US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 555 (The State)
As of Saturday, Nov. 15, 2008, at least 555 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Friday at 10 a.m. EDT. Of those, the military reports 403 were killed by hostile action. Outside the Afghan region, the Defense …
Security for any Afghan Taliban talks, Karzai says (Reuters)
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Sunday he would guarantee security for Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar if he ever wanted to negotiate and said Western allies should remove him or leave if they disagreed with that.
Afghan leader offers Taliban protection for peace (AFP via Yahoo! Canada News)
KABUL (AFP) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Sunday he would go to “any length” to protect the fugitive leader of the insurgent Taliban militia, Mullah Mohammad Omar, in exchange for peace.
Security for any Afghan Taliban talks, Karzai says (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters By Sayed Salahuddin KABUL, Nov 16 (Reuters) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Sunday he would guarantee security for Taliban leader Mullah Omar if he ever wanted to negotiate and said Western …
Security for any Afghan Taliban talks, Karzai says (Reuters via Yahoo!Xtra News)
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Sunday he would guarantee security for Taliban leader Mullah Omar if he ever wanted to negotiate and said Western allies should remove him or leave if they disagreed with that.
Illinois Guard members to have plenty of company in Afghanistan (The Pantagraph)
FORT BRAGG, N.C. — If all goes as planned, about a year from now you ll be reading about welcome-home parades and how the Illinois National Guard s largest deployment since World War II was successful in training Afghan army and police to take greater control of their own country. | By the numbers
Indiana Guard to train unit in agriculture for Afghan mission (The Times of Northwest Indiana)
Indiana National Guard members will be trained as agricultural educators next week at Purdue University for deployment to Afghanistan. The mission is to help Afghan farmers and agribusinesses improve productivity. The 28-member unit will be trained in irrigation, crop production, soils assessment and livestock management. Indiana is one of five states preparing units with agriculture experience.
