| Taliban militant numbers reduced by allied troops | |
Nearly 80 suspected Taliban militants were killed in coalition airstrikes and clashes with Afghan forces, while four Afghan policemen were killed in a roadside bomb blast in southern region on...
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| Over 40 militants killed on Pakistan-Afghan border |
The Pakistan Army said Wednesday it killed over 40 insurgents in a major military offensive in northwestern tribal district near the Afghan border, while at least seven civilians died when an explosion ripped through an eatery near the capital...
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| Afghan police find body of Japanese hostage |
Police and Afghan villagers Wednesday found the body of a Japanese aid worker who was abducted by four armed men Tuesday in the eastern province of Nangarhar, officials...
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| More than 10 militants killed in Afghanistan |
Kabul, Aug 27 (Xinhua) Afghan troops backed by the US-led coalition forces have killed more than 20 militants in southern Afghan province of Helmand, a coalition statement said here...
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| US claims Dr Aafia eldest son still in Afghan custody |
Washington, Aug 27 : The 11-year old boy who was captured along with 'terror suspect' Pakistani-American doctor Aafia Siddiqui is her son and presently under Afghan authorities' custody, said US authorities in a letter written to Siddiqui's...
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| Top Taliban commander killed in Swat |
Peshawar, Aug 27 : Pakistan security forces claimed to have killed a top Taliban commander in Swat last evening, though a spokesman for the extremist organisation maintained that he died when his pistol...
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| Afghanistan more dangerous for British soldiers than Iraq has ever been |
London, Aug 27 : Afghanistan is now more dangerous for British troops than Iraq has ever been, a new report has revealed....
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| Canadians to launch Afghan training center |
OTTAWA, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Canada announced the launch of a staff and language training center in Kabul, Afghanistan, in a move to promote long-term security goals. Peter MacKay, Canadian minister of...
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| Azerbaijani delegation headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov visits Afghanistan |
Azerbaijani delegation headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov is on visit to Afghanistan since August 25. AzerTAj informed that the visit to last till August 28 is aimed at the development of...
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| Coalition un-manned air craft crashes in E. Afghanistan |
One un-manned air craft belonging to the U.S.-led Coalition forces crashed on Wednesday in eastern Afghan province of Paktika, said a Coalition statement. "The aerial vehicle used for...
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| Great challenges lie ahead for alliance troops in Afghanistan |
The alliance troops' mission in Afghanistan is a difficult one and things will not improve in one or two years, warned Arif Lalani, Canada's ambassador Wednesday. As Canada's military commitment to...
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| Fighting flares along Afghan border belt |
AP ISLAMABAD: Security forces repelled a massive Taleban attack on a military fort in northwestern Pakistan and pounded militants cowering in a health center, officials said yesterday, as fighting...
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| UN child rights official voices alarm at high civilian death toll |
The United Nations envoy for children and armed conflict has strongly condemned the deaths of a large number of civilians, mostly children, as a result of recent military operations in Afghanistan. ...
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| Civilian Casualties Stir Angst In Afghanistan |
Abdul Rashid treads gently across the rubble that was once his uncle's home in Azizabad, Afghanistan. He spots a little girl's shoe, caked in dried blood. He picks it up and waves it angrily in a...
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| U.S. Will Keep Afghanistan, Iraq Commitments |
By Gerry J. GilmoreAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Aug. 27, 2008 The United States will maintain its commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan as part of its offensive strategy to defeat...
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| 2 US military accused of Afghan contract bribery |
By CARYN ROUSSEAUASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER CHICAGO -- Two U.S. military personnel and four contractors have been indicted on bribery and conspiracy charges involving Department of Defense contracts...
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| Anbar Handover Could Free Marines for Afghanistan Missions, General Says |
By Donna MilesAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Aug. 27, 2008 Iraq’s once-deadly Anbar province could within the next few days become the 11th province to be turned over to Iraqi...
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| Aid worker found slain in Afghanistan |
A Japanese Embassy official in Afghanistan confirmed Wednesday that a body found earlier in the day was that of kidnapped Japanese aid worker Kazuya Ito, the Foreign Ministry...
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| Top U.S. Marine sees shift from Iraq to Afghanistan |
By Elizabeth Piper and Mark TrevelyanKIEV/TBILISI (Reuters) - Ukraine said on Wednesday it wanted to discuss charging Russia more to lease a Black Sea naval base, a move that could aggravate regional...
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| La. congressman on trip to Iraq, Afghanistan |
U.S. Rep. Don Cazayoux visited troops in Iraq on Wednesday, traveling in the Middle East with other House members, while back home in Louisiana his Republican challenger reported strong fundraising...
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| U.S. airstrike kills 90 Afghan civilians |
Afghans "have lost their patience," says spokesman for country's president U.N. team says 90 people killed, 60 of whom were children Death toll is 30, including five civilians, U.S....
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| No peace talks with Taliban |
ISLAMABAD: Two days after a ban on the Tehreek-i-Taliban, an umbrella group of militant organisations, Pakistan said on Wednesday it had rejected a ceasefire offer by the group and asserted there...
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| Japan Confirms Body in Afghanistan That of Japanese Aid Worker |
Posted on: Wednesday, 27 August 2008, 12:00 CDT Text of report in English by Japan's largest news agency Kyodo Tokyo, Aug. 27 Kyodo - A body found in Afghanistan has been confirmed as that of...
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| Coalition Forces Detain, Kill Militants in Afghanistan |
American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Aug. 27, 2008 Coalition and Afghan security forces detained four militants and killed more than a dozen others in separate operations yesterday and...
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| Security forces repel Taliban attack on military fort killing 49 insurgents |
Islamabad: Officials say security forces have repelled a massive Taliban attack on a military fort in northwestern Pakistan and pounded militants cowering in a health centre, as fighting near the...
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| Taliban Gain New Foothold in Afghan City |
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — The Taliban bomber calmly parked a white fuel tanker near the prison gates of this city one evening in June, then jumped down from the cab and let out a laugh. Prison...
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| Afghan player killed by foreign forces |
A former member of Afghanistan's cricket team has been killed in an overnight raid by international forces on his home, officials and former colleagues alleged on Wednesday.Rahmat Wali, 32, who...
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| A Down Year for Opium Production, But Is the Trafficking Threat Receding |
Afghanistan: A Down Year For Opium Production, But Is The Trafficking Threat Receding? Aunohita Mojumdar 8/27/08 A Eurasianet Q&a With Unodc Afghanistan Country Chief Christina...
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| U.S.-Led Strike Killed Dozens Of Afghan Children |
August 27, 2008 · The Afghan government is demanding that the U.S. and NATO presence there come under greater scrutiny. The move comes after the U.N. determined a U.S.-led air strike last week...
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| French Government Denies Report Taliban Executed French Soldiers |
"There were no prisoners and they were not executed after being taken prisoner," said a spokesman. Government spokesman Luc Chatel had earlier declined to comment when asked about the report in the...
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| German soldier killed in bombing in Afghanistan - Summary |
Kabul - A German soldier was killed Wednesday in a roadside bombing in northern Afghanistan while three others were injured. The German Defence Ministry in Berlin confirmed the casualties, calling...
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| Attack on German military patrol in Afghanistan shocks Merkel |
Attack Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed 'deep shock' over the attack on a German military convoy in northern Afghanistan which killed one soldier and wounded three others, government spokesman...
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| Pakistani troops kill 50 militants near Afghan border - Summary |
Islamabad - Pakistani security forces on Wednesday claimed they had killed some 50 insurgents Wednesday in clashes near the Afghan border, while at least seven civilians died when an explosion ripped...
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| Engineers Bridge Gaps on Afghanistan |
Army Spc. Corey Thompson, 420th Engineer Brigade, works with Australian combat engineers as they align two sections of a bridge. U.S. Army photo by Capt. James Reid, Combined Task Force...
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| Spokesman says Taliban killed Japanese aid worker+ |
JALALABAD, Afghanistan, Aug. 27 (AP) - (Kyodo)A spokesman for the Taliban insurgent group said it has killed Japanese aid worker Kazuya Ito, whose body was found Wednesday in Afghanistan. The...
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| 30 suspected Taliban killed in Afghanistan |
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - More than 30 suspected Taliban fighters died in clashes and airstrikes, while a Japanese aid worker kidnapped in eastern Afghanistan has been found dead, officials said...
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| Afghan battle leaves dozens of suspected Taliban dead |
Clash between security forces and Taliban insurgents left more than three dozen rebels dead in Afghanistan's eastern Paktika province, provincial governor Mohammad Akram Khapalwak said Wednesday....
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| VHF outbreak in Herat Province kills three |
HERAT, 27 August 2008 (IRIN) - An outbreak of Viral Hemorrhagic Fever (VHF) has killed at least three people in Herat Province, western Afghanistan, over the past three days, the Ministry of Public...
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| Afghan army claims 80 Taliban killed in airstrikes - Summary |
Kabul - Nearly 80 suspected Taliban militants were killed in coalition airstrikes and clashes with Afghan forces, while four Afghan policemen were killed in a roadside bomb blast in southern region,...
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| Afghan transport deal with NATO stands |
BRUSSELS (AP) A deal allowing NATO to supply its troops in Afghanistan using Russian territory is still valid despite Moscow's decision to freeze military cooperation over the Georgia crisis,...
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| Afghanistan still faces long haul to counter drugs, UK warns |
Afghanistan The British government has welcomed the latest UN drugs report for Afghanistan showing a 19 percent reduction in poppy cultivation this year but warned there is 'no room for complacency'....
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| agreements with NATO over Afghanistan not affected by Georgia crisis |
Russia has recognized the breakaway enclaves of South Ossetia and Abkhazia in Georgia. It's, an appalling return to Cold War tensions. a minor struggle that I hope won't escalate. the last gasp...
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| Afghan Opposition Wants International Crisis Meeting |
KABUL -- Afghanistan is going through a critical period and an international meeting including Taliban-led insurgents should be held to ward off crisis, the country's main opposition group...
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| Colleagues say body is that of aid worker abducted in Afghanistan+ |
JALALABAD, Afghanistan, Aug. 27 (AP) - (Kyodo)Japanese colleagues of abducted aid worker Kazuya Ito with the nongovernmental Peshawar-kai aid group said Wednesday they have seen a body found in...
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| Body found in Afghanistan looks Japanese, but identity not confirmed |
TOKYO — The U.N. Assistance Mission in Afghanistan informed Japan on Wednesday that a body appearing to be that of a Japanese man has been found by local police, Senior Vice Foreign Minister...
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| Bad weather, prices drive down Afghan opium crop ..... |
KABUL: Opium production dropped in Afghanistan this year for the first time since 2001, the United Nations said on Tuesday, but that may have more to do with the weather than international efforts to...
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| 30 Rebels, Four Police Killed In Week Of Afghan Violence |
The policemen died Tuesday when their vehicle was blown up while on patrol in central Ghazni province, an official said. "We believe it was the work of the Taliban. Four policemen were martyred," ...
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| Afghanistan calls for tougher rules after deadly US airstrike |
Afghanistan is calling for international military forces in the country to be subject to tougher rules in bid to soften public anger over airstrikes on civilian targets. Kabul wants more appropriate...
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| Afghanistan, a hopeless battle |
In this week's show: Nato bogged down in Afghanistan, Democrats convene in Colorado, Pakistan coalition fails, Beijing Olympics review, Katharine...
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| U.N. cites evidence that U.S. attack in Afghanistan killed 90 civilians |
Afghan men look at a destroyed house in Azizabad village in the Shindand district of Herat province, Afghanistan. The U.S.-led coalition said it would investigate allegations of civilian deaths...
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