Please be advised that our offices will be closed Monday, 6 September 2010 due to Labour Day. We will resume publishing the Afghanistan Conflict Monitor on Tuesday, 7 September 2010.

Afghan Poll Fears Grow After Another Candidate Hurt, Reuters, 3 September 2010 EXCERPT: "Concerns over security and transparency in Afghanistan's parliamentary election grew on Friday after another candidate was attacked and a German observer sought to temper expectations of the...

Kabul Bank Run May Pose More Immediate Threat Than Afghan Taliban, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 September 2010 EXCERPT: "Even as it battles a resurgent and spreading Taliban, the beleaguered government of Afghan President Hamid Karzai is facing a more...

Analysis: Special-Ops on Show to Woo War Skeptics, The Associated Press, 3 September 2010 EXCERPT: "The new top commander in Afghanistan is talking up a weapon that has been kept in the shadows for years — special operations missions to...

Gates Says Pakistan Havens Still Threaten Afghanistan, Reuters, 3 September 2010 EXCERPT: "Militants operating out of safe havens in Pakistan remain a major threat to Afghanistan but cooperation between NATO-led forces and the Pakistani military is increasing, U.S. Defense Secretary...

One Year After the Kunduz Air Strike, No Sign of a Full Investigation, Spiegel Online, 30 August 2010 EXCERPT: "After the deadly German-ordered air strike in Kunduz on Sept. 4, 2009, German Chancellor Angela Merkel promised a full investigation. One...

Quarter of Senior Taliban Killed by SAS in "Kill or Capture" Targeting , The Daily Telegraph, 31 August 2010 EXCERPT: "More than 65 senior insurgent commanders or bomb-makers have been 'removed from the battlefield' by SAS troopers, leading to significant...

Afghan Election Campaign Workers "Killed in Air Strike", BBC News, 2 September 2010 EXCERPT: "Ten election campaign workers have been killed in an air strike by Nato-led forces in Afghanistan, officials say. The governor of the northern province of Takhar,...