Posts Tagged ‘Afghanistan’

Gates says Pakistan havens still threaten Afghanistan

Militants operating out of safe havens in Pakistan remain a major threat to Afghanistan but cooperation between Nato-led forces and the Pakistani military is increasing, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday. Devastating floods over the past month have delayed Pakistan’s military from going after militants in the Fata…

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Taliban facing financial crisis: US General

Noting that the Taliban has been driven to desperation around Marjah in southern Afghanistan, a top US general stationed there has said that the terrorist outfit is facing an acute financial crisis. “We have intelligence that indicates to us that he (Taliban) has got a financial crisis on his hands,”…

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Two US soldiers dead

KABUL (AFP) – Two US soldiers in Afghanistan died Thursday after separate insurgent attacks, NATO said, compounding the bloodiest year yet for American forces in the Afghan war.
NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said both had died following insurgent attacks, one in the country’s east, the other in the…

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Afghan president says NATO airstrike kills 10 civilians

Ten Afghan civilians were killed Thursday in a NATO airstrike on three vehicles carrying election campaign workers in northern Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai said in a statement. Karzai strongly condemned the incident, in a statement confirming earlier reports of an airstrike in which election workers were killed in Takhar province.…

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Afghan president says NATO airstrike kills 10 civilians

Ten Afghan civilians were killed Thursday in a NATO airstrike on three vehicles carrying election campaign workers in northern Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai said in a statement. Karzai strongly condemned the incident, in a statement confirming earlier reports of an airstrike in which election workers were killed in Takhar province.…

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Afghan president says NATO airstrike kills 10 civilians

Ten Afghan civilians were killed Thursday in a NATO airstrike on three vehicles carrying election campaign workers in northern Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai said in a statement. Karzai strongly condemned the incident, in a statement confirming earlier reports of an airstrike in which election workers were killed in Takhar province.…

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US denies reports on talks with Taliban

US Wednesday dismissed media reports that representatives of Af-Pak Special Envoy Richard Holbrooke recently met leaders of the Afghan Taliban and Hizb-i-Islami to discuss formation of a national government after the withdrawal of US forces from the country. “Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (Richard Holbrooke) did not meet with…

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French soldier dies in accident in Afghanistan

A French soldier serving in the NATO-led multinational force in Afghanistan was killed when the armoured vehicle he was travelling in tumbled into a ravine, military officials said Tuesday. The vehicle was carrying three French soldiers when it crashed Monday during an operation in the Uzbeen valley in the east…

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Blasts kill four US soldiers in Afghanistan

Four US soldiers were killed in a bomb attack in Afghanistan Tuesday, Nato said, bringing the toll of Americans to 21 dead since Friday. Nato spokesman James Judge confirmed to a foreign news agency that four American soldiers were killed in eastern Afghanistan by an improvised explosive devise (IED). The…

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Does the American withdrawal date matter?

Ever since Barack Obama announced July 2011 as the date U.S. troops will start withdrawing from Afghanistan , western politicians, military personnel, and media figures have been ceaselessly discussing the pros and cons of the expected withdrawal. Recently the military has also joined in the fray, supporting Republican calls for…

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Karzai fires top anti-corruption prosecutor

Afghanistan’s senior-most prosecutor who has complained that the attorney general and others are blocking corruption cases against high-ranking government officials says that he was fired by Afghan President Hamid Karzai, The New York Times reported Sunday.
Fazel Ahmed Faqiryar, a former deputy attorney general, told the Times in an interview…

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Taliban attack NATO base in Khost: official

A NATO base in volatile eastern Afghanistan came under attack early Saturday from possible Taliban militants, police in the region said. NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was unable to confirm reports that a US-run base in Khost province had come under attack but said it was investigating the reports.…

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Talks with Pakistan must continue: Singh

INDIAN Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday insisted that dialogue with Pakistan must continue even though elements in Pakistani establishment sanctioned attacks on Indians in Afghanistan.
Singh made the statement while addressing heads of Indian missions at a conference in New Delhi. He said despite difficulties and Pakistan’s misbehaviour, India…

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Afghan children killed in NATO air strike: police commander

An Afghan police commander said Friday that NATO warplanes targeting Taliban insurgents killed six children in a mountainous region of eastern Afghanistan known to be a militant hotbed. The alliance said it was investigating claims that civilians had died following the air strike on Thursday against militants who were attacking…

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Taliban kill 8 policemen

KUNDUZ (AFP/Reuters) – Taliban fighters overran a police post in northern Afghanistan Thursday, killing eight officers, the provincial governor said, in an attack that underscores the militia’s widening insurgency.
In the south, around two dozen militants and three other police officers were killed during an Afghan government operation that is…

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365 Taliban leaders killed in Afghanistan: report

Special forces of the NATO-led military coalition in Afghanistan have killed 365 Taliban leaders over the past three months, German news magazine Der Spiegel said in its online edition Thursday. The elite troops, mainly from the United States, killed the insurgents in commando operations between May 8 and August 8,…

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Pak for fast-tracking TAPI gasline project

ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has stated that Pakistan fully supports Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project and will like this project to materialise without further delay in order to meet Pakistan’s growing energy shortage.
Talking to Deputy Prime Minister of Turkmenistan, Rashid Meredov, here at the Prime Minister’s…

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