Afghanistan – US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 615 (AP via Yahoo! News)
US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 615 (AP via Yahoo! News)
As of Wednesday, May 27, 2009, at least 615 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 Wednesday at 10 a.m. EDT.
NATO and Afghan troops kill 34 Taliban (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
NATO and Afghan police attacked a gathering point for Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan’s southeastern Paktika province, and killed 34, a spokesman for the provincial governor said on Thursday.
Afghanistan: Attack kills suspected Taliban rebels (Adnkronos)
Afghanistan: Attack kills suspected Taliban rebels (AKI) – Afghan and US forces have killed up to 35 Taliban insurgents in an overnight ground and air attack on a suspected hideout. The militants died in Afghanistan’s eastern Paktika province, provincial administration spokesman Hamidullah Zhwak was quoted as saying on Thursday. The operation targeted the Taliban’s radical Al-Qaeda-linked …
Nourishing Afghanistan’s Agricultural Sector (Foreign Relations)
As the United States focuses new attention on the Afghan war front, U.S. policymakers are emphasizing rural development and agricultural reform as keys to long-term stability.
Afghan rights group sets the record straight on civilian deaths (Calcutta News)
An Afghan human rights group has reported civilian deaths from a US air strike in western Afghanistan earlier this month.
NATO and Afghan troops kill 34 Taliban (Reuters) (Yahoo!7 World News)
KHOST, Afghanistan (Reuters) – NATO and Afghan police attacked a gathering point for Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan’s southeastern Paktika province, and killed 34, a spokesman for the provincial governor said on Thursday.
Soldier dies in Afghan explosion (BBC News)
A British soldier has been killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, hours after a Royal Marine died from injuries.
Canadian diplomat hopeful for Afghanistan (Kitchener – Waterloo Record)
KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN (May 28, 2009) — The hit-and-run nature of the bloody insurgency that has wreaked so much havoc in Afghanistan is a clear sign the resurgent Taliban aren’t interested in winning the support of local Afghans, Canada’s ambassador to Kabul said yesterday.
Taliban speed up attacks as Afghan election nearing (People’s Daily)
Taliban militants fighting to oust Afghan government and evict U.S.-led forces from the post-Taliban country have escalated their attacks as the date for Afghan presidential election is drawing closer. The militants in a string of attacks during the past week have killed at least over a dozen troopers including four U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan. Only Wednesday, a car suicide blast against the …
U.S.-led troops raid Afghan camp, kill 34 (MSNBC)
U.S.-led coalition troops attacked a suspected training camp for foreign fighters in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, and an Afghan official said 34 militants were killed, including 22 Arabs and Pakistanis.
Canada’s $50M Dahla dam project in Afghanistan shows few signs of life (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – The bread basket of Afghanistan remains decidedly frayed – and signs of Canada’s almost year-old promise to help restore at least some of its former glory remain conspicuously scant.
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