WASHINGTON—A Central Intelligence Agency drone strike last week killed a top al Qaeda trainer suspected of being involved in December’s suicide bombing that killed seven CIA officers at a base in Afghanistan, U.S. officials say. The March 8 strike on a suspected bomb-making facility in Miran Shah, Pakistan, killed as many as 15 people, [...]
AP - Afghan officials say the Afghan government was holding secret talks with the Taliban’s No. 2 when he was captured last month in Pakistan.[Read more...]
AP - The governor of Kandahar province demanded more security around Afghanistan’s largest southern city Sunday after 12 explosions killed dozens of people in the Taliban heartland that will be the target of the war’s next major offensive.[Read more...]
The U.S.-led effort to flush the Taliban from a stronghold in southern Afghanistan—the first test of the new surge strategy to turn the tide of the war—has been dealt a setback by a dispute over the personal history of the man chosen by the Afghan government to run the town. The top allied commander [...]
The Chinook flown by Flight Lieutenant Ian Fortune, 28, was brought in to pick up casualties during a firefight between American and Afghanistan forces and heavily armed rebels near Garmsir in Helmand Province, said a report by The Sun. The pilot was told it was too dangerous to land and circled the landing [...]
AP - The Taliban are claiming responsibility for deadly suicide attacks that killed at least 10 people in the heart of Kabul.[Read more...]
AP - The Afghan government took official control of the southern Taliban stronghold of Marjah on Thursday, installing an administrator and raising the national flag while U.S.-led troops worked to root out final pockets of militants.[Read more...]
AP - Afghanistan’s president has taken control of a formerly independent body that monitors election fraud, raising concern Tuesday that he’s reneging on promises to clean up corruption and cronyism — a pillar of the Obama administration’s plan to erode support for the Taliban.[Read more...]
AP - Marines and Afghan units converged Sunday on a dangerous western quarter of the Taliban stronghold of Marjah, with NATO forces facing “determined resistance” as their assault on the southern town entered its second week.[Read more...]
AP - Marines and Afghan units converged on a dangerous western quarter of the Taliban stronghold of Marjah on Sunday, with NATO forces facing “determined resistance” as their assault on the southern town entered its second week.[Read more...]
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