KABUL (Reuters) – U.S. soldiers killed four civilian members of the same family during a raid on Friday in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar, an Afghan rights body said.
Read More »UN leader visits Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon made a surprise visit Friday to Afghanistan, where he met with President Hamid Karzai and the commander of NATO troops.
Read More »U.S. Director of National Intelligence: ‘Overwhelming Evidence’ of Iran’s Support for Iraqi Insurgen
Admiral Michael McConnell, the U.S. director of national intelligence in an interview said there is “overwhelming evidence†that Tehran is supporting insurgents in Iraq and “compelling†evidence that the same is happening in Afghanistan.
Read More »Kabul suicide attack kills 2 Americans: police
KABUL (AFP) – A suicide attacker drove a bomb-filled car into a foreign military vehicle in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul Thursday, killing two American nationals and an Afghan woman, officials said.
Read More »Suicide bomber hits NATO convoy in Kabu
KABUL, Afghanistan – A suicide car bomber hit a NATO convoy in the Afghan capital Thursday, killing two foreigners and wounding three others. Americans were among the victims but it was not immediately known whetGen.
Read More »NATO rules avoid Afghan civilian deaths: genera
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan believe their procedures for avoiding unintended casualties are sufficient despite a series of civilian deaths in recent weeks, a U.S. commander said on Tuesday.U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Joseph Votel also said NATO forces had intentionally fired into Pakistan in one recent incident said …
Read More »US dismisses reports on Afghan deaths
WASHINGTON – Despite rising civilian deaths in Afghanistan’s counter-terror war — and rising criticism — a U.S. general suggested Tuesday that coalition commanders do not need to change the way they operate.
Read More »NATO probes Afghan detainee ‘abuse’
KABUL (AFP) – The NATO-led force in Afghanistan said it was investigating a report that US and Afghan soldiers tied a detainee to a military vehicle and threatened to drag him across a road.
Read More »Iranian Quds Force meddling in Afghanistan is unfolding
Yesterday, the Afghan President, Hamid Karzai, was outraged at his people getting killed in the streets of Kabul and other cities by what he called foreigners.
Read More »Arab militants join fight in Afghanistan
JALALABAD, Afghanistan – Arab Islamic radicals who fled Afghanistan in the U.S.-led invasion are coming back, eager to support suicide bombers in their increasingly frequent and effective attacks on Western and Afghan forces.
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