Special Forces Assassins Infiltrate Taliban Stronghold in Afghanistan (FOX 61 Chattanooga)
American and British forces poised to assault the Taliban stronghold of Marjah, in Afghanistan’s southern Helmand province, have begun targeting insurgent leaders for assassination, The Sunday Times reported.
Afghanistan needs reconciliation and conscription, Karzai says (EARTHtimes.org)
Munich – Afghanistan needs strong international backing for a plan to woo former militants and their leaders back into civil life, and it should consider re-introducing conscription, President Hamid Karzai said Sunday. Ten days ago, top Afghan and wo…
Afghan civilians flee NATO offensive (The Washington Times)
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan | Minivans piled high with mattresses and clothing lined up at checkpoints Sunday as hundreds of civilians fled a Taliban-controlled area ahead of a planned NATO offensive in southern Afghanistan. The militants, meanwhile, dug in for a fight, reinforcing their positions with rocket-propelled grenades and heavy weapons, according to witnesses. The U.S. military has not given …
British soldier killed in Afghanistan, toll passes Falklands (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A bomb disposal expert was killed Monday by an explosion in Afghanistan, pushing Britain’s death toll in the conflict above that of the 1982 Falklands war, defence officials said.
Frightened Afghans flee offensive in opium valley (AFP via Yahoo!Xtra News)
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan (AFP) – Afghan men, women and children fearing imminent fighting between the Taliban and US troops, loaded up trucks on Monday and streamed out of one of the world’s main sources of heroin.
4 Afghan police killed in Taliban-style bombing (INDOlink)
Kandahar, Feb 7 (AFP) A massive bomb destroyed a police vehicle in the Afghan city of Kandahar today, killing four officers and injuring two civilians, police said.
