Taliban attacks two U.S. bases
Violence prompts Karzai’s chief of staff to call for dramatic changes in anti-insurgent strategy. Taliban – Afghanistan – Asia – Suicide attack – Politics
Taliban attack Nato in Afghanistan
Afghan National Army soldiers standing guard near the body of a suicide attacker near US military camp Salerno on the outskirts of Khost city. Photo: AFP
Afghan Dogs
THE KORENGAL VALLEY in eastern Afghanistan is the site where reportedly some 70 percent of the ordnance we’ve shot off has detonated. CNN once called the area “the most dangerous place on earth.”
Families mourn loved ones pulled from Pakistan floodwaters
Dargahi Mirani is typically a fisherman by trade, but in the midst of devastating floods in Pakistan, local villagers have been turning to him not for his daily catch, but for help in retrieving their loved ones’ bodies from the floodwaters.
AP IMPACT: US wasted billions in rebuilding Iraq
A $40 million prison sits in the desert north of Baghdad, empty. A $165 million children’s hospital goes unused in the south. A $100 million waste water treatment system in Fallujah has cost three times more than projected, yet sewage still runs through the streets
Afghanistan war: US troops, Afghan politician targeted in deadly weekend
Seven US soldiers were killed amid rising violence in the Afghanistan war, as well as a parliamentary candidate and five campaign workers. President Karzai’s chief of staff also said the US must alter its strategy to defeat the Taliban.
Analysis: Will battle for Kandahar win the war?
Since the war began, this southern city and surrounding countryside have been marked as the heartland of the Taliban, the insurgents’ springboard to retake all of Afghanistan. It has witnessed some of the bloodiest fighting.
Karzai fires top graft-fighting prosecutor
KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 29 (UPI) — Afghan President Hamid Karzai has fired a top prosecutor who was determined to root out corruption, the ousted official said. Afghanistan – Hamid Karzai – Kabul – Asia – Warfare and Conflict
