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The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for Friday's bombing of a mosque in Rawapindi and vowed to carry out more attacks, according to an e-mail message from the group.
U.S. Marines pressed into a remote Taliban stronghold on Saturday with their first major assault in Afghanistan since President Barack Obama earmarked 30,000 more troops to try to turn the tide on the Taliban insurgency.
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. and Afghan forces began an operation today in southern Afghanistan to disrupt Taliban militants, the first offensive since President Barack Obama announced plans to send 30,000 more troops to the country.
U.S. Marines and Afghan troops, conducting the first offensive since the new American war plan was announced, met little resistance from insurgents Saturday as they worked to disrupt Taliban supply and communications lines in a key valley in southern Afghanistan.
KABUL, Afghanistan – U.S. Marines swooped down behind Taliban lines in helicopters and Osprey aircraft Friday in the first offensive since President Barack Obama announced an American troop surge. About 1,000 U.S. Marines and 150 Afghan soldiers descended on a virtually empty city in southern Afghanistan on Friday to cut off supply routes for Taliban fighters who have taken refuge in the area.
Suicide attackers stormed a mosque close to Pakistan's army headquarters, killing 35 people during Friday prayers as they sprayed gunfire at worshippers and threw grenades before blowing themselves up, officials said.
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. and Afghan forces began an operation in southern Afghanistan to disrupt Taliban militants, the first offensive since President Barack Obama announced plans to send 30,000 more troops to the South Asian country.
U.S. Marines swooped down behind Taliban lines in helicopters and Osprey aircraft in the first offensive since President Obama announced an American troop surge.
Pakistan resists fighting the Afghan Taliban because it fears Indian domination next door. But India is expanding its influence there because it fears a Taliban comeback
At Least 7 Taliban Killed During First Major Operation Since President Announced New American War Plan
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets Monday with US President Barack Obama for talks expected to focus on NATO reinforcements in Afghanistan and Ankara's efforts to curb Kurdish rebels based in Iraq.
U.S. Marines leading the first Afghan offensive since the new war plan was announced are meeting little resistance, at least so far, as they disrupt Taliban supply and communications lines.
Britain's Ministry of Defense has had a close encounter of the credit crunch kind.
President Obama, seated at a long table in the White House Situation Room, stared at slides showing various options for sending additional U.S. troops into Afghanistan.
A Taliban detainee in Pakistan claims Al Qaeda leader Usama bin Laden was seen in Afghanistan in January or February of this year, the BBC reports.
The United States welcomed new troop commitments from its allies to fight the Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, warning the battle was a crucial test for NATO.
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