Afghanistan – Afghan security forces tighten security in Kabul after brazen Taliban attack on capital (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
Afghan security forces tighten security in Kabul after brazen Taliban attack on capital (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan forces tightened security in Kabul on Tuesday, a day after a brazen Taliban assault on the capital left 12 people, including seven militants, dead and raised concerns about the government’s ability to protect even urban centres.
Afghan forces take on the Taliban in Kabul (EuroNews)
A coordinated Taliban assault on Kabul may have backfired on the insurgents after NATO chiefs applauded the way Afghan forces responded to the attack.
Gunbattle reported in Afghan capital (AP via Yahoo! News)
A gunbattle has broken out between Afghan security forces and militants in the heart of the Afghan capital of Kabul.
Chinese kidnapped as Karzai mulls Taliban strategy (Space War)
Kabul (AFP) Jan 18, 2010 – The Taliban said Sunday they had kidnapped two Chinese engineers in Afghanistan, as President Hamid Karzai’s office said he was set to announce a new plan for forging peace with the Islamist insurgents.
Attack on Kabul is Taliban’s negative answer to Karzai’s outreach: Experts (New Kerala)
Washington, Jan.19 : Monday’s suicide attack on Kabul can be read as a Taliban effort at ‘giving a negative answer to the outreach of Mr. Karzai, threatening Afghanistan before the London Conference, and, of course, showing their power even when polls say Afghanistan is getting on the right track,’ says Waliullah Rahmani, a security analyst with the Kabul Center for Strategic Studies.
Afghan security forces tighten security in Kabul after Taliban attack (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan forces tightened security in Kabul on Tuesday, a day after a brazen Taliban assault on the city centre left 12 people dead and raised concerns about the government’s ability to protect the people.
Karzai orders security review after Taliban attacks (AFP via Yahoo!Xtra News)
KABUL (AFP) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday ordered a review of security in the capital after audacious attacks by Taliban militants highlighted the vulnerability of the city’s defences.
Kabul on high alert after brazen Taliban strikes (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The Afghan capital was on high alert on Tuesday after one of the most dramatic attacks on Kabul since the hardline Islamist Taliban were thrown from power more than nine years ago.
Taliban attacks cast shadow over Kabul (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The brazen Taliban attacks on the heart of Kabul highlighted the vulnerability of the Afghan capital’s defences and proved that the Islamist militants still pose a long term threat to the nation’s security, officials and residents said.
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