AP IMPACT: Calm - then sudden death in Afghan war (AP)

Taliban break more than 450 out of Afghan prison (AP)
AP - Taliban insurgents dug a more than 1,050-foot (320-meter) tunnel underground and into the main jail in Kandahar city and whisked out more than 450 prisoners, most of whom were Taliban...

3 US troops die in deadliest month of Afghan war (AP)
AP - Three U.S. service members have been killed in Afghanistan, bringing the toll for July to at least 63 and making it the deadliest month for American forces in the nearly 9-year-war.

US braces for blowback over Afghan war disclosures (AP)
AP - Operatives inside Afghanistan and Pakistan who have worked for the U.S. against the Taliban or al-Qaida may be at risk following the disclosure of thousands of once-secret U.S. military...

Leaks create fresh doubt about Afghan war, secrets (AP)
AP - The monumental leak of classified Afghan war documents threatened Monday to create deeper doubts about the war at home, cause new friction with Pakistan over allegations about its spy...

Clinton aims to refine goals of Afghan war (AP)
AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton started a South Asia tour on Sunday aimed at refining the goals of the nearly 9-year-old war in Afghanistan and pushing neighboring nations...