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Minister Kevin Rudd has made a surprise visit to Afghanistan to wish Australian troops a merry Christmas and to reassure them they are being thought of back home. "We haven't forgotten, we know what's going on here," he told a gathering of troops at...
Tags: Afghanistan, Australia, prime minister, Kevin Rudd, surprise visits, Mr Rudd, australians prime, Navy, Task Force Uruzgan, ISAF
The foreign secretary is due to meet soldiers and hold talks with military and political leaders. He told BBC News there were no current plans to send extra forces to the area next year, despite the death of another British soldier on Monday. He urged...
Tags: Afghanistan, Karzai, ISAF, forces killing, coalition forces
Taliban told The News on Tuesday. There are many reasons of differences in the Taliban leadership, said the commander, who wished not to be identified. The most serious difference between the Baitullah Mehsud and Maulvi Nazir groups of local Taliban...
Tags: pakistan, pak, military, leader, afghanistan, Pakistani, Taliban, Isaf
The Germany gatherings were organized by a collective of some 250 peace groups under the slogan "Give peace a chance, troops out of Afghanistan,'' AP reported. "There's another strategy for peace in Afghanistan that doesn't involve a military, and that...
Tags: Afghanistan, Berlin, ISAF
ABUL: An ISAF soldier was killed in eastern Afghanistan Sept. 11 when insurgents attacked a compound. “We are saddened by this brave soldier’s death, and our deepest condolences go to the soldier’s family and loved ones,” said Brigadier General Richard...
Tags: Afghanistan, Kabul, ISAF
Meanwhile, Taliban units are now operating close to Kabul, and have advanced to secure control of parts of Kandahar (see Carlotta Gall, " Taliban Gain New Foothold in Afghan City ", New York Times , 27 August 2008)...Most of the foreign forces in Afghanistan...
Tags: isaf, nato, war, Afghanistan
Afghan forces recaptured Arghandab distric from the Taliban militants in Kandahar province south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday June 22, 2008. Pakistan after attackers hiding there fired a barrage of rockets into Afghanistan that killed three children,...
Tags: pakistan, afghanistan, Afghanistan-Pakistan, Pakistani, ISAF, NATO, isaf base, rocket attack, rocket hit, inside pakistan
The troops were participating in an operation east of Lashkar Gah when they were caught in the blast on Tuesday, the ministry said. A fifth soldier wounded in the incident was reported to be in stable condition. It was the second time this year that insurgents...
Tags: Afghanistan, Taliban, Kandahar, afghanistan, killed, Helmand District of Afghanistan, ISAF, Afghanistan Kabul, militants, soldiers killed, isaf soldiers, British, NATO
With this single find, they have seriously crippled the Taliban’s ability to purchase weapons that threaten the safety and security of the Afghan people and the region.” The hashish found weighed about as much as 30 double-decker London buses and had...
Tags: Kabul City, ISAF
Two soldiers from the International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) have been killed after a Taliban suicide car-bomb attack in eastern Afghanistan, according to a spokesman for the Nato-led force. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for Saturday's...
Tags: ISAF, Kabul, Defense Ministry, control bomb, isaf soldiers, Afghanistan, Foreign Ministry