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US General: We're 'Mad as Hell' About Insider Attacks

AS FRESH ATTACK BY SUICIDE BOMBER IN POLICE UNIFORM KILLS 14

(NEWSER) - The US is "mad as hell" over the rash of green-on-blue attacks it's facing in Afghanistan, the top US commander there says, even as a fresh attack today killed 14 people in the country's east. "We're going to get after this," Gen. John Allen... More »

In New Insider Attack, US Toll in Afghanistan Hits 2K

LATEST 'GREEN ON BLUE' STRIKE PUSHES US TO GRISLY MILESTONE

(AP) - An Afghan soldier turned his gun on American troops at a checkpoint in the country's east, killing two Americans and at least two fellow members of Afghanistan's army in a shooting that marked both the continuance of a disturbing trend of insider attacks and the 2,000th US... More »

Last US 'Surge' Troops Leave Afghanistan

33K THAT WENT OVER 2 YEARS AGO ARE NOW OUT OF THE COUNTRY

(AP) - Nearly two years after President Obama ordered 33,000 more US troops to Afghanistan to tamp down the escalating Taliban violence, the last of those surge troops have left the country, US officials said today. The withdrawal leaves 68,000 American forces in the war zone. The number peaked at... More »

British Soldier Gives Birth in Afghanistan

GUNNER DIDN'T KNOW SHE WAS PREGNANT

(NEWSER) - War zone medics more accustomed to treating bullet wounds delivered a baby boy at Afghanistan's Camp Bastion after a British soldier came to them complaining of severe stomach pains. The mother, a gunner in the Royal Artillery, had no idea that she was pregnant before the baby arrived, healthy... More »

NATO: Afghan Insider Attack Kills 4 Troops

AS AFGHANS SAY SEPARATE NATO STRIKE KILLS 8 WOMEN, GIRLS

(AP) - NATO forces in Afghanistan say four international service members have been killed in an apparent insider attack by Afghan police officers. The international alliance says in a statement that the attack happened early today in the volatile southern region of the country. The statement does not provide details other than... More »

2 Marines Killed at Camp Where Harry Is Based

INSURGENT STRIKE ALSO WOUNDS SEVERAL TROOPS

(AP) - A US official says an insurgent attack on a British air base in southern Afghanistan today killed two American Marines and wounded several troops. The official says the attack at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan's Helmand province involved a range of insurgent weaponry, possibly including mortars, rockets or rocket-propelled grenades,... More »

Bus Collision Kills 51 in Afghanistan

PLUS: 6 CIVILIANS KILLED BY MINE

(AP) - A bus and truck collided and burst into flames in eastern Afghanistan today, killing at least 51 people. The collision occurred in Ghazni province on a highway that links the Afghan capital of Kabul with Kandahar, the largest city in the south. At least 51 of the 56 passengers on... More »

Academics: Taliban Ready to Accept Deal

BUT TALIBAN SPOKESMAN SCOFFS AT THINK-TANK REPORT

(NEWSER) - The Taliban is ready to accept a peace deal that would allow a US military presence in Afghanistan until 2024, according to a group of academics who interviewed senior Taliban figures. The professors say that leading Taliban members have concluded that the "war is not winnable," and they'... More »

US Hands Bagram Prison to Afghanistan

BUT WASHINGTON HASN'T YET TRANSFERRED ALL DETAINEES

(NEWSER) - As the US continues prepping for a complete transfer of responsibilities in Afghanistan by the end of 2014, Washington today handed formal control of the controversial Bagram prison over to Kabul. Formally known as Parwan Detention Facility, the country's only large US-run prison is located next to the Bagram... More »

Afghan Suicide Bomber Strikes Near NATO HQ

SIX AFGHANS ARE KILLED IN KABUL

(AP) - A teenage suicide bomber blew himself up outside NATO headquarters in the Afghan capital today, killing six civilians in a strike that targeted the heart of the US-led military operation in the country. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the blast, the latest in a series of attacks carried out by... More »

Afghanistan Wipes Hundreds From Its Ranks

...IN RESPONSE TO 'GREEN-ON-BLUE' ATTACKS

(NEWSER) - Afghanistan said it would do something about the explosion in "green-on-blue" attacks, and it looks like it's made good on its word. The Defense Ministry today announced that hundreds of troops have been detained or eliminated from the military. No exact numbers were given, nor were any Taliban...More »

Rocked by 'Friendly' Attacks, NATO Yanks Afghan Training

WITH 'GREEN-ON-BLUE' ATTACKS RISING, COALITION PAUSES TO RE-VET RECRUITS

(NEWSER) - With NATO forces in Afghanistan struggling to stop attacks from their own allies, training for all new recruits has been suspended while the 27,000 Afghan troops who work with the coalition can be re-screened for insurgency ties, reports theWashington Post . So far this year, so-called "green-on-blue" attacks... More »

Romney Was Wrong to Ignore Troops, War

BILL KRISTOL SAYS CANDIDATE MADE MISTAKE SKIPPING THE SOLDIERS

(NEWSER) - Despite having 68,000 Americans serving in Afghanistan, Mitt Romney made no mention about the war in his acceptance speech Thursday evening, earning him a harsh rebuke from conservative Bill Kristol in the Weekly Standard . "Leave aside the question of the political wisdom of Romney's silence, and the...More »

3 Aussies Killed in Afghan Insider Attack

ANOTHER 2 AUSTRALIANS DIE IN BLACK HAWK CRASH

(NEWSER) - Yet another "insider attack" made yesterday the deadliest day of 2012 for Australian forces in Afghanistan. Three Aussie soldiers were killed by somebody in an Afghan National Army uniform at a base in the southern province of Uruzgan, reports Reuters . Defense officials had no further details on the shooting—... More »

Troops Punished for Burning Korans, Urinating on Dead

BUT NO CRIMINAL CHARGES FOR SERVICEMEN

(NEWSER) - Six soldiers and three Marines who infuriated Afghans and sparked riots in a pair of high-profile incidents will not face criminal charges, the military says. The soldiers who accidentally burned some 100 Korans have received administrative punishments instead, including potentially career-ending letters of reprimand, Stripes reports. The Marines who were... More »

Afghan Soldier Kills 2 US Troops ... Accidentally?

10 AFGHAN TROOPS DEAD IN SEPARATE INCIDENT

(NEWSER) - Two more US troops were killed in Afghanistan by an Afghan soldier today, and while this brings the number of Americans killed at their colleagues' hands in August to 12, Afghan officials say these deaths were actually accidental. An Afghan army rep tells the AP that US and Afghan soldiers... More »

Afghanistan: We'll Try Harder to Spy on Own Troops

RESPONDS TO SPIKE IN 'GREEN ON BLUE' ATTACKS

(NEWSER) - Afghanistan is promising to step up its scrutiny of its own security forces following a surge in "green on blue" attacks. Insider attacks have killed nine US service members in the last 12 days and Afghan officials say nearly 200 new intelligence officers have been assigned to go undercover... More »

US Military Chief's Plane Blasted by Afghan Rockets

BUT ARMY GEN. MARTIN DEMPSEY WAS 'NOWHERE NEAR' THE PLANE

(AP) - Militants fired rockets at a US base in Afghanistan last night, damaging the plane of the chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff while he was on a visit. But Army Gen. Martin Dempsey was "nowhere near" the aircraft, a spokesman said today. A Taliban rep claimed responsibility... More »

Afghan Schoolbooks Delete US, Taliban History

TALIBAN ATROCITIES, US INVASION GET LITTLE OR NO TREATMENT

(NEWSER) - Soon, students in Afghanistan won't know much about the Taliban or the US-led invasion—and Afghan officials don't seem to mind. New history books purposely exclude or minimize such horrors, apparently to bring cohesion to a war-torn society, the BBC reports. "My responsibility is to bring unity... More »

Afghan Cop Kills 2 US Troops

KILLING IS 6TH 'GREEN-ON-BLUE' ATTACK IN 2 WEEKS

(NEWSER) - Two US soldiers were killed in Afghanistan this morning by an Afghan police officer, the sixth such "green on blue" killing in the past two weeks, reports the AP . One Afghan police officer was also seriously wounded in the attack. The attacker, who had been recruited by the village... More »
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