very serious threat" to the war effort, which is predicated on placing security responsibility in Afghan hands, the U.S. military's top...
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Daily Nation
| 8 months ago
Sunday, capping a weekend which saw six soldiers shot dead by presumed Afghan colleagues and a Taliban assault cause unprecedented losses on one of the biggest military bases in the country. The US-led International Security Assistance Force...
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Guardian Unlimited
| 8 months ago
Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images Fifteen Taliban fighters who fought their way on to Helmand's main airbase destroyed six jets worth millions of pounds in an assault that was the start of a bloody weekend for Nato forces in the last 48 hours six UK and...
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Russia Today
| 8 months ago
Jere Van Dyk is a former TV correspondent and Taliban expert (and was once held captive by them). He believes the Taliban is poorly understood in the West, but that better understanding is key for US foreign policy...International Security Assistance...
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International Business Times
| 8 months ago
Sunday, killing four American service members, Afghan and international officials said. Eight coalition troops have been killed by Afghan forces or insurgents disguised in military uniforms in three days now, t he Associated Press reports. Recent...
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United Press International
| 8 months ago
The latest incident in the Helmand province marked the third so-called "insider" attack in as many days. International Security Assistance Force spokesman Jamie Graybeal gave only sketchy details, saying the troops were killed "following an insider...
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The Globe & Mail
| 8 months ago
In this image from video, Britain's Prince Harry is shown an Apache helicopter by a member of his squadron, obscured behind, (name not provided) at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan, Friday Sept. 7, 2012 AP/TV Pool video Afghans are seen at the scene of...
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National Public Radio
| 8 months ago
Here's more from The Associated Press about the recent attacks: "Recent months have seen a string of such insider attacks by Afghan forces against their international counterparts...Afghan officials also said an alliance airstrike killed eight women...
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Arab News
| 8 months ago
Sunday in the second suspected attack by Afghan police in two days, as officials detailed unprecedented damage from a Taleban assault on the base where Britain's Prince Harry is deployed. Afghan authorities said the shooting took place in Zabul...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 8 months ago
Afghan police in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, the coalition said. The attack came a day after two British soldiers were shot dead by an Afghan policeman while returning from a patrol in southern Helmand province, one of the strongholds of the...
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
| 8 months ago
Afghanistan before dawn Sunday, killing four American service members before escaping, according to Afghan and international officials. It was the third by Afghan forces or insurgents disguised in military uniforms against international forces in as...
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BBC
| 8 months ago
Four soldiers with the Nato-led force in Afghanistan have been killed in an attack thought to have been carried out by Afghan police members, Nato says. The "insider attack" took place in the southern Zabul province...The latest incident comes a day...
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Al Jazeera
| 8 months ago
Afghanistan in latest "insider" attacker, this time involving Afghan police...The attack took place in Zabul province, and was carried out by several Afghan men dressed in police uniforms, the deputy governor's office told Al Jazeera. At least five...
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International Business Times
| 8 months ago
Two British soldiers have been killed in a green on blue attack that occurred at a checkpoint south of Nahr-e Saraj in Afghanistan 's Helmand province. An Afghan policeman who was deployed with the coalition forces for a security operation turned the...
