1 September 2010 - Afghan ambassador to the United States dismissed; Attack on bus of government employees leaves 3 dead, 12 injured in Afghan capital; Senators accuse Iran, Pakistan of sending fake voting cards to Afghanistan; ECC removes names of 14 parliamentary election candidates; Karzai meets jihadi leaders on planned creation of High Council for Peace; US watching Kabul’s action on corruption; and Oxfam employees killed in Badakhshan.

31 August 2010 - Security forces arrest 24 Taliban insurgents in Zabul; ECC to remove names of 10-15 parliamentary election candidates; Bomb explosion kills governor of Nangarhar’s Lal Poor district; Interior Ministry sets over 8 tons of narcotics on fire; UNAMA slams candidates’ killing; 20 million acres of land grabbed in Afghanistan; Radio editor freed in Paktika.

30 August 2010 - Presidential Palace denies President Karzai’s involvement in dismissal of former deputy Attorney-General; Afghan forces purge Kandahar's Dand district of insurgents; Security forces to ensure security of 5,914 polling centres, insurgent attacks decrease by 23 per cent - Interior Ministry; Kandahar operation to follow operation against Haqqani network - Petraeus; Afghan war strategy needs rethink – Karzai; Political compromises behind appointment of governors and district chiefs; and Interior and Health ministries probing schoolchildren poisoning.

29 August 2010 - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) today condemned the killing of a fourth parliamentary election candidate in the western province of Herat and the murder of five men supporting the electoral campaign of a female candidate in the same region.

29 August 2010 -  NATO forces kill 24 insurgents in Khost; Presidential palace denounces Washington Post report saying some Afghan Cabinet members are on CIA pay-list; Over 30 schoolgirls poisoned in Kabul; Taliban attacks NATO bases in Khost; Terrorist sanctuaries in Pakistan - Gen Petraeus; Presidential Palace belies reports of CIA payments.