Taliban kidnaps seven in Afghanistan, one dead (The Times of India)
Armed Taliban militants abducted six musicians and an election worker in eastern Afghanistan, one of whom was later found dead, a local official said.
Work Together Gordon Brown to Islamabad & Kabul (Foreign Policy Blogs)
KABUL: Britain s Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Saturday paid a surprise visit to Afghanistan, where he spoke to troops battling the Taliban and held talks with President Hamid Karzai as a police officer and six Taliban have been killed in military operations in southern Afghanistan. The visit came as government and military sources speaking on condition [...]
35 Taliban militants killed in ‘clean-up’: Afghan commander (AFP via Yahoo! Canada News)
KABUL (AFP) – Thirty-five Taliban fighters have been killed in an operation to “clean up” areas controlled by the militants in a rebel-infested southern Afghan province, a military official said Sunday.
British PM visits UK troops near Afghan front line (AP via Yahoo! News)
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Saturday that the U.K. could send extra troops to Afghanistan under a U.S.-led military surge aimed at stemming terrorism and supporting upcoming Afghan elections.
Canada rejects Gates hint to extend Afghan mission (norsorpor.com)
Canada rejects Gates hint to extend Afghan mission OTTAWA, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) — Canada s Defense Minister Peter MacKay on Thursday appeared to be rejecting hints by the U.S. that Canadian troops should stay in Afghanistan past the 2011 deadline, reiterating that the mission will end on time.
Blasts kill three Canadian soldiers, three Afghan police – Summary (EARTHtimes.org)
Kabul – Three Canadian soldiers were killed in a roadside blast in southern province of Kandahar, while another bombing in the same province killed three Afghan policemen and wounded 12 people, officials said Sunday. The soldiers of NATO-led Internat…
Taliban used boy to plant bomb, Britain charges (International Herald Tribune)
An attack Friday that killed three British marines in Helmand Province was carried out by a boy with a bomb hidden under newspapers, military officials said.
UK Brown calls for sharing Afghan combat burden (Deepika)
KABUL, Dec 13 (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Gordon Brown today called for other NATO nations to do more to share the burden of fighting Taliban insurgents and stem the rising tide of violence in Afghanistan.
