Monday, August 29, 2011

Afghanistan War News Updates -- August 29, 2011

HOSPITAL VISIT - U.S. troops assigned to the Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team enter the emergency care building at the Mehtar Lam Hospital in Afghanistan's Laghman province, Aug. 24, 2011. The troops are medical technicians and visited the hospital to determine if it had enough supplies and medical personnel to serve the area. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Crane



AP EXCLUSIVE: Afghans Scuttle US-Taliban Talks - -AP



KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Infuriated that Washington met secretly at least three times with a personal emissary of Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar, the Afghan government intentionally leaked details of the clandestine meetings, scuttling the talks and sending the Taliban intermediary into hiding, The Associated Press has learned.



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More News On Afghanistan


Afghan government leaked U.S. Taliban talks -- Politico

Afghanistan scuttles secret talks between U.S., Taliban -- CTV News

FACTBOX-Security developments in Afghanistan, Aug 29 -- Alertnet

3 NATO Soldiers Killed in Southern Afghanistan -- Voice of America

Three NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan -- UPI

Militants Attack NATO Base in Southern Afghanistan -- Voice of America

Suicide Bombers Escalate Assaults on Afghanistan -- New York Times

NATO races to secure violent, porous Afghanistan-Pakistan border -- Yahoo News/Reuters

Afghan Health Worker Killed by Roadside Bomb -- New York Times

Mullah Omar: Taliban Will not Participate in Bonn Conference -- Tolo News

Over 2,300 Taliban join Afghan peace process: NATO -- New Kerala

Risky business? Taliban comes up with plan to boost Afghan economy -- MSNBC

Report: U.S. Has Wasted $30 Billion on Iraq, Afghanistan Contracts and Grants -- FOX News

Canada’s Last Air Wing Commander Welcomed Home From Afghanistan -- Defpro

Afghan Taliban say want to develop mining sector -- Reuters

Germans missing in Afghanistan were kidnapped -- AFP

In Afghanistan, Building Up Means Scaling Down -- NPR

Afghanistan's occupational hazard -- Malalai Joya, Sydney Morning Herald



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