Sunday 5th February, 2012
Gilani to visit Qatar next week for Afghan peace talks
Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will explain his country's stance on the issue of peace talks with the Afghan Taliban during hid visit to Qatar next week to meet the Gulf state's leaders, ...
Taliban leader Mullah Omar 'sent letter to Obama indicating interest in peace talks'
Mullah Omar, the reclusive leader of the Taliban, has reportedly sent US President Barack Obama a letter, indicating an interest to initiate peace talks. The unsigned letter reportedly carries a ...
3,021 Afghan civilians killed in 2011: UN
A total of 3,021 civilians were killed in terrorism-related violence in 2011 in Afghanistan, the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said in its annual report Saturday. The figure ...
Most civilian deaths due to Taliban: UN
West AustralianThe Taliban and other insurgent groups were responsible for nearly 80 per cent of the civilian deaths in the war in Afghanistan last year, according to a UN report.The report said the United Nations ...
Taliban deny sending letter to Obama
West AustralianThe Afghan Taliban deny that their leader Mullah Omar has written to US President Barack Obama last July.Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said reports that Omar had sent a letter indicating an ...
Taliban responsible for 77% of civilian casualties in Afghanistan, U.N. says
The Miami HeraldKABUL, Afghanistan - The Taliban and other insurgent groups were responsible for nearly 80 percent of the civilian deaths in the war in Afghanistan last year, said a U.N. report released Saturday. ...
In Afghan war, rate of post-injury survival rises
The Seattle TimesWASHINGTON — There has probably never been a war in which there has been as much on-the-job improvement in the care of the wounded than there has been in the United States' war in ...
U.S. Plans a Shift to Elite Forces in Afghanistan
International Herald TribuneWASHINGTON - The United States' plan to wind down its combat role in Afghanistan a year earlier than expected relies on shifting responsibility to Special Operations forces that hunt insurgent ...
US Army: Brigadier general dies in Afghanistan
Fox NewsAfghanistan of apparent natural causes is likely the highest-ranking military officer to die there, according to military records. Fort Hood announced Brig. Gen. Terence Hildner's death ...
Afghan Taliban Deny Mullah Omar Wrote to White House
IBTimesWhite House received a letter in 2011 that purported to come directly from Mullah Omar, asking the United States to deliver prisoners whose transfer is now central to American efforts to broker ...
Pakistan PM to discuss Afghan peace in Qatar
Arab NewsISLAMABAD: Pakistan's prime minister will travel to Qatar next week to talk with officials from the Gulf Arab state on the Afghan reconciliation process, a senior government official said on ...
Afghan rail link marksa break-out moment
Asia TimesBy Fozil Mashrab TASHKENT - The commissioning last month of the 75-kilometer railway line from Hairatan on the Uzbekistan border to Mazar-e-Sharif in Afghanistan is being hailed on both sides of ...
Report: Civilian Deaths at Record High in US-Occupied Afghanistan
Common Dreamsreport (pdf) by the United Nations. The number of civilian deaths in 2011, according to the report, was up to 3,021 - an increase of eight per cent on the previous year's total of ...
Afghan war's deadliest year: civilian deaths climb in 2011
Vancouver SunTaliban fighters stands near their weapons after they joined Afghanistan government forces during a ceremony in Herat on Dec. 29, 2011. Last year was the deadliest year for civilians in the ...
Coalition Commander Says Afghan Plan Still Intact
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UPDATE: Brigadier general highest ranking officer to die in Afghanistan
Richmond Times-DispatchFORT HOOD, Texas -- A 49-year-old brigadier general who died Friday in Afghanistan of apparent natural causes is likely the highest-ranking military officer to die there, according to military ...
Afghan civilian deaths in war hits five-year high
WHP CBS 21KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A U.N. report says last year was the deadliest on record for Afghan civilians, with 3,021 killed in the war.That was an 8 percent increase in civilian deaths from ...
Afghanistan war at juncture as resources fall
San Diego Union-TribuneAfghanistan war casualties U.S. killed: more than 1,470U.S. wounded in action: more than 15,000Afghan civilians killed: 1,462 in first six months of 2011 aloneSources: Defense Department; United ...
Suicide attack kills seven at Afghan airport: police
Daily NationKandahar international airport in war-torn southern Afghanistan, officials said. Women and children were among the casualties and pools of blood and body parts were scattered around the burned-out ...
US Army drops soldier's charges in Afghan slaying
The China PostSEATTLE -- The U.S. Army dismissed all charges against the last of five soldiers to face court-martial in the slaying of unarmed Afghan civilians, according to a statement issued on Friday by his ...
Record number of Afghan civilians killed
UPIThe number of civilians killed in the war in Afghanistan rose for a fifth straight year in 2011 to a record 3,021, a U.N. report said. Of those, the report said, 77 percent were caused by the ...
Charges dropped against U.S. soldier in Afghan murder
ReutersSEATTLE (Reuters) - The U.S. Army has dismissed all charges against the last of five soldiers to face a court-martial in the slaying of unarmed Afghan civilians, officials from their home base near ...
VIDEO: Afghan civilian deaths rise again
BBCThe number of civilians killed and injured in the Afghan conflict has risen for the fifth year in a row, a UN report reveals. The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (Unama) documented 3,021 ...
Civilian casualty numbers in Afghanistan rise again, UN reports
UN News CentreThe number of civilian casualties resulting from the conflict in Afghanistan has risen for a fifth consecutive year, the United Nations reported today, blaming a change in tactics by the Taliban and ...
*Afghan Killer of Bulgarian, French Soldiers Bribed Way to Attack
NoviniteFrench foreign legionnaire, chief sergeant Svilen Simeonov, a Bulgarian, was among the 4 French soldiers killed in Afghanistan this week. Photo by the Embassy of France to ...
Qatar New Focus For Afghan Reconciliation
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22 Children Killed by Afghan Winter's Cold
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Taliban talks: Another Karzai tiff with the US?
Christian Science MonitorAfghan President Hamid Karzai says he will personally attend a meeting with Taliban figures in Saudi Arabia, working around Western efforts to coordinate the peace ...
US seeks global help to fund Afghan troops
BreitbartUS Defence Secretary Leon Panetta urged the international community on Saturday to help pay for strong Afghan security forces despite worldwide economic pressure. The United States is spending ...
2011 ranked deadliest year for Afghan civilians: UN
CTVKABUL, Afghanistan -; Last year was the deadliest on record for civilians in the Afghan war, with 3,021 killed as insurgents ratcheted up violence with suicide attacks and roadside bombs, the United ...
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