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Kabul - A US soldier was killed by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, while television footage showed Taliban insurgents sorting and transporting what appeared to be US military ammunition sized by militants in two remote outposts in...
The White House denied President Barack Obama had come to a decision on sending US reinforcements to Afghanistan, after media reports said he had made up his mind on a troop buildup.
President Barack Obama is nearing a decision to send tens of thousands more forces to Afghanistan, but probably not quite the 40,000 sought by his top general there, as Pentagon planners work to prepare bases and provide equipment the troops would need in a country with scant resources.
Army Spc. Alex Baker, horticultural specialist from Stephenville, assigned to the Texas Agribusiness Development Team at Forward Operating Base Ghazni, listens as his interpreter explains how a lime is used in local cuisine during a market assessment at the produce market in Ghazni, Afghanistan, on Oct. 27. The ADT performs market assessments in the produce market every 4-6 weeks to measure ...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is nearing a decision to add tens of thousands more forces to Afghanistan, though not quite the 40,000 sought by his top general there, as Pentagon planners work to make room for the influx. Administration officials told The Associated Press on Monday the deployment would most likely begin in January with a mission to stiffen the defense of 10 key cities ...
As of Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, at least 836 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Monday at 10 a.m. EST.
President Obama has tentatively decided to send thousands of additional troops to Afghanistan per Gen. Stanley McChrystal's request. David Martin reports.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and the German foreign minister said additional aid would depend on President Hamid Karzai improving the quality of his government.
At least 11 people have died from the H1N1 virus in the capital, Kabul. The government has declared an emergency and launched an education campaign. Zakrullah Nouri has never known a time when his country was not at war.
KABUL, Afghanistan — As if the Taliban, car bombs, roadside bombs, leftover Soviet land mines, political unrest and errant NATO air attacks weren't enough, Afghans are facing a new killer: the H1N1 flu pandemic.
AFGHANISTAN Afghan and international troops killed more than 130 insurgents in six days of fighting in a once-stable area of northern Afghanistan that has experienced a recent spike in Taliban attacks, NATO said Monday. It was some of the heaviest fighting in the north this year.
Japan promises additional $5 billion in aid to Afghanistan ahead of Obama visit.
KABUL — Afghan and international troops killed more than 130 insurgents in six days of fighting in a once-stable area of northern Afghanistan that has seen a recent spike in Taliban attacks, NATO said Monday. It was some of the heaviest fighting in...
Between World War I and World War II, Britain fought all across the Islamic world, battling insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan, to name just two and usually losing. This caused a fair amount of worry, introspection, angst and the usual commissions to d.
Veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan would jump to the head of waiting lists for scarce middle-class housing, if the City Council gets its way.
President Obama is nearing a decision to add tens of thousands more forces to Afghanistan, though not quite the 40,000 sought by his top general there.
