Monday, May 23, 2011

Afghanistan War News Updates -- May 23, 2011

EXPLOSIVE CHARGES - U.S. Army engineers set off explosive charges to disable a road serving as an illegal crossing point at the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, May 16, 2011. DOD photo by Karen Parrish

UK Intel: Taliban Won’t Make A Deal -- DoD Buzz

President Obama is in Great Britain this week for his first state visit, but even though the war in Afghanistan is one of the top items on the agenda, Britain’s intelligence agency reportedly doesn’t hold out much hope for a speedy conclusion. American and British officials quietly have been trying to make a deal with the Taliban for months, reports the UK’s Sun newspaper, but MI6 has cautioned both its own boss, Prime Minister David Cameron, and its American allies, that nothing’s going to happen:

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More News On Afghanistan

Roadside bomb kills 4 NATO soldiers in Afghan east -- Yahoo News/Reuters
Road bomb kills four NATO troops in Afghanistan -- AFP
Four Nato soldiers killed in Afghanistan blast -- BBC
Taliban Fighters Raid Govt. Building in Afghan East, Killing 7 People -- Voice of America
Uniform-Wearing Militants Kill 6 at Afghan Police Station -- New York Times
Standoff with suicide bombers in Afghanistan ends with 10 killed -- CNN
Suicide Bomber Kills 4, Injures 14 Civilians In Afghanistan -- Wall Street Journal
Suicide bomber kills four civilians in Afghanistan -- AFP
Suicide bomber kills 4 in attack at market in eastern Afghanistan -- CNN
Afghanistan: another day, another attack -- Global Post
Afghan Taliban Boost Violent Offensive -- Wall Street Journal
Deadly attack on police compound adds to 'drumbeat' of violence in Afghanistan -- Christian Science Monitor

Taliban Denies Reports of Mullah Mohammed Omar’s Death -- Slate
Taliban: Reports of leader Mullah Omar's death in Pakistan are greatly exaggerated -- New York Daily News
Taliban denies report that Mullah Omar is dead -- Washington Post

Canada leaves behind a 'dramatically improved' Panjwaii for U.S.: Petraeus -- Canadian Press
Shaking a violent Kandahar narrative forged by insurgent bombs and NATO might -- Canadian Press
Afghan forces will be ready by 2014 -- Gulf News
Afghan policewoman challenges insurgents, prejudices -- CNN
Bar the ambiguity, war is over in Afghanistan -- Daniel Flitton, Sydney Morning Herald

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