The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Kabul - Afghan security forces killed a key Taliban commander in northern part of Afghanistan while another insurgent was killed in Kapisa province, officials said on Saturday. The Interior Ministry said a Taliban commander identified as Mullah Usman...
The Jawa Report (Free subscription) | yesterday
Screenshot of the Taliban's English language website shows at least 6 updates today. The website is hosted in the U.S. File under: no shit, Sherlock. The entire report is here while the executive summary is here. I'm not sure...
Registan.net (Free subscription) | yesterday
Given the current trendy thinking in counterinsurgency circles, Giustozzi was bound to make a splash by trying to catalogue the resurrection of the Taliban in 2002-3 and how it came to dominate swaths of Afghanistan in 2006-7. In a broad sense, he does an admirable job of doing exactly that—by tracking the pathetic record of [...]
http://www.dolbajao.com/rss.php (Free subscription) | yesterday
U.S. News & World Report - 17 hours agoBy Anna Mulrine GARMSIR, AFGHANISTAN—At this spartan combat outpost in the heart of Helmand province, US marines are preparing for what may be their toughest fight yet. Bulgarian News Network Reuters India
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | yesterday
A NATO soldier was killed and two were wounded during a clash with militants in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, the military alliance said Friday.
OTB News (Free subscription) | yesterday
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A NATO soldier was killed and two were wounded during a clash with militants in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province, the military alliance said Friday….
Get Mash (Free subscription) | yesterday
AP - A NATO soldier was killed and two were wounded during a clash with militants in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province, the military alliance said Friday. Read the full story
New York Newsday (Free subscription) | yesterday
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) _ A NATO soldier was killed and two were wounded during a clash with militants in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, the military alliance said Friday.
US News (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
After two Iraq deployments, members of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit face a different sort of war.
AMERICAblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Okay, maybe the punditry will finally start paying attention to McCain's constant screw ups on basic foreign policy issues. They should, because this is one big error uncovered by the Cenk Uygur . Yesterday, he called the war in Iraq "the first major conflict since 9/11." As Cenk wrote: Was Afghanistan not major enough for him? It almost reminds you of when Don Rumsfeld was not impressed with invading...
TOTAL INFORMATION AWARENESS (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
http://boztopia.com/?p=225 9/11 , Afghanistan , Cenk Uygur , George W. Bush , Iraq , Iraq war , John McCain , PNAC , Young Turks http://boztopia.com/?p=225#comments Cenk Uygur of the Young Turks caught a real whopper from John McCain’s recent interview with Katie Couric–apparently, Afghanistan doesn’t rate as a “major conflict” in relation to Iraq in McCain’s mind. Watch the video if you think I exaggerate:...
The Thunder Run (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Daily Mail (Free subscription) | yesterday
A British Army dog handler was killed by insurgents in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said today.
Evening Standard (Free subscription) | yesterday
A British Army dog handler was killed by insurgents in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said today.
Snuffysmith's Blog (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
http://www.antiwar.com/pena/?articleid=13176 Bidding War Over Afghanistan Charles Peña Barack Obama and John McCain are currently engaged in a bidding war to see who can promise more troops in Afghanistan. In an op-ed published by the New York Times last week, Obama wrote that if he is elected president he will provide "at least two additional combat brigades [roughly 10,000 troops] to support our...
The 3 the latest comments published by users on Afghanistan and Taliban :
rockport | 07/21/2008
US presidential contender Barack Obama pledged steadfast aid to Afghanistan in talks with its Western-backed leader on Sunday and vowed to pursue the war on terror "with vigour" if he is elected, an Afghan official said.
abdulruff | 06/26/2008
26 june 2008 US presidential campaign 2008 Dr. Abdul Ruff Colachal IN the background of the long, historic US-led terror wars in Afghanistan and Iraq killing thousands of innocent Muslims since the Sept 11 event, the US is undergoing a long poll campaign season to elect a new president to take office in 2009. With primaries coming to an end, the US voters are keenly watching the outcome of the ensuing...
raimondo | 06/24/2008
How Iran would retaliate if it comes to war Military analysts say the Islamic Republic would strike back in unconventional ways – targeting American interests in Iraq and Afghanistan. By Scott Peterson | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor from the June 20, 2008 edition E-mail Print Letter to the Editor Republish del.icio.us digg Page 1 of 2 Istanbul, Turkey - Pressure is building on Iran....
