U.S., Afghan forces clear last areas of former Taliban stronghold (The Wenatchee World)
MARJAH, Afghanistan (AP) Marines and Afghan troops who fought through the center of Marjah linked up Saturday with American soldiers on the northern edge of the former Taliban stronghold, clearing the town s last major pocket of resistance. The joint force encountered almost no hostile fire, indicating that the militants have either fled or blended in with the local population perhaps to …
US, Afghan forces clear last parts of Taliban area (AP via Yahoo! News)
Marines and Afghan troops who fought through the center of Marjah linked up Saturday with American soldiers on the northern edge of the former Taliban stronghold, clearing the town’s last major pocket of resistance.
Taliban attack in Afghan capital exposes security lapse (People’s Daily)
The dreadful attack in Afghan capital Kabul on Friday, which left over a dozen civilians including a few Indian nationals dead, has exposed multiple factors above all the security lapse. In the shocking incident for which Taliban outfit claimed responsibility, 15 civilians including nine Indians were killed and 32 others sustained injuries. Five attackers were also killed in explosions and the …
Karzai: Captured Taliban leaders should be tried in Afghanistan (EARTHtimes.org)
Islamabad – Afghan President Hamid Karzai said the fate of Taliban leaders recently captured by Pakistani security forces should be decided in Afghanistan, a news report said Saturday. In an interview with Pakistan’s English-language daily The News, …
Karzai calls Indian PM, regrets Kabul attacks (MalaysiaNews.net)
NEW DELHI (AP) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai called India’s prime minister on Saturday to express regret over the deaths of at least six Indians in a Taliban suicide attack in Kabul, as New Delhi s…
Russia blames Nato for drug surge (BBC News)
The head of Russia’s drug control agency accuses Nato of not doing enough to curb Afghanistan’s heroin production.
Memorial for Afghan blast soldier (BBC News)
A memorial service is held in Kent for a soldier killed in an explosion in Afghanistan,
Suicide attack in Kabul shows Taliban not crippled (The Sudbury Star)
Insurgents struck Friday at hotels in the heart of Kabul with suicide attackers and a car bomb, killing at least 16 people — half of them foreigners — in an assault that showed the militants remain a potent force despite setbacks on the battlefield and the arrest of more than a dozen key leaders.[...]
Afghan President Karzai calls Indian PM, expresses regret over Indian deaths in Kabul attacks (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
NEW DELHI – Afghan President Hamid Karzai called India’s prime minister on Saturday to express regret over the deaths of at least six Indians in a Taliban suicide attack in Kabul, as New Delhi sent an air force jet to repatriate the bodies.
Karzai calls Indian PM, regrets Kabul attacks (FOX 12 Idaho)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai called India’s primeminister on Saturday to express regret over the deaths of at least six Indians in a Taliban suicide attack in Kabul, as New Delhi sent an air force jet to repatriate the…
Karzai calls Indian PM, regrets Kabul attacks (Sify News)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai called India’s prime minister on Saturday to express regret over the deaths of at least six Indians in a Taliban suicide attack in Kabul, as New Delhi sent an air
