Taliban sneak past Marines in southern Afghanistan (AP via Yahoo! News)
Only a few hundred American troops are policing the southern border of one of Afghanistan’s major smuggling areas, leaving open a vast expanse of desert that the Taliban use to shuttle in weapons and fighters from Pakistan.
Afghan official: 8 killed in Kabul suicide bombing (Deseret News)
KABUL A suicide car bomber struck a heavily guarded neighborhood Tuesday near the home of a former Afghan vice…
Afghan official: 8 killed in Kabul suicide bombing (AP via Yahoo! News)
A suicide car bomber struck a heavily guarded neighborhood Tuesday near the home of a former Afghan vice president and a hotel favored by Westerners, killing at least eight people and wounding dozens.
Afghan Interior Ministry official: 8 killed, about 40 wounded in suicide bombing in Kabul (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
KABUL, Afghanistan – A suicide car bomber struck a heavily guarded neighbourhood Tuesday near the home of a former Afghan vice-president and a hotel favoured by Westerners, killing at least eight people and wounding dozens, officials said.
Pakistan Army Split Over U.S. Demand For Attack On Afghan Taliban (Free Internet Press)
A section of the Pakistani military top command now agrees with Washington that the country’s armed forces should be sent into the North Waziristan area, a sanctuary for al-Qaeda and Afghan insurgents, analysts and officials said Tuesday.
Red Cross makes first visit to Afghan detainees held by Taliban in northwestern Afghanistan (Sun-Sentinel)
GENEVA (AP) The international Red Cross has made its first visit to Afghan prisoners held by the Taliban in the northwest of the country, the organization said Tuesday.
