The suede, camel-coloured, military issue boots of the suicide bomber looked brand new. He had the face of a young man, no older than 19. "He's a kid .....He has hardly any beard," said a security official standing before the ripped-open body of the Taliban attacker who, disguised as a policeman, barged...
Pakistani forces backed by helicopter gunships and artillery recaptured a strategic town from Taliban militants after fierce fighting, officials said on Saturday.
Kotkai town in South Waziristan has changed hands three times since the army launched a major offensive on Taliban strongholds a week ago, highlighting the diffic
Incredible', 'left gasping', 'too premature', 'politicised 'and 'thumbs up' -- these are some of the reactions heard from the news breaks that US president Barack Obama was chosen to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. The peace prize seems to be a show of early confidence in Obama's policies to rid the world of nuclear weapons, stabilise Afghanistan ...
Afghan and international joint security forces conducted four separate operations today in eastern and southern Afghanistan that resulted in several militants killed and a total of half a dozen suspected militants detained.
According to detail from ISAF A joint security force killed several militants north of Khost City in Ghazni province after ...
Peshawar, October 24, = The famous restaurants and wedding clubs of Peshawar on Saturday remained closed as protest against the bomb blast in Swan restaurant in Hayatabad while the managements announced to close the restaurants and stop services for three days to mourn the sad incident.
Almost all famous restaurants and ...
Carnage in Pakistan and America's bloodiest month in Afghanistan are sharpening President Barack Obama's dilemma on troop deployments while stoking political demands for swifter action. "We watch this situation continue to deteriorate while this long...
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the United Nations will not be deterred by the "despicable and brutal" terrorist attack against a U.N. guest house in Kabul and will do all it can to help with next month's presidential runoff election. The U.N.
Afghanistan’s president and his main electoral challenger say the country’s political future should be decided at the ballot box, not through the formation of a coalition government. But President Hamid Karzai’s primary political rival...
Taliban militants attacked a private guesthouse in central Kabul on Wednesday killing at least six U.N. staff members and wounding nine more, a U.N. spokesman said...Reports say that the casualty toll could rise as the United Nations tried to account...
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says Wednesday's suicide attack on a U.N. guest house in Kabul that killed nine people, including six U.N. staffers, will not deter the organization from its mission in Afghanistan. From U.N. headquarters in New York,...
The Obama administration said on Wednesday the United States would not be intimidated by violence after a deadly attack on a U.N. guest house in Kabul that included one American among the six killed. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs condemned the...
On Tuesday, eight US soldiers and an Afghan civilian working with them were killed in a series of bomb attacks in southern Afghanistan. The deaths made October the deadliest month for American forces since a US-led invasion ousted the ...
Eight American troops were killed in multiple bomb attacks Tuesday in southern Afghanistan, making October the deadliest month of the war for US forces since it began in 2001. ... "A loss like this is extremely difficult for the families as well as
U.S. Ambassador Karl W. Eikenberry brought him to Kabul and offered him a job on his senior embassy staff. Hoh declined. From there, he was flown home for a face-to-face meeting with Richard C. Holbrooke, the administration's special representative .
At least six UN workers killed in Kabul attack - Militants have stormed a guest house used by United Nation's employees in Kabul which left six people dead The Taliban brought their insurgency to the he... 1 hour ago ... The twin suicide bo ... 11
War Watch: October Deadliest Month for Americans in Afghanistan. by Bill Bradley. October 28, 2009, 11:42 AM. war-watch.jpg • Taliban gunmen attacked a guest house in central Kabul this morning, killing six U.N. employees, ...
Eight U.S. troops were killed in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, the NATO-led alliance said, in the deadliest month for U.S. forces since the start of the war eight years ago. ... Karzai's camp said on Tuesday a run-off must take place even if his
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Apologies we couldn't get our soup cans and string connected from New York to Kabul this morning. We'll have Dexter Filkins on tomorrow AM.
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