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About 350 Taliban prisoners are on a hunger strike at a prison in Kandahar and a delegation from the Ministry of Justice is going to the lockup in southern Afghanistan to investigate their complaints.
AP sources: US troops likely for Afghanistan in January ANNE GEARAN and STEVEN R. HURST Associated Press Writers WASHINGTON - 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 ...
The UN's decision to withdraw 200 workers after an attack at a Kabul guesthouse could prompt other aid groups to rethink their presence.
(RTTNews) - Japan's new center-left government, which decided to discontinue its refueling mission in the Indian Ocean, pledged in its place aid package worth $5 billion over the next five years to help reconstruction in Afghanistan.
A roadside bomb attack killed four Pakistani soldiers in a Taliban stronghold where troops backed by fighter jets and helicopter gunships are pressing a major operation, officials said Monday.
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.
Hamburg - Britain has quietly urged Afghan's newly re-elected president, Hamid Karzai, to make peace with the less radical part of the Taliban, a German magazine, Stern, claimed Monday. In a story on its website, stern.de, it said that London's confi...
WASHINGTON - 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. Administration...
President Hamid Karzai was declared the winner of another term in office as Afghanistan's leader Monday, after his opponent in a planned runoff election withdrew.
Japan said Tuesday it plans to provide up to $5 billion in aid to Afghanistan, effectively replacing its naval refueling mission that supports U.S.-led coalition in the region in a commitment announced days ahead of President Barack Obama's visit.
Afghanistan's fledgling anti-corruption office needs more staff, money and power, its deputy chief says, urging international backing to help root out graft in one of the world's most corrupt nations.
KABUL (AP) – NATO says Afghan and foreign troops have killed more than 130 insurgents, including eight Taliban commanders, in six days of fierce fighting during a major offensive in northern Afghanistan.
The camp in Afghanistan that housed Chief Hospital Corpsman David Strickland and about 100 other Mar
A Custer, Whatcom County, man was one of two Fort Lewis soldiers killed Thursday in Afghanistan when the Stryker vehicle he was driving went over a buried explosive.
Peter Galbraith, who was fired after alleging that the United Nations covered up fraud during the presidential election in Afghanistan, said Monday that sending more American troops to the war-torn nation won’t help.
Washington - US President Barack Obama is set to approve sending thousands of more soldiers to Afghanistan to bolster the fight against the Taliban, CBS News reported Monday. CBS News, citing informed sources, said Obama will approve most of the 40...
