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Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Thursday he's willing to talk with the Taliban chief in a bid to bring peace to the country if the move has the backing of the United States and other international partners.
The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said Wednesday that the Afghan government and its international partners should use the coming 18 months to convince the Taliban they can't win and offer militants a way to quit the insurgency "with dignity."
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The CIA's use of drones to fire missiles at suspected al-Qaida and Taliban militants in Pakistan has been expanded, The New York Times reported.
The White House has authorized an expansion of the C.I.A.’s drone program in Pakistan’s tribal area, to parallel the president’s decision to send more troops to Afghanistan.
Germany’s defense minister told Parliament on Thursday that he had reassessed a German commander’s decision to call in a NATO airstrike in Afghanistan.
The White House has authorized an expansion of the C.I.A.’s drone program in Pakistan’s tribal areas, paralleling the president’s decision to send more troops to Afghanistan.
The Taliban vowed on Wednesday to step up resistance and fight against the extra 30,000 American troops US President Barack Obama has ordered to Afghanistan, a spokesman said.
The Afghan Taliban said on Wednesday that President Barack Obama's plan to send tens of thousands of extra troops to the country would not work and would only strengthen their resolve.
President Hamid Karzai tells The Associated Press that setting a 2011 date for U.S. withdrawal will push Afghans to take control of their own destiny.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she was confident allies would support U.S. calls for more troops in Afghanistan, as she arrived for a NATO meeting on Friday, but acknowledged that some may not yet be ready politically to go public.
KABUL, Afghanistan -- An American military official said Wednesday that the bulk of new combat forces approved by President Obama would be sent to southern Afghanistan, an area including Helmand and Kandahar Provinces that is the financial and spiritual base of the Taliban as well as the deadliest part of the country for American troops.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama's move to send 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan is doomed to fail, Taliban militants say.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai says President Barack Obama's decision to start pulling out troops in mid-2011 will push Afghans to take control of their own destiny.
Administration officials testifying before a Senate panel on Thursday offered reassurances about the 2011 date.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton flew to Brussels Friday to nail down European backing for a troop surge in Afghanistan that commanders say should turn the tide of the war by mid-2010.
Facing the prospect of more American deaths in Afghanistan as the war escalates, lawmakers lashed out at neighboring Pakistan on Thursday as an unreliable ally that could spare the U.S. its bruising fight with al-Qaida if it wanted.
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