Coalition: 33 militants killed in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan - Helicopters and a bomber attacked insurgents massing in eastern Afghanistan under cover of darkness, killing an estimated 33 people, the U.S.-led coalition said Tuesday.
Nations:Afghanistan Pakistan Activities:Afghan Terror War Source:(AP)
2008-07-01
US, NATO deaths in Afghanistan pass Iraq toll
KABUL, Afghanistan - Militants killed more U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan in June than in Iraq for the second straight month, a grim milestone capping a run of headline-grabbing insurgent attacks that analysts say underscore the Taliban's growing strength.
Nations:Afghanistan People:Robert Gates Hamid Karzai Activities:Second Gulf War Afghan Terror War Source:(AP)
2008-06-30
Pakistani forces take control of area in Khyber
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Paramilitary troops returned Sunday to posts they had been forced to abandon and Pakistani forces widened their offensive against militants operating in a volatile tribal area along the Afghan border, an official said.
Nations:Afghanistan Pakistan Activities:Afghan Terror War Anti-terror War in Pakistan Source:(AP)
2008-06-29
55 militants killed in Afghan battle
KABUL, Afghanistan - Militants ambushed troops patrolling in eastern Afghanistan, prompting a gunbattle and airstrikes that left 55 militants dead, the U.S.-led coalition said Monday.
Nations:Afghanistan Activities:Afghan Terror War Source:(AP)
2008-06-23
Bombs kill 5 foreign troops in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan - Roadside bombs killed five foreign troops in Afghanistan on Saturday, military officials said, extending a series of daily attacks that have lifted the death toll for foreign forces this year to more than 100.
Nations:Afghanistan People:Hamid Karzai Activities:Afghan Terror War Source:(AP)
2008-06-21
NATO, Afghan troops move against Taliban
ARGHANDAB, Afghanistan - Afghan and Canadian forces moved into a series of villages outside of southern Afghanistan's largest city Wednesday to root out any Taliban militants there, while an explosion elsewhere killed four British soldiers, officials said.
Nations:Afghanistan People:Hamid Karzai Activities:Afghan Terror War Source:(AP)
2008-06-18
Is the Taliban Making a Comeback?
Hundreds of Taliban insurgents swarmed through a key district just outside the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Monday, sending residents fleeing in anticipation of retaliation by NATO troops. This latest Taliban assault in the Argandab district caps several weeks of increased fighting in the country's southern districts along the border with Pakistan, followed by a spectacular raid on a Kandahar prison, in which some 400 Taliban fighters were freed, according to officials. "My men have seen a few of the escaped Taliban prisoners among the fighters in Argandab," says district chief Ghulam Farouq.
Nations:Afghanistan Pakistan People:Hamid Karzai Pervez Musharraf George W. Bush Activities:Afghan Terror War Source:(Time)
2008-06-18
Taliban militants destroy bridges in Afghanistan
ARGHANDAB, Afghanistan - Taliban militants destroyed bridges and planted mines in several villages they control outside southern Afghanistan's largest city in apparent preparation for battle, residents and officials said Tuesday.
Nations:Afghanistan People:Hamid Karzai Activities:Afghan Terror War Source:(AP)
2008-06-17
Karzai: I'll send troops after Pakistan insurgents
KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan President Hamid Karzai threatened Sunday to send Afghan troops across the border to fight militants in Pakistan, a forceful warning to insurgents and the Pakistani government that his country is fed up with cross-border attacks.
Nations:Afghanistan People:Benazir Bhutto Hamid Karzai Activities:Afghan Terror War Anti-terror War in Pakistan Source:(AP)
2008-06-15
4 Marines die in Afghanistan; 870 inmates escape
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - About 870 prisoners escaped during a Taliban bomb and rocket attack on the main prison in southern Afghanistan that knocked down the front gate and demolished a prison floor, Afghan officials said Saturday. And in western Afghanistan on Saturday, a roadside bomb exploded near a U.S. military vehicle, killing four Americans in the deadliest attack against U.S. troops in the country this year, officials said.
Nations:Afghanistan People:Robert Gates Activities:Afghan Terror War Source:(AP)
2008-06-14
Taliban attack helps inmates escape Afghan prison
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Taliban militants staged a brazen bomb and rocket attack on the main prison in southern Afghanistan late Friday, blowing down the gate and helping hundreds of suspected insurgents flee, officials said. Many police officers were reported killed.
Nations:Afghanistan People:Robert Gates Hamid Karzai Activities:Afghan Terror War Source:(AP)
2008-06-13
Afghan officials: 31 killed in airstrikes
KABUL, Afghanistan - Officials says 31 people died in airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan.
Nations:Afghanistan Activities:Afghan Terror War Source:(AP)
2008-06-11
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