Afghanistan War News Updates -- July 13, 2010

U.S. soldiers and airmen search through a wheat field to ensure the area is safe from improvised explosive devices along the road near the Pul-e Alam district in Logar province, Afghanistan, June 29, 2010. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Theodore Schmidt

'Miracle Is Needed' To Win War And Bring Peace To Afghanistan -- The Scotsman

It would take "a miracle" to win the war and restore viable peace in Afghanistan under the inept government of President Hamid Karzai despite a massive surge in foreign troops, a rights group has said.

The surge had also driven violence to its worst levels since the Taliban's 2001 fall, with 14 civilians killed or wounded on average each day, Afghanistan Rights Monitor (ARM) said in a new report.

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More News On Afghanistan

Afghan War Unwinnable Under Karzai, Says Rights Group -- New York Times/Reuters
NATO Chief Says Pullout Plans Put Troops At Risk -- New York Times

Rogue Afghan soldier kills 3 British troops -- AP
Afghan On The Run After Killing Three Gurkhas -- Sky News
3 British soldiers killed in Afghanistan -- UPI
Renegade Afghan Soldier Kills Three British Troops -- New York Times/Reuters
Afghan soldier kills 3 British troops -- CBC
Sangin pullout: British troops 'have not brought peace' -- The Guardian
Afghan official assassinated, 2nd wounded in east -- AP
Afghan Group: 1,100 Civilians Killed in 1st Half of 2010 -- Voice of America
Report: Afghan civilian deaths up -- CNN

UN Reviewing Terrorism Blacklist-- Voice of America
UN: 10 could be lifted off Taliban sanctions list -- Seatle PI/AP
Afghanistan denies asking U.N. to cut 50 from blacklist -- Reuters

Afghanistan pass bill to try ministers for corruption -- Yahoo News/AP
Karzai Plea to Taliban Renews Risk to Afghan Women, Group Says -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Afghanistan frees more suspected Taliban -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Afghans Want Foreign Aid Spent on Their Priorities -- New York Times/AP
Americans And The War In Afghanistan -- Forbes

U.S. and Afghanistan Debate More Village Forces -- New York Times
Troops seek to replicate gains made in Afghan village -- Stars And Stripes
The Badlands of Kandahar: Counterinsurgency's Testing Ground -- Time Magazine