| Pak Al Qaeda chief killed in US drone attack: Officials The US drone attack in a Miranshah compound near the Pak- Afghan border in early hours of Thursday killed an Al Qaeda's chief in Pakistan, one of the US' main targets, officials have said.
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| Prince Harry qualifies as Apache helicopter pilot after finishing top in class Prince Harry, who spent 10 weeks as an infantry soldier in Helmand in 2008, will return to Afghanistan after qualifying as a front line Apache attack helicopter pilot on Wednesday.
The 27 year-old... |
| Prince Harry qualifies as attack chopper pilot British royal Prince Harry is set to return to war-torn Afghanistan after qualifying as a frontline Apache attack helicopter pilot.
According to contactmusic.com, the 27-year-old completed an... |
| US Defends Progress in Afghanistan One of the top U.S. commanders in Afghanistan is defending the progress coalition troops are making in Afghanistan, after a U.S. Lieutenant Colonel publicly countered U.S. assertions the allied... |
| CIA to remain in Iraq, Afghanistan after troops' withdrawal to protect US interests The Central Intelligence Agency is expected to maintain a large clandestine presence in Iraq and Afghanistan after the withdrawal of conventional U.S. troops as part of the Obama administration plan... |
| Karzai tried to thwart peace talks between US, Taliban: Analysts Afghan President Hamid Karzai has repeatedly tried to thwart the most focused U.S. effort to begin peace talks with the Taliban, observers have said.
Though Karzai has repeatedly declared that his... |
| Military Says US Forces Will Still Fight Taliban Next Year U.S. military officials insist they are moving ahead under the existing Afghanistan war strategy, saying the Obama administration has not asked commanders to come up with plans to ramp down combat... |
| Second-in-Command Discounts Negative Views of Afghan War Army Lt. Gen. Curtis Scaparrotti told reporters at the Pentagon that a negative assessment of the Afghanistan war by a U.S. officer and a NATO report suggesting the Taliban expects victory capture... |
| “Rosy” Reports From Afghanistan Are False Army Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis survived the first invasion into Iraq in 1991. He later left active duty and worked for a Texas senator while serving in the Army Reserves. Called back into active duty,... |
| Mental problems plagued Afghan shooting suspect, his father says CHINO GHONDAI, Afghanistan - The Afghan soldier suspected of killing four French troops last month had serious mental health problems and a history of violence, but he wasn't a Taliban... |
| Taliban Killing of Afghans Rose in 2011, General Says By Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2012 The Taliban are responsible for the rising civilian death toll in Afghanistan, a top military commander in the NATO-led... |
| Talk to Hamas? Talk to Taliban? Thank the Arab Spring for those possibilities. The Arab Spring's message of freedom through nonviolence has isolated Iran and Syria, helped elevate moderate Islamists, and pushed radical groups to weigh... |
| General: US advisory teams heading to Afghanistan The No. 2 U.S. commander in Afghanistan said Wednesday that U.S. military advisory teams will start deploying to Afghanistan this year to help Afghan combat forces as they take a more prominent role... |
| Afghan forces will be 'good enough' to take over: U.S. Afghanistan's forces will be "good enough" to take over its security by the end of 2014, even though only a small number of them now operate independently from NATO-led troops, a top... |
| In Grip of Cold, Afghan Family Buries 8th Child KABUL, Afghanistan - The war refugee Sayid Mohammad lost his last son on Wednesday, 3-month-old Khan, who became the 24th child to die of exposure in camps here in the past month.
"After we... |
| Lens Blog: Andrea Bruce's Photographs From Refugee Camps in Afghanistan At War Blog: 'Sugar From God?’ KABUL, Afghanistan - Inside the family hut, only women and close male relatives were allowed to mourn over the body of the baby boy, Khan Mohammad, who had... |
| At War Blog: Pentagon Counters Dim Assessment of Afghan War The second-ranking American commander in Afghanistan, Lt. Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti of the Army, took the occasion of a Pentagon briefing on Wednesday to counter - gently and respectfully - the... |
| US soldiers train for agricultural mission in Afghanistan SFC Jarrod Mattison with the US Army Reserve, using an app to learn more about the crops he'll encounter in Afghanistan. Before they're deployed to help... |
| CIA to Maintain Sizable Presence in Iraq and Afghanistan reports that the CIA has plans to maintain a robust operation in both countries after conventional operations have wound down, underscoring the... |
| US, Taleban meet spurs talks KABUL/WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD: Washington's chief envoy to Afghanistan met Taleban leaders in Qatar as part of US efforts to bring the insurgents to the negotiating table, a senior Afghan official... |
| General: U.S. advisory teams heading to Afghanistan WASHINGTON-The No. 2 U.S. commander in Afghanistan said Wednesday that U.S. military advisory teams will start deploying to Afghanistan this year to help Afghan combat forces as they take a more... |
| Russia not opposed to dialogue with Taliban in Afghanistan MOSCOW, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Moscow would not mind holding a dialogue with Afghanistan's Taliban movement under certain conditions, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday. Lavrov told... |
| Taliban eat into Afghanistan's core Taliban eat into Afghanistan's core By Hamza Ameer and Ihsanullah Tipu Mehsud ISLAMABAD - As the United States steps up efforts to engage the Taliban and al-Qaeda in a peace process for ... |
| Freezing Temperatures Kill At Least 16 Children In Afghanistan KABUL -- An Afghan official has confirmed that at least 16 children have died outside the capital this month due to the record freezing temperatures. Dr. Ghulam Sakhi Kargar, spokesman for the... |
| Afghanistan's Cultural Riches Threatened By Mineral Wealth Flanked by waves of mountains and gray desert, the road leading from the Afghan capital to the ancient ruins of Mes Aynak ends abruptly at the foot of a dusty hilltop. From that vantage point, 40... |
| Pakistan Says Army Chiefs Meeting With NATO, Afghan Commanders Officials say Pakistan's military leadership is holding talks with NATO and Afghan commanders to improve coordination along the Afghan-Pakistani border. The meeting is the latest bid to... |
| Russia will back any efforts to facilitate national reconciliation in Afghanistan MOSCOW, February 8 (Itar-Tass) – Russia will support any contacts, which will be aimed at facilitating national reconciliation in Afghanistan, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov... |
| CIA digs in as Americans withdraw from Iraq, Afghanistan Editor’s Note: Although this article can be seen as a standard piece of consensus reality propaganda coming out of Washington, it contains some real truths about how the US arm of the New World... |
| Combined Force Captures Taliban Leaders From an International Security Assistance Force Joint Command News Release KABUL, Afghanistan, Feb. 8, 2012 An Afghan and coalition security force captured two Taliban leaders during an operation... |
| Den Tandt: Time to get out of Afghanistan Canada should cut short what remains of its Afghan mission and get our troops -- all of them -- home, now. To argue otherwise in 2012 is to be wilfully blind.The public debate over Canada's... |
| Bitter winter kills Afghan children fleeing war Fleeing NATO bombardment and Taliban intimidation, thousands of Afghans in refugee camps in the capital Kabul face a new enemy: an unusually bitter winter that is killing their children. Del Agha,... |
| Special ops teams first in, last out in Afghan war The top U.S. special operations commander said his troops could be tapped to lead the mission in Afghanistan, while also increasing their numbers in places like Africa and the... |
| NATO discusses US plans to end Afghan combat mission NATO allies discuss Thursday US plans to end combat operations in Afghanistan in 2013 and shift to a training mission, as the alliance seeks to wind down a war that has dragged on for a decade. US... |
| NATO, Afghan and Pakistan officials to hold border talks Pakistan News: ISLAMABAD, NATO, Afghan and Pakistani military officials will hold talks on improving border security and coordination on Wednesday, in a possible sign that tension is easing following... |
| Mathai deliberates on Iran, Taliban with Hillary Clinton US News: Washington, Foreign secretary Ranjan Mathai and US secretary of state Clinton on Wednesday conducted a series of meetings at the States Department and the White House on a range of... |
| Bitter winter kills Afghan children Fleeing NATO bombardment and Taliban intimidation, thousands of Afghans in refugee camps in the capital Kabul face a new enemy: an unusually bitter winter that is killing their... |
| U.S. aims for Afghan talks breakthrough at May summit WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is seeking to accelerate fragile talks with the Taliban so it can announce serious peace negotiations at a NATO summit in May, officials say, in what would be... |
