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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A preliminary investigation by the military says U.S. Marines killed or wounded more than 40 Afghan civilians after a suicide attack on a convoy last month, the Washington Post reported on Sunday. The newspaper said work by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service would decide whether to call …
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UN envoy calls for dialogue with Taliban in Afghanistan
BERLIN (AFP) – The UN envoy in Afghanistan, Tom Koenigs, urged talks with all the forces in Afghanistan, including the Taliban, to stanch the bloodshed in the country, in an interview published Friday. “If there is to be a chance for peace, we must talk to everyone, including alleged war …
Read More »38 Taliban, NATO soldier killed in Afghanistan
KABUL (AFP) – US and Afghan troops backed by warplanes killed more than 35 Taliban militants during a five-hour battle in a bitterly contested area of southern Afghanistan, the US-led coalition said Friday. Meanwhile a NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soldier was killed in a separate gunbattle with rebels …
Read More »38 Taliban, NATO soldier killed in Afghanistan
KABUL (AFP) – US and Afghan troops backed by warplanes killed more than 35 Taliban militants during a five-hour battle in a bitterly contested area of southern Afghanistan, the US-led coalition said Friday. Meanwhile a NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) soldier was killed in a separate gunbattle with rebels …
Read More »U.S. air raid kills dozens of Taliban: Afghan official
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Several dozen Taliban guerrillas were killed in an air strike by U.S.-led troops in southern Afghanistan, a provincial official said on Thursday. The strike on Wednesday was called in after Taliban fighters ambushed Afghan forces in Shah Joy district in Zabul province on the main highway …
Read More »2 NATO soldiers, 24 Taliban killed in Afghan violence
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) – Two NATO soldiers were killed Thursday in separate explosions in Afghanistan, as US-led warplanes and soldiers killed 24 Taliban who were hiding in caves in the south, officials said. The killings followed the deaths of two Canadian troops on Wednesday, and takes the number of foreign …
Read More »Attack kills 4 Taliban in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan – U.S.-led coalition and Afghan troops clashed with suspected Taliban militants in the volatile south and called in an airstrike that left four militants dead, the coalition said Tuesday. As Taliban fighters began to flee, coalition aircraft engaged and killed four Taliban fighters who were attempting to escape,” …
Read More »Afghanistan hostage vow as Australia pledges troops
KABUL (AFP) – Afghanistan promised Tuesday to do its utmost to free two French aid workers seized a week ago by the Taliban as Australia pledged to nearly double its military force in the insurgency-hit country Highlighting the dangers posed by the resurgent Islamic movement that was toppled by US-led …
Read More »Karzai says to ban terrorism in all forms
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai told a South Asia summit that extremism and terrorism in all forms, as well as its sponsorship and funding, should be banned. Speaking Tuesday at the summit of the eight-nation South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation in India’s capital of New Delhi, Karzai warned, “It is …
Read More »New party challenges Karzai dominance
 Dubai: As Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai takes centre stage in the Indian capital New Delhi as the newest member of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc), his opponents back home have launched a broadside against him by forming a political party that brings together all his main …
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