Six years after US forces began fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan, new figures have been released showing the violence there is worse than ever.
Read More »5 Dutch Soldiers Wounded in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban militants killed two policemen and destroyed a remote government office in central Afghanistan, as five Dutch troops were wounded in a clash in the country’s south, officials said Wednesday.
Read More »Japan may scale down naval mission for Afghanistan
TOKYO (AFP) — Japan said Wednesday it may scale down a naval mission supporting US-led forces in Afghanistan to try to resolve a row with the opposition that helped bring down the previous government.
Read More »Canada seeks greater global will to share burden of rebuilding Afghanistan
WASHINGTON – Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Bernier called for more global “political will” Tuesday to stabilize and rebuild Afghanistan, telling the United Nations that “no one country can do this alone.”
Read More »Suicide bomber kills 12 in Kabul
KABUL, Afghanistan – A suicide bomber boarded a police bus just after a woman and her two children got on, setting off a blast Tuesday that blew the roof off the bus and killed at least 12 people, including several children, officials and witnesses said.
Read More »Afghanistan’s hope lies with army — if numbers grow
The young army will be dependent for years to come as it develops several branches, perhaps the most difficult being the air force
Read More »Afghan Boy With US Dollars Hanged
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban militants hanged a teenager in southern Afghanistan because he had U.S. money in his pocket, and they stuffed five $1 bills in his mouth as a warning to others not to use dollars, police said Monday. Taliban militants elsewhere killed eight police.
Read More »20 Militants Killed in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan and U.S.-led coalition troops using airstrikes killed more than 20 suspected militants in southern Afghanistan on Monday, the coalition said, days after President Hamid Karzai renewed his offer to hold peace talks with the Taliban.
Read More »ISAF helicopter makes emergency landing in S. Afghanistan
A helicopter of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) made an emergency landing in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province Sunday, an ISAF statement said.
Read More »Iran, Afghanistan ink industrial memo
TEHRAN – Iran Small Industries and Industrial Parks Organization (ISIPO) and Afghanistan’s Ministry of Commerce and Industries signed an industrial memorandum in Mashhad, southeastern Iran, on Sunday.
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