AP – The father of a U.S. soldier serving in Afghanistan says he tried nearly a half dozen times to pass an urgent message from his son to the Army: Troops in his unit had murdered an Afghan civilian, planned more killings and threatened him to keep quiet about it.
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Betty White joins Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin and Michelle Obama in her very own “Female Force” comic book, debuting in stores this November. A hipster collector’s item or spawn for the next generation of “Golden Girls” fans? [ MSNBC ] If you are a woman running for elected office in Afghanistan, prepare to have fellow Afghanis send emails to media outlets calling you a prostitute. [ Reuters ] Seven Mexican women who claim they suffered miscarriages have been released from prison, where they had been sentenced to up to 29 years on the suspicion they had had abortions. [ AP ]
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Today’s Lady News: Betty White, Comic Book Star
The U.S. commander in Afghanistan has criticized a Florida church’s plan to burn copies of the Quran on September 11, warning the demonstration “could cause significant problems” for American troops overseas.
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Troop fears over Quran-burning plan
Reuters – The number of foreign troops killed in Afghanistan this year has reached at least 500, compared with 521 in all of 2009, according to an independent monitoring site on Monday and a tally compiled by Reuters.
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Afghan foreign troops death toll hits 500 for 2010
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Bank of England policymakers are expected to keep interest rates on hold for the 18th month in a row this week amid gathering gloom over the economy. Related Stories Labour hopefuls ‘embrace socialism’ Bid to identify golf course body Hague thanks public over support UK soldier killed in Afghanistan Milner: Rooney focused on football
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AP – NATO commanders were overly optimistic when they predicted quick success taking the key Taliban-held town of Marjah last winter, the outgoing deputy commander said.
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Outgoing NATO deputy rues early optimism on Marjah
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AP – As the last of 30,000 U.S. reinforcements arrive in Afghanistan, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Friday got a firsthand look at operations in the dangerous south where Afghan and international troops are ramping up security.
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Gates visits US forces in southern Afghanistan
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Reuters – Foreign and Afghan troops killed 24 insurgents as they fought off pre-dawn attacks on two bases in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, officials said, with the Taliban saying suicide bombers the fighters.
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NATO forces fight off Taliban attacks on Afghan bases
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Three Afghan police officers were accidentally killed and others were wounded during an airstrike targeting insurgents in northern Afghanistan, NATO’s International Security Assistance Force said on Saturday.
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A suspected U.S. drone strike killed two militants in Pakistan’s tribal region bordering Afghanistan late Saturday, officials told CNN.
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Officials: U.S. drone kills 12 militants
Reuters – Taliban insurgents staged attacks on three combat posts of Afghan and U.S. forces on Monday in a southeastern Afghan province, an official for the U.S. military said.
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Taliban launch attacks on U.S., Afghan military posts
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The deaths of six U.S. troops in the past two days has made July the deadliest month for American forces in Afghanistan since the war began almost nine years ago.
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U.S. forces suffer deadliest month in Afghanistan
The remains of an American sailor who went missing last week have been found in eastern Afghanistan, NATO’s International Security Assistance Froce said Tuesday.
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Missing, dead U.S. sailors identified
AP – The House prepared Tuesday to send President Barack Obama $33 billion to pay for his troop surge in Afghanistan, unmoved by the leaking of tens of thousands of classified military documents that portray a war effort beset by Afghan shortcomings.
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AP – The strategy sits for now on a table in a locked-down Afghan capital: Hand over security in all 34 provinces to the government by the end of 2014 — more than three years after President Barack Obama’s date for the start of an American troop drawdown.
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Reuters – A Pakistan-born American who has admitted to trying to set off a car bomb in Times Square said in a video taped before the failed attack it was to avenge the U.S. war in Afghanistan, Al Arabiya television said on Wednesday.
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Reuters – The nine-year war in Afghanistan has reached a critical stage, U.S. General David Petraeus said on Sunday, as he formally took command of the 150,000-strong NATO-led force fighting a growing Taliban insurgency.
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AFP – Three foreigners were among five killed as suicide bombers and gunmen stormed a US aid organisation in Afghanistan Friday in an attack claimed by the Taliban, Afghan leaders said.
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Reuters – The Senate voted on Wednesday to confirm David Petraeus as the new commander of the troubled war in Afghanistan, pinning U.S. hopes on a four-star Army general who helped turn around the conflict in Iraq.
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Reuters – U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder arrived in Kabul on Wednesday to discuss rooting out corruption and other law enforcement matters with senior Afghanistan and U.S. officials, the Justice Department said.
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U.S. Attorney General in Kabul to discuss legal issues
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