Afghanistan – Clinton wants tangible Afghan progress from Karzai (Canada.com)
Clinton wants tangible Afghan progress from Karzai (Canada.com)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Sunday Afghan President Hamid Karzai “must do better” and Washington has demanded he create a “major crimes tribunal” and an anti-corruption commission.
Taliban make gains in Afghanistan’s forgotten north (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)
The insurgents’ tactics are familiar. Night letters warn village elders to cooperate or face death. Religious “taxes” must be paid, and fiery sermons in mosques attack the Karzai government and international forces.
Clash leaves 4 Taliban militants, 3 Afghan civilians dead (People’s Daily)
Four Taliban militants and three civilians were killed as a clash erupted between Taliban militants and government troops in Herat province, west of Afghanistan, a local official said Saturday. “The clash erupted Friday night when Taliban attacked a patrol team of international troops from a house in Shindand district and the troops returned fire killing four rebels,” Lal Mohammad Omarzai, the …
Clinton wants tangible Afghan progress from Karzai (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sunday urged Afghan President Hamid Karzai to “do better” if he wanted U.S. support, and that included creating a major crimes tribunal and anti-corruption commission.
French, Afghan troops push into hostile Afghan valley Sunday (The Daily Reveille)
TAGAB VALLEY, Afghanistan (AP) Hundreds of French and Afghan troops on Sunday pushed into a hostile valley in eastern Afghanistan where militants launch quick attacks, then disappear into hillside villages. The mission: secure the area for a plann…
Afghan troops detain 5 insurgents including Taliban commander (People’s Daily)
Afghan troops arrested five Taliban fighters, including a local commander, during an operation against Taliban militants in Wardak province, 40 km west of the capital city Kabul, the Defense ministry said in a press release on Sunday. “The operation occurred in Lora Shirkhil village of Syedabad district late Friday as a result Mullah Naqibullah along with four of his armed men were arrested …
French, Afghan troops push into hostile valley (Hindustan Times)
Hundreds of French and Afghan troops pushed into a hostile valley in eastern Afghanistan where militants launch quick attacks, then disappear into hillside villages. The mission: secure the area for a planned bypass road around the Afghan capital to move supplies from neighbouring Pakistan.
6 Taliban militants, 3 Afghan troopers killed in E Afghanistan (People’s Daily)
A gun battle between Afghan-International forces and Taliban fighters left six insurgents dead in the eastern Afghan province of Nuristan, provincial police chief said on Sunday. “Taliban attacked a military outpost of Afghan and the NATO-led peacekeeping troops in Nurgraham district Saturday night, and troops returned fire, killing six rebels including their commander Mullah Abdul Qadir on the …
Clinton says Afghanistan’s Karzai “must do better” (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Sunday Afghan President Hamid Karzai “must do better” if he wanted U.S. support and that included creating a major crimes tribunal and anti-corruption commission.
French, Afghan troops push into hostile valley to secure area for bypass road around Kabul (Times & Transcript)
Hundreds of French and Afghan troops pushed into a hostile valley in eastern Afghanistan where militants launch quick attacks, then disappear into hillside villages. The mission: secure the area for a planned bypass road around the Afghan capital to move supplies from neighbouring Pakistan.
Obama takes heat on Afghan timing (Politico via Yahoo! News)
SHANGHAI, China President Barack Obama made no effort to conceal his irritation when his press corps used the first question of his maiden Far East trip to ask what was taking him so long on Afghanistan.
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