added 2007 Sun May 13 7:55:51 by TechnologyExpert
Mullah Dadullah, the Taliban's most prominent military commander, was killed in fighting in southern Afghanistan with Afghan and NATO troops, officials said Sunday. Dadullah was killed Saturday in the southern province of Helmand, said Said Ansari, the spokesman for Afghanistan's intelligence service.
Mullah Dadullah, the Taliban's most prominent military commander, was killed in fighting in southern Afghanistan with Afghan and NATO troops, officials said Sunday. Dadullah was killed Saturday in the southern province of Helmand, said Said Ansari, the spokesman for Afghanistan's intelligence service.
added 2007 Tue May 8 22:39:06 by TimALoftis
A U.S. Army commander Tuesday said the military has apologized to Afghans whose relatives were killed in March when U.S. troops fired on them after a suicide attack.
A U.S. Army commander Tuesday said the military has apologized to Afghans whose relatives were killed in March when U.S. troops fired on them after a suicide attack.
added 2007 Wed Apr 25 21:59:53 by STONERS
NATO forces are putting more trained Afghan troops on the front lines and plan "rolling operations" against Taliban insurgents who are intensifying their attacks but remain unable
NATO forces are putting more trained Afghan troops on the front lines and plan "rolling operations" against Taliban insurgents who are intensifying their attacks but remain unable
added 2007 Sun Apr 8 23:43:54 by STONERS
Roadside bombs in southern Afghanistan on Sunday left seven NATO soldiers dead, the alliance said, as its forces continued an anti-Taliban offensive in the world's most fertile opium-producing region.
Roadside bombs in southern Afghanistan on Sunday left seven NATO soldiers dead, the alliance said, as its forces continued an anti-Taliban offensive in the world's most fertile opium-producing region.
added 2007 Wed Mar 28 18:45:56 by jovial
Despite efforts to eradicate Afghanistan's opium production, the problem keeps getting worse. And the Taliban insurgency is the primary beneficiary. Now, some European governments are weighing a legalization of the drug trade.
Despite efforts to eradicate Afghanistan's opium production, the problem keeps getting worse. And the Taliban insurgency is the primary beneficiary. Now, some European governments are weighing a legalization of the drug trade.
added 2007 Sun Mar 11 20:41:29 by springflower
Propaganda has always played an important part in war, but in Afghanistan the battles between Nato forces and the Taleban are being fought not just in the deserts and valleys but in the media. When the war is about hearts and minds, winning public opinion is the be-all and end-all, and there's quite a temptation to interfere in a country with
Propaganda has always played an important part in war, but in Afghanistan the battles between Nato forces and the Taleban are being fought not just in the deserts and valleys but in the media. When the war is about hearts and minds, winning public opinion is the be-all and end-all, and there's quite a temptation to interfere in a country with
added 2007 Thu Mar 8 3:45:07 by populist
A top Taliban commander said Wednesday the group has 4,000 fighters bracing to rebuff NATO's largest-ever offensive in southern Afghanistan, now in its second day. Suicide bombers are ready, land mines have been planted and helicopters will be targeted, Mullah Abdul Qassim, a top Taliban commander in Helmand province told The Associated Press.
A top Taliban commander said Wednesday the group has 4,000 fighters bracing to rebuff NATO's largest-ever offensive in southern Afghanistan, now in its second day. Suicide bombers are ready, land mines have been planted and helicopters will be targeted, Mullah Abdul Qassim, a top Taliban commander in Helmand province told The Associated Press.
added 2007 Sun Feb 18 2:21:48 by STONERS
NATO -led troops mistakenly shot and killed an Afghan man in southern Afghanistan Saturday, believing he was a suicide bomber.
NATO -led troops mistakenly shot and killed an Afghan man in southern Afghanistan Saturday, believing he was a suicide bomber.
added 2007 Sun Feb 11 12:36:31 by Varadinum
NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said Saturday he thinks the back of the insurgency in Afghanistan will be "broken" and that the country will be on the road to a long-term peace by 2009.
NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said Saturday he thinks the back of the insurgency in Afghanistan will be "broken" and that the country will be on the road to a long-term peace by 2009.
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added 2007 Sun Feb 4 17:46:11 by bhartzer
NATO officials say an airstrike in southern Afghanistan has killed a senior Taleban commander. The attack was part of a larger NATO effort aimed at retaking a key southern town that the Taleban captured several days ago. Correspondent Benjamin Sand has more from VOA's South Asia news center in Islamabad.
NATO officials say an airstrike in southern Afghanistan has killed a senior Taleban commander. The attack was part of a larger NATO effort aimed at retaking a key southern town that the Taleban captured several days ago. Correspondent Benjamin Sand has more from VOA's South Asia news center in Islamabad.
added 2007 Sun Feb 4 9:48:52 by STONERS
NATO -led troops killed a senior Taliban leader with a precision airstrike near a southern Afghan town overrun by militants, a spokesman for the alliance said Sunday.
NATO -led troops killed a senior Taliban leader with a precision airstrike near a southern Afghan town overrun by militants, a spokesman for the alliance said Sunday.
added 2007 Sun Feb 4 8:39:42 by STONERS
U.S. Gen. Dan McNeil took over command of NATO -led troops in Afghanistan in a ceremony on Sunday.
U.S. Gen. Dan McNeil took over command of NATO -led troops in Afghanistan in a ceremony on Sunday.
added 2007 Sun Feb 4 4:25:19 by corey.spring
Hundreds of villagers fled a southern Afghan town overrun by Taliban militants, fearful of a NATO attack on the insurgent fighters who have hoisted their trademark white flag over the town's ransacked government center, residents said.
Hundreds of villagers fled a southern Afghan town overrun by Taliban militants, fearful of a NATO attack on the insurgent fighters who have hoisted their trademark white flag over the town's ransacked government center, residents said.
added 2007 Tue Jan 30 15:13:40 by TimALoftis
More than 1,000 civilians were killed in Afghanistan in 2006, most of them as a result of attacks by the Taliban and other anti-government forces in the country's unstable south, a rights group said Tuesday.
More than 1,000 civilians were killed in Afghanistan in 2006, most of them as a result of attacks by the Taliban and other anti-government forces in the country's unstable south, a rights group said Tuesday.
added 2007 Sat Jan 27 3:34:30 by okitech
"There is a problem of forces coming from Pakistan into Afghanistan to attack and then to return to Pakistan to seek refuge and refitting," he said at a media briefing on US efforts to frame a new strategy in Afghanistan with NATO to ward off the renewed Taliban threat
"There is a problem of forces coming from Pakistan into Afghanistan to attack and then to return to Pakistan to seek refuge and refitting," he said at a media briefing on US efforts to frame a new strategy in Afghanistan with NATO to ward off the renewed Taliban threat
added 2007 Fri Jan 26 0:03:21 by JamesMarcus
NATO will send an additional brigade to Afghanistan to help fight the insurgent Taliban. A brigade typically numbers from 1,500 to 3,500 troops--drawn, in this case, from the various nations participating in NATO's International Security Assistance Force.
NATO will send an additional brigade to Afghanistan to help fight the insurgent Taliban. A brigade typically numbers from 1,500 to 3,500 troops--drawn, in this case, from the various nations participating in NATO's International Security Assistance Force.
added 2006 Sun Aug 20 13:43:04 by TimALoftis
More than 70 Taliban guerrillas have been killed in fighting with NATO and Afghan forces in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, a provincial police official said on Sunday.
More than 70 Taliban guerrillas have been killed in fighting with NATO and Afghan forces in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, a provincial police official said on Sunday.
