In depth : reports about Afghanistan w/e 9th July 2010

Suicide bombers storm Afghan aid building, kill four

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/03/world/asia/03afghan.html?_r=1&th&emc=th

Pakistan Army struggling to root out Taliban

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/05/world/asia/05waziristan.html?_r=1&th&emc=th

Afghan contractors claim U.S. hasn't paid them

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/08/world/asia/08contract.html?_r=2&th&emc=th

Another US airstrike goes wrong, kills Afghan soldiers

http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/07/again-damage-from-an-airstrike-not-just-on-the-ground/?th&emc=th

$3B worth of counter-IED equipment to Afghanistan

PENTAGON COUNTERS IEDs - Washington Post's Partlow has more on the rise of IEDs in Afghanistan and what the Pentagon is doing about it: "Ashton Carter, undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, told reporters in Kabul on Thursday that the United States is in the process of delivering $3 billion worth of counter-IED equipment to Afghanistan, at least doubling what it now spends. That includes doubling to 64 the number of surveillance blimps that float above cities and military bases to detect Taliban activity and adding more explosive-residue detection kits and new drone aircraft."

http://bit.ly/cWbTKv

The catastrophe of Afghanistan

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jul/08/afghanistan-catastrophe-chilcot