Compiled, edited by Carolyn Bennett
XINHUANET
WEEKEND THROUGH TUESDAY
AFGHANISTAN
Hichpuli village of Imam Sahib district
Six rebels and their commander Mullah Khalidin died Monday in an attack by security forces in Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz province. This province has been the scene of increasing Taliban-led militancy since early this year.
Babaji area outside Helmand’s provincial capital Lashkar Gah
Two British soldiers died today when an Afghan soldier opened fire on the convoy of NATO-led troops in Helmand province south of Afghanistan. Tuesday’s incident comes shortly after a “mistaken air raid of NATO-led troops on Taliban hideouts left five Afghan soldiers dead and injured two others in Andar district of the southern Ghazni province.”
Kabul
Three NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soldiers died today in an attack in southern Afghanistan. Americans are the majority of war dead among more than 320 (estimated) NATO soldiers who have lost their lives in the war on and occupation of Afghanistan since the start of this year.
Southern, eastern provinces
Twenty-four people among them five NATO soldiers died Saturday in Afghanistan’s southern and eastern provinces. The deaths resulted from small-arms fire, an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) strike, and an insurgent attack.
Kandahar, South Afghanistan
One civilian (estimated) died, civilian cars were destroyed on Saturday afternoon when a motorbike bomb ripped through a bazaar.
Chamkani district Paktia, Khost provinces
Thirteen civilian commuters (two Afghans and 11 Pakistanis) died, three civilians suffered injuries on Saturday when armed men opened fire on a civilian vehicle in Paktia province east of Afghanistan. The same day Taliban militants carried out a suicide car bomb attack against NATO-led troops in Ismael Khil district of the neighboring Khost province.
Shoving U.S. aggression on to Afghan villagers
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has put up “‘sharp resistance’ to a U.S. plan to assist Afghan villagers in fighting the Taliban on their own.”
The idea of recruiting villagers into local defense programs is a key part of the U.S. military strategy in Afghanistan, and Karzai’s stance poses an early challenge to U.S. military commander in Afghanistan General David Petraeus. The fear is that “such experiments could lead Afghanistan further into warlord-ism and out-of-control militias.” The Obama administration announced in December 2009 that sending an additional 30,000 soldiers would assist in an effort to regain the upper hand against a resurgent Taliban and that in mid-2011 the U.S. would begin withdrawing from Afghanistan.
News sources
“Clash leaves 6 Taliban fighters dead in N. Afghanistan,” July 13, 2020, http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-07/13/c_13397616.htm
“Afghan soldier kills 2 British troopers in south Afghanistan,” July 13, 2010, http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-07/13/c_13397977.htm
“3 NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan,” July 13, 2010, http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-07/13/c_13397878.htm
“Militancy claims over 24 lives including 5 NATO soldiers in Afghanistan” (Abdul Haleem), July 10, 2010, http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-07/10/c_13393778.htm
“Afghan president ‘resists’ U.S. village defense plan,” July 10, 2010, http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/7563543/afghan-president-resists-us-village-defence-plan/
“Armed men open fire kill 13 in E Afghanistan,” July 10, 2010, http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-07/10/c_13393569.htm
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