Taliban don’t have stinger missiles: Gates
Washington: US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Sunday dismissed reports that Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan use anti-aircraft stinger missiles similar ...
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US lawmakers beat back Afghan war challenge after leaks
WASHINGTON: US lawmakers on Tuesday easily approved urgent funding for President Barack Obama's escalation in Afghanistan, despite a huge leak ...
Outrage over huge leak of Afghan war files
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The leak of 90,000 secret military files triggered an outcry from nations fighting in Afghanistan as the ...
Afghanistan eyes 2014 security handover
KABUL: The international community on Tuesday endorsed sweeping Afghan government plans to take responsibility for security by 2014, forge peace ...
Rogue Afghan soldier kills three British Gurkhas
KABUL: A renegade Afghan soldier remains at large after killing three British army Gurkha troops in a "suspected premeditated attack" ...
Britain to hand over violent Afghan area to US
LONDON: British troops are to withdraw from one of the deadliest areas of southern Afghanistan where its forces have suffered ...
3 dead as Taliban attack US aid group in Afghanistan
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan: Three people, including a German security guard, were killed Friday when suicide bombers and gunmen stormed the compound ...
Russia warns West against chumming up with Taliban
Moscow: Russia on Thursday warned the West against seeking closer ties with Taliban leaders, saying it could help the militants ...
Seven dead as gunmen torch NATO trucks in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Gunmen attacked trucks carrying supplies to NATO forces in Afghanistan, gutting several dozen vehicles in an inferno and killing ...
US, NATO forces set sights on Kandahar
WASHINGTON: With U.S. and NATO forces on the verge of major operations in Kandahar, Afghanistan, a top commander there today ...
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