Afghanistan News

OTTAWA – A senior Canadian general painted an upbeat picture of the war in Afghanistan to a House of Commons committee Thursday, contradicting an international think-tank.

More than half of Afghanistan is back under Taliban control and the Nato force in the country needs to be doubled in size to cope with the resurgent group, a report by the Senlis Council think-tank says. A study by the group found that the Taliban, enriched by illicit profits …

The Taliban has a permanent presence in most of Afghanistan and the country is in serious danger of falling into the group’s hands, according to a report from an international think tank.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — U.S. spending on aid work in Afghanistan is only a fraction of what the American military spends, and too much of the aid money pays the high salaries of expatriate employees, an international aid agency said Tuesday.

A suicide bomber targeting an Afghan provincial governor killed six police bodyguards and the governor’s son on Monday, the provincial police chief said.

Two Canadian soldiers with the international force in Afghanistan were killed with their interpreter when their armored vehicle hit a homemade bomb on Saturday, the Canadian army said.Here are the figures for foreign military deaths in Afghanistan since the Taliban government was toppled in 2001:

Afghan security forces need more foreign training and arms to fight the Taliban but when the forces are up to strength the insurgents will not pose a long-term threat to stability, the defense minister said on Saturday.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A series of clashes in southern Afghanistan left 33 suspected Taliban militants dead, while a roadside bomb killed two NATO soldiers, officials said Saturday.

KABUL, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) — The U.S.-led Coalition forces killed several militants and detained seven others in an operation Wednesday in unrest southern Afghan province of Helmand, said a Coalition statement released here on Thursday.

KABUL – Taliban insurgents killed a man teaching English courses in eastern Afghanistan, sparking a clash that left two suspected militants and two policemen dead, an official said Thursday.