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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NATO air strikes leave 12 civilian martyred, 45 wounded: Taliban
By Zabihullah Mujaid
On earlier Thursday, at least 12 non-combatant civilians were martyred, and more than 45 were injured when the convoy of the campaigners of Abdul Wahid Khurasani came under massive airstrikes in Khujah Bahauddin district of Takhar province. (Taliban website)
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Deaths disputed in Afghan airstrike
Afghan officials said a coalition airstrike hit the election convoy of an Afghan parliamentary candidate on Thursday, wounding him and killing as many as 10 campaign aides, but the NATO coalition said only insurgents were killed.
President Hamid Karzai condemned the airstrike, which occurred in the Kiwan area of the…
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10 Afghan civilians killed in Nato airstrike
KUNDUZ (AFP) – An Afghan official said Thursday that 10 election campaigners had been killed in an airstrike by international forces in the relatively peaceful north of the country.
Two other people, including a candidate in the September 18 parliamentary elections, were injured in the alleged air raid in Rustaq…
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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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Dozen NATO soldiers killed or injured as two tanks destroyed in Kunduz
Zabihullah Mujahid
Afghan Taliban on Wednesday, hit two of the enemy invaders’ tanks, leaving them on fire in Ali Abad district of Kunduz and killing or wounding all those on board. (Taliban website)
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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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Afghan concern about Pakistan is legitimate: Petraeus
Karzai’s recent complaints that the war should focus on militant leaders hiding in neighboring Pakistan instead of Afghan villages doesn’t mean the government no longer supports the U.S. war strategy, the top NATO commander said Tuesday. Gen. David Petraeus said he shared Karzai’s concern about threats across the border in…
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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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US Senator Kerry warns of instability in Pakistan
Flood-stricken Pakistan urgently needs more international aid to combat potential instability and extremism, Senator John Kerry said, as hunger and disease threaten millions of victims. In a commentary in the International Herald Tribune, Kerry, who heads the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said that the international community was not meeting its…
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Match fixers do not deserve any compensation: Senator Gul
If any player is found guilty in match fixing scandal he should be severely punished adding that life time ban on their playing is insufficient punishment, said Senator Gul Muhammad Laat, member Standing Committee of Senate for Information and Broadcasting. Talking to the delegations here in Karachi at Laat House…
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PM lauds spirit of government and non-government organizations for coming forward to help their countrymen
The Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has appreciated the spirit of government and non-government organizations for coming forward to help their countrymen in this time of dire need. He expressed these views on the occasion of the cheque presentation by the Federal Minister for Privatisation Senator Waqar Ahmed Khan…
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Senator Kerry warns of instability if Pakistan unaided
Flood-striken Pakistan urgently needs more international aid to combat potential instability and extremism, a U.S. official said, as hunger and disease threaten millions of victims.
In an commentary published in Monday’s International Herald Tribune, Senator John Kerry wrote that the international community is not meeting its responsibilities toward the south…
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NATO helicopter shot down, 24 US-NATO invaders with 14 puppets killed in Khost operation
By Zabihullah Mujahid
In two separate large scale operations by Afghan Taliban in Shahar Bagh and Old airbase areas in Khost province killed about 40 US-NATO and 14 local ANA and ANP puppets were killed Saturday.
According to the report from the Khost province, 19 invaders were killed in Sahar…
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