Brown Says UK Has Enough Helicopters for War in Afghanistan
Bloomberg – USA
By Kitty Donaldson July 22 (Bloomberg) — Prime Minister Gordon Brown said the UK has the resources it needs to win the war in Afghanistan, brushing aside …
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Soldier killed in Afghanistan was experienced bomb disposal expert
guardian.co.uk – UK
Photograph: PA A British bomb disposal expert killed in Afghanistan was one of the army’s most experienced specialists in the field, it emerged today.…
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/22/dead-bomb-expert-praised

13 Taliban militants killed, 12 injured in N. Afghanistan
Xinhua – China
Germany has over 3600 troops in northern Afghanistan to help Afghan government to ensure peace and order in this part of post-Taliban country.
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/22/content_11754092.htm

Minister stokes Afghanistan helicopter row
AFP
LONDON — Britain does not have enough helicopters in Afghanistan, a junior foreign minister said Wednesday, stoking a heated row over military resources and …
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Minister: not enough helicopters in Afghanistan
Times Online – UK
A Government minister has admitted that British troops fighting in Afghanistan do not have enough helicopters. Lord Malloch-Brown, the Foreign and …
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article6722737.ece

Attack on mosque kills 11 in N. Afghanistan: newspaper
Xinhua – China
KABUL, July 22 (Xinhua) — Eleven people were killed as Taliban insurgents entered a mosque in Kunduz province in the north of Afghanistan, …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/22/content_11753067.htm

How Afghanistan’s War is Spilling into Central Asia
TIME – USA
The group has not been named, but the shootings highlight the grim irony of the struggle against terrorism in Afghanistan. With the US increasing military …
www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1912069,00.html

Lord Malloch-Brown becomes first minister to admit helicopter …
Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom
Lord Malloch-Brown has admitted that British troops need more helicopters in Afghanistan, becoming the first senior government minister to do so, …
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/onthefrontline/5882238/
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-shortage-in-Afghanistan.html

Plight of US soldier in Afghanistan ‘heartbreaking’: Obama
AFP
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is “evaluating what our options are” in response to the capture of a US soldier in Afghanistan, whose plight the US …
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Minister admits helicopter need
BBC News – UK
A senior minister who is leaving office has admitted that UK forces in Afghanistan are short of helicopters. The government also failed to warn the public …
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8162314.stm

Afghanistan fight: A war without a purpose “ RUPEE NEWS: Recording …
By aliphbay@aol.com (Rupee News)
Obama’s “Vietnam”. Pakistan’s Eminent Domain- “The best way to get out of Afghanistan fast is (for) people to think we’re staying.” Sen. John McCain of Arizona. WSJ AfPak countercurrents beyond the Oxus to AfPakAzUzbKazTurkKyr-istan …
rupeenews.com/2009/07/22/afghani
stan-fight-a-war-without-a-purpose/

German Law Enforcement in Afghanistan “ Kings of War
By Thomas Rid
German Law Enforcement in Afghanistan. By Thomas Rid. The rule of law, students of irregular conflict will not be surprised, is important for military success and long-term stability in any counterinsurgency. The German army and the …
kingsofwar.wordpress.com/2009/07/22/
german-law-enforcement-in-afghanistan/

US Bombs Poppy Seeds in Afghanistan ‘Show of Force’ — News from …
By Jason Ditz
Today’s air strikes were the latest, and likely most heavy-handed exercise of US military power in the war on drugs in Afghanistan, as the poppy seeds which have become a significant portion of Afghanistan’s largely agrarian economy …
news.antiwar.com/2009/07/21/us-bombs
-poppy-seeds-in-afghanistan-show-of-force/

The New Fight in Afghanistan | WBUR and NPR – On Point with Tom …
By John Wihbey
A hot summer in Afghanistan. Coalition forces pushing village by village into Taliban turf. We’ll go to the front lines — and strategy — of the Afghan push.
www.onpointradio.org/2009/07/the-new-fight-in-afghanistan

Afghanistan Conflict Monitor: Coordinated Attacks In Afghanistan …
By Human Security Report Project
‘Coordinated Attacks In Afghanistan Kill Six’, The New York Times, 21 July 2009 EXCERPT: “Eight suicide attackers mounted assaults on government compounds in two eastern towns on Tuesday, killing six members of the Afghan security …
www.afghanconflictmonitor.org/2009/07/
coordinated-attacks-in-afghanistan-kill-six.html