KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan troops killed 33 Taliban militants, including several commanders, in three operations in the country’s volatile south, officials said Thursday.
Read More »NATO ministers to focus on Afghan mission
NATO defense ministers will hold talks with their Afghan counterpart on Friday as the United States urges allies to devote more resources to support the government in Kabul. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said NATO’s 36,000-strong security force and a separate U.S.-led mission had made progress in fighting Taliban insurgents …
Read More »Iran arming Taliban, increasingly isolated: U.S.
PARIS (Reuters) – Iran is arming the Taliban in Afghanistan, U.S. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns said on Tuesday, accusing Tehran of fuelling insurrection around the Middle East and misjudging the international mood.
Read More »Officials: U.S. troops kill Afghan police
KABUL, Afghanistan – U.S. forces mistakenly killed seven Afghan police and wounded four in an apparent friendly fire incident early Tuesday in eastern Afghanistan, Afghan officials said.
Read More »Arrests made in Afghan rocket attack
KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan officials arrested seven suspects in connection with an apparent assassination attempt against President Hamid Karzai, a government spokesman said Monday.
Read More »General: Iran aids Karzai, maybe Taliban
KABUL, Afghanistan – Iran gives political and material support to President Hamid Karzai’s Western-backed government, but it also may be aiding the Taliban as a way of hedging its bets in neighboring Afghanistan, NATO’s top general here said Monday.
Read More »NATO soldiers kill three Afghans at checkpoint
KABUL (AFP) – NATO soldiers in Afghanistan opened fire on a vehicle that failed to stop at a traffic control point on Monday, leaving three Afghans dead and wounding two others, an official statement said.
Read More »New gizmos keep fruit fresh for US troops in Iraq
WASHINGTON — In the dusty battlegrounds of Iraq where open-air food shopping poses a security threat, new technology is allowing US troops to enjoy fresh fruit and vegetables, even in remote desert locations.
Read More »OK near on return of Afghan refugees
By JAMES CALDERWOOD, Associated Press Afghanistan and Pakistan are nearing agreement on the return of the more than 2 million refugees who fled to Pakistan a quarter century ago, a U.N. refugee agency official said Friday.
Read More »NATO soldier killed in Afghanistan battle
KABUL (Reuters) – AÂ NATO soldier was killed on Saturday in combat in southern Afghanistan as the alliance launched an air strike against leaders of the country’s Taliban insurgency, a NATO statement said.
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