At least seven people were killed Friday in a roadside bombing in a southern Afghan border town, Afghan officials said.
Bomb kills at least 7 in southern Afghanistan
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Commentary: West stares into Afghan abyss
Given its long history of warfare, the United Kingdom is not squeamish about fatalities in time of war and yet a debate has been ignited by the deaths of 15 British soldiers in Afghanistan over the last few weeks. The question now is whether this profound soul-searching results in a more efficient policy towards the war-torn country. The West became involved in fighting in Afghanistan principally because the Taliban government allowed a non-state actor to carry out acts of terrorism unhindered from within its borders
Obama orders review of alleged slayings of Taliban in Bush era
President Obama has ordered national security officials to look into allegations that the Bush administration resisted efforts to investigate a CIA-backed Afghan warlord over the killings of hundreds of Taliban prisoners in 2001. “The indications that this had not been properly investigated just recently was brought to my attention,” Obama told CNN’s Anderson Cooper in an exclusive interview during the president’s visit to Ghana
Brown defends Afghanistan strategy in face of British losses
Britain’s prime minister on Saturday grieved over the losses of 15 British troops over 10 days in Afghanistan, but underscored that preventing terror from reaching the UK streets was the top goal. “The last 10 days have been extraordinarily difficult
Pakistan says Taliban leader will talk to U.S.
Pakistan’s military has declared that not only is it in contact with Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar but that it can bring him and other commanders to the negotiating table with the United States.
U.S. troop death in Afghanistan follows deadly day
International troops in Afghanistan endured another deadly attack on Tuesday, a day after 10 NATO-led troops were killed in that country. A U.S.
U.S. Marines in Afghan standoff, 4 die in roadside blast
Four U.S.
Afghanistan: Soldiers killed in attack on U.S. base
Two NATO-led soldiers were killed and six wounded in an attack at a U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan early Sunday, officials said. The soldiers were serving with the International Security Assistance Force, the organization said in a statement
Roadside Bombs: An Iraqi Tactic on the Upsurge in Afghanistan
The highway that runs between Kabul and the southeastern city of Kandahar is the most brutal evidence of the Taliban’s IED offensive.
UK troops kill ‘dangerous’ Taliban leader
British troops killed a "most dangerous" Taliban leader responsible for the deaths of two British service members and likely hundreds of civilians, the defense ministry said Tuesday. Mullah Mansur is described as “one of the most dangerous Taliban leaders in Helmand,” the province where British troops are based.