War News for Friday, October 07, 2011

NATO: Enemy Initiated Attack Statistics (PDF)


Britain, the U.S. and their NATO allies are only 'just over half way' to reaching their goals in Afghanistan - despite 10 years of conflict, the loss of 2,753 soldiers' lives and a cost of £258billion ($400billion).

White House won’t herald anniversary of Afghan war

Afghanistan marks 10 years of war

Most Britons want Afghan pullout: poll

With Afghan drawdown looming, U.S. scales back ambitions

One soldier killed in mine blast in southeast Turkey


Reported security incidents

Baghdad:
#1: Five people were killed and 20 others wounded in two successive roadside bombing attacks that hit northern Baghdad late on Thursday, an Interior Ministry source said. The first roadside bomb went off in Autafiya district in northern Baghdad and struck a passing car on Thursday evening. The second one ensued when police and civilians gathered at the blast scene later, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. The two explosions killed five civilians and wounded 20 others including four policemen, the source added.

Five civilians were killed and twenty injured in a bomb blast in Itafiyah area, central Baghdad, security sources said today. The source told Aswat al-Iraq that the bomb exploded in crowded street which led to the injuries and material losses in a number of civilian vehicles.

#2: Earlier in the evening, another roadside bomb detonated near a school playground in Zaferaniya area in southern Baghdad, wounding five people, the same source told Xinhua.

Five civilians were injured due to a bomb blast near a football playing yard in southeast Baghdad, police sources said today. The source told Aswat al-Iraq that the bomb was planted in the yard. It exploded when young men gathered to play football and led to the injuries among the spectators.



Afghanistan: "The Forgotten War"
#1: Two missiles fired by a U.S. drone aircraft hit a car in Pakistan's North Waziristan region on the Afghan border on Thursday, killing four militants, local intelligence officials said. There was no independent confirmation of the strike.