Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Afghanistan War News Updates -- June 27, 2012

U.S. paratroopers and Afghan soldiers patrol toward the village of Spedar in southern Afghanistan's Ghazni province, June 15, 2012. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod

Can U.S. Troops Beat Deadline To Dislodge Taliban In Khost? -- USA Today

MUCHAI KALAY, Khost Province, Afghanistan – The U.S. patrol had just passed through a small, hilltop village where curious children gathered to watch when the mortars began to fall.

Large clouds of dust rose up and rocks and dirt rattled the reinforced steel of their armored vehicles, stopped by a dry riverbed. Frenzied chatter on the radio asked whether any men were hit or anyone could pinpoint militants on the ridge.

"When one landed behind us, then in front of is, I said, 'Oh (expletive), they're zeroing in on us,' " Pfc. Melvin Coates said.

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More News On Afghanistan

ISAF Joint Command morning operational update, June 27 -- ISAF
3 US soldiers, 18 Afghans killed in suicide attack -- Mercury News/AP
Insurgent Attacks Kill 10 Police in Afghanistan -- New York Times/AP
Bombs, ambush killed 10 police in Afghanistan -- AFP
37 Insurgents Killed in Operations in Afghanistan: Gov't -- CRI English
Weapons cache seized in Afghanistan -- UPI
Dozens Of Afghan Policemen Reportedly Poisoned -- Radio Free Europe
At scene of Kabul attack, a view of different worlds -- Stars and Stripes
Top US Afghan General Visits Pakistan Amid Tension -- New York Times/AP
Top US, NATO commander in Afghanistan visits Pakistan amid tension over Haqqani network -- Washington Post/AP
Top NATO general to raise Haqqani attacks with Pakistan -- Reuters
ISAF commander asked to curb border incursions -- The Nation
The ‘war on women’ being waged in Afghanistan -- The Telegraph
The crisis and politics of ethnicity in Afghanistan -- Amrullah Saleh, Al Jazeera
Building Bridges in Afghanistan -- Mark Thompson, Time
At least 1,892 US military deaths in Afghanistan since 2001 -- Washington Post/AP

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