Afghanistan – Send observers to Afghanistan: Bishop (The Age)
Send observers to Afghanistan: Bishop (The Age)
Australia’s support for Afghanistan’s election next month should be boosted with the supply of “electoral observers”, Julie Bishop says.
Assault on U.S. Afghanistan base kills 2 American soliders (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
KABUL, Afghanistan — Insurgents armed with rockets, mortars and a truck bomb staged an unusual frontal attack on a U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan yesterday, killing two American soldiers and forcing the defenders to call in airstrikes to avoid being overrun.
MULLAH SPRUNG FROM GITMO JAIL NOW LEADS FOE IN AFGHAN CAMPAIGN (New York Post)
KABUL, Afghanistan — As Marine Corps forces roll into southern Afghanistan, they face an enemy familiar to US officials — Mullah Zakir, a former Guantanamo Bay prisoner who now leads a reconstituted Taliban. Abdul Qayum Zakir, also known as…
Three soldiers die in 24 hours in Afghan fighting (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A soldier was killed Sunday in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, the third in 24 hours to die during a major operation against the Taliban, the defence ministry said.
Pakistani jets pound Taliban on Afghan border (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters (For full coverage on Pakistan and Afghanistan, see [ID:nAFPAK]) PESHAWAR, Pakistan, July 5 (Reuters) – Pakistani warplanes bombed Taliban positions in the northwest on Sunday, killing at least five …
Obama travels to Russia seeking arms, Afghan deals (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian leader Dmitry Medvedev expect to make progress on arms cuts and Afghanistan at a Kremlin summit on Monday but the rest of Obama’s first visit as president may be more difficult.
2 U.S. Troops Killed by Taliban in Battle in East Afghanistan (Washington Post)
KABUL, July 4 — Taliban fighters fired rockets and mortar rounds at a U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing two American troops in a fierce battle as thousands of Marines in the south continued a major anti-Taliban push.
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