KABUL, Afghanistan – A suicide bomber tried to attack a meeting of tribal elders and blew himself up near an Afghan primary school on Sunday, killing 14 children and wounding 58 people, the U.S. military said. The suicide blast went off near the entrance to a police and army post, …
Read More »KABUL, Afghanistan – President Hamid Karzai attended a memorial ceremony Tuesday for three Afghans killed in an overnight raid by U.S. forces, an incident Karzai has asked America’s top military officer to investigate. The American military has said that its forces killed three people targeted as “known individuals with al-Qaida …
Read More »Europe’s Obama Problem: Afghanistan
Europeans saw a fervent wish fulfilled with Barack Obama’s election victory, but it could mean more than they bargained for. For all their enthusiasm over the prospect of a new tone from Washington, European governments now face the sobering realization that the new President is far better placed than his …
Read More »4 militants killed in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.S. military says its troops have killed four al-Qaeda-linked militants during a raid in eastern Afghanistan.
Read More »Acid attacks keep Afghan girls away from classes
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – No students showed up at Mirwais Mena girls’ school in the Taliban’s spiritual birthplace the morning after it happened.
Read More »Taliban kill mullah critical of suicide attacks
KABUL, Afghanistan – Suspected Taliban militants killed a religious leader in western Afghanistan after he criticized the use of suicide attacks as a weapon of war in the country, an Afghan official said Friday.
Read More »Obama faces big challenges in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Barack Obama has pledged a new focus on the war in Afghanistan, including more U.S. troops and possible talks with the Taliban, but the challenges are daunting.
Read More »Afghan leader’s brother escapes suicide blast unhurt
KABUL (Reuters) – Six people were killed and at least 40 wounded in a suicide bomb attack on government buildings in southern Afghanistan Wednesday, officials said, but a brother of the Afghan president who was in one of the offices was unhurt.
Read More »Taliban, Qaeda militants among four Afghans hanged
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan has executed four men, including three linked to deadly attacks by Taliban and al Qaeda insurgents, a state newspaper said on Wednesday.
Read More »Iran, Pakistan in Obama’s Plans for Afghanistan Peace
TEHRAN (FNA)- US President-elect Barack Obama is planning to involve Iran in a major shift in United States’ policy on the war in Afghanistan.
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