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US military deaths, suicide bombings and opium production hit record highs in 2007. Taliban militants killed more than 925 Afghan police. But US officials insist things are looking up.
Read More »Quebec gunner killed by improvised explosive device in Afghanistan
MA’SUM GHAR, Afghanistan – A Canadian soldier headed to the relatively cushy Kandahar Airfield for a little New Year’s rest and relaxation died early Sunday after his armoured vehicle struck an improvised explosive device.
Read More »Child injuries in Afghanistan increasing, say Canadian doctors
KANDAHAR AIR FIELD, Afghanistan — The coalition field hospital at this sprawling base is taking in more and more injured children from Afghanistan’s war-ravaged South, Canadian staff say.
Read More »Two European diplomats have been asked to leave Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan – Two European diplomats who went to one of Afghanistan’s most volatile regions have been asked to leave the country.
Read More »Official: 2,500 Tons of Afghan Drugs Enter Iran Annually
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Some 2,500 tons of narcotics enter Iran from neighboring Afghanistan annually, an anti-drugs official said on Sunday.
Read More »The Kite Runner. A Controversial Sensitive Movie
The Kite Runner is a controversial, though sensitive movie. Directed by Marc Forster, it represents a highly straightforward and effective adaptation of author Khaled Hosseini’s international best selling novel with the same name.  However, although it was nominated for two Golden Globes, The Kite Runner has already become a controversial …
Read More »The West in Afghanistan
NO SIGNIFICANCE need be attached to the visit by some top world leaders to Kabul, Afghanistan, this week, they being essentially a Christmas-eve exercise to cheer up Nato troops from their respective countries.
Read More »Soldiers in Afghanistan remember family
KABUL, Afghanistan – As the choir of Army soldiers sang a spirited “Frosty the Snowman” under a light snowfall Sunday evening, Lt. Cmdr. Lynne O’Neil bobbed in time and thought of her daughter, Anna.
Read More »US: Afghan border attacks drop 40 pct.
AGRAM, Afghanistan – A top American general said Sunday that attacks along the Afghan-Pakistan border have dropped more than 40 percent since July and the U.S. and its allies are making progress in the fight against the the tali ban.
Read More »Australian prime minister says NATO forces must do more to stabilize Afghanistan
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Monday it is “critical” that NATO countries do more to stabilize Afghanistan, or they risk losing the war.Responding to a report in The Australian newspaper, which quoted Defense Minister Joel Fitzgibbon as saying NATO forces were “winning the battles and not the war” in …
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