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The governor of Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province survived a bomb strike on his motorcade while heading to prayers for the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday on Friday, a spokesman said.
Militants have had a resurgence in Kunduz, a province that U.S. officials didn’t think they had to worry about.
The reclusive leader of Afghanistan’s Taliban has ruled out talks with President Hamid Karzai and called on Afghans to break off relations with his “stooge” administration.
Over the last two years, militant forces have had a resurgence in Kunduz Province, where they threaten a NATO supply route.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai reached out to the Taliban on Friday, part of a call for reconciliation that the palace says will be the main focus of his second term that began last week.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai called on the Taliban and other extremist groups Friday to lay down their weapons and participate in rebuilding the battered country, as part of reconciliation efforts he has said will be his main objective during his second term.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Friday marked the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha with a call on the Taliban and other Islamist insurgents to join peace talks in the war-torn country.
Appeal Comes after Reclusive Taliban Leader Rules Out Talks with President; Kandahar Governor Survives Assassination Attempt
Militants have had a resurgence in Kunduz, a province that American and Afghan officials did not think they had to worry about.
Germany sees a wave of resignations over leaked reports that German officials knew about civilian casualties soon after a German-ordered attack on two tanker trucks in Afghanistan in September -- but then lied about it
Over the past two years the Taliban have steadily staged a resurgence in northern Kunduz province, where they now threaten a vital NATO supply line.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 26 (UPI) -- The Taliban have resurfaced in the once calm northern Kunduz province of Afghanistan, becoming a major concern to the military, security officials say.
Mullah Mohammed Omar scoffs at an expected U.S. troop increase and urges Afghans to reject Hamid Karzai's government. President Obama is to announce his war strategy in a televised speech. As President Obama prepares to unveil his long-deliberated war strategy, the Taliban's supreme commander declared Wednesday that U.S.-led forces would find only defeat, dishonor and "a bed of thorns" in ...
NATO allies appear willing to send fewer than half that number of additional troops to Afghanistan as part of President Obama’s strategy for the region, officials said.
In his Afghanistan war speech Tuesday, Obama is expected to call for more US troops to fight. But he'll need as many as 10,000 new foreign troop commitments, too, to get to the force size military commanders say is needed.
KABUL (AP) -- The governor of the volatile southern Afghan province of Kandahar survived an assassination attempt when a bomb targeting his convoy exploded as he headed for Friday prayers to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.
