Saturday 31st July, 2010
Another US serviceman found dead after going missing
Another US serviceman has been found dead in a remote area of Afghanistan.
UN removes five former Taliban members from sanctions list
The UN announced Friday it has removed five former senior members of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan from its sanctions blacklist.
Six soldiers, 15 civilians killed in Afghanistan
Six NATO-led soldiers were killed in separate attacks in southern Afghanistan, while 15 Afghan civilians died in violence elsewhere in the country, officials said Friday.
July deadliest month for US troops in Afghanistan
Afghanistan News.NetJuly was the deadliest month for US troops in Afghanistan since the war there started nearly nine years ago, CNN reported Friday.
Pakistanis see India as greater threat than Taliban, Al Qaeda
Afghanistan News.NetPakistanis consider India a greater threat than Taliban and Al Qaeda with a quarter viewing Pakistani terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba, blamed for 2008 Mumbai attacks, favourably, according to a new study.
British envoy to Pak to be summoned over Cameron's 'terror export' remarks
Afghanistan News.NetBritish High Commissioner to Pakistan, Adam Thomson, is likely to be summoned to the Foreign Office amidst a growing diplomatic spat over British Prime Minister David Cameron's remarks that Pakistan is promoting the 'export of terror' in Afghanistan and around the world.
Afghan war logs: Taliban warns it is 'hunting down informants'
Afghanistan News.NetThe Taliban has warned that it is hunting down Afghans whose names might appear on the leaked Afghanistan war logs on grounds that they were informers for the Nato-led coalition.
Cameron making Pak a scapegoat for Afghanistan failures: Imran Khan
Afghanistan News.NetFormer cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan has said that British Prime Minister David Cameron is trying to make Pakistan a scapegoat for the failure of the war in Afghanistan.
'WikiLeaks' founder has 'blood of soldiers on his hands', says Mullen
Afghanistan News.NetUnited States has asked for FBI's help to inquiry into the leaking of more than 90,000 classified military records on the Afghan war by 'WikiLeaks' website, and accused its founder Julian Assange of having "blood ... on his hands."
We'll punish WikiLeaks informers: Taliban
Afghanistan News.NetThe Taliban in Afghanistan has threatened to behead informers who have been revealed following the explosive disclosure by WikiLeaks.
Pakistanis growing less afraid of Taliban: Poll
Afghanistan News.NetA new poll has found that Pakistanis are less afraid that their country will be taken over by extremists, and feel less threatened by the Taliban as compared to last year.
Taliban exploiting openings in neglected northern Afghan province
Afghanistan News.NetThe Taliban is exploiting people in the neglected northern Afghan province of Baghlan, which according to reports, is slipping away from government control.
'Shocked' Pak seeks clarification on Karzai's 'hitting terror sanctuaries' remarks
Afghanistan News.NetThe Pakistan Foreign Office has reacted sharply to Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai's suggestion of a NATO operation inside Pakistan, saying that the comments were "incomprehensible".
U.S. casualties in Afghanistan hit record high
Star-TelegramThe Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan -- In a summer of suffering, America's military death toll in Afghanistan is rising, with back-to-back record months for U.S. losses in the grinding conf...
Op-Ed Contributor: Protecting America’s Afghan Allies
International Herald TribuneA TALIBAN spokesman announced Thursday that the group is poring over the tens of thousands of classified military documents published by WikiLeaks this week, looking for the names of pro-American Afgh...
'Progress' in Afghan military push
Independent.ieHundreds of UK troops are attempting to push Taliban insurgents out of a stronghold in southern Afghanistan.The mission, Operation Tor Shezada, is now in its second day and military chiefs said it beg...
US casualties in Afghanistan soar to record highs
eTaiwan NewsA U.S. medical helicopter arrives to evacuate a soldier from the 1-320th Alpha Battery, 2nd Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division, who was seriously wounded when he stepped on an improvised mine near...
Afghan Taliban capture US drone or spy plane in Kunduz
The NationA pilotless plane of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) went down in a Taliban stronghold in northern Kunduz province of Afghanistan on Wednesday, the alliance said in a state...
Taliban Says It Will Target Names Exposed by WikiLeaks
MSNBCThe U.S. military has already accused WikiLeaks of having "the blood of some young soldier or that of an Afghan family" on its hands after leaking 92,000 classified documents. The Taliban ha...
Photo of disfigured Afghan woman outrages America
The IndependentA shocking picture of an 18-year-old Afghan woman whose nose was hacked off after she fled an abusive husband has stirred up the long-running controversy over whether Nato forces should negotiate with...
Under the cover of darkness, Nato troops draw Taliban into their trap
The IndependentThe first wave of air assaults began at 2.38am, the helicopters flying low and fast into the swaying poppy fields surrounding the dark silhouettes of the walled compounds. This was Operation Tor Sheza...
Some Afghan soldiers missing from U.S. base are in Canada
National PostAt least eight members of the Afghan military wanted by U.S. authorities after fleeing a Texas air force base have attained permanent resident status in Canada or are awaiting decisions on refugee cla...
US has deadliest Afghan war month
BBCCasualties have risen since US President Barack Obama ordered 30,000 reinforcements to Afghanistan last December to step up the fight against a resurgent Taliban.
UK soldiers push to clear Taliban
BBCSoldiers from the 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment are trying to clear the Taliban from an important stronghold in the Nad Ali district.
Troops meet little resistance in Afghan push
ITNBritish forces have made progress in a fresh assault on the Taliban in southern Afghanistan and are holding two compounds. Operation Tor Shezada, or Black Prince, a bid to squeeze insurgents out of c...
Body of Second Missing Sailor Found in Afghanistan
International Herald TribuneKABUL, Afghanistan — The United States military has recovered the body of the second of two American sailors abducted last week in a dangerous region south of Kabul, but it was not clear precise...
Afghan Women Fear Loss of Rights if the Taliban Return
International Herald TribuneAfghanistan have begun seeping away. Girls’ schools are closing; working women are threatened; advocates are attacked; and terrified families are increasingly confining their daughters to home.
Karzai urges action against Islamist militants in Pakistan
The Daily StarKABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai late on Thursday urged his Western allies to destroy Islamist militant sanctuaries in neighboring Pakistan after thousands of secret US files were leaked. “T...
Millions of dollars in US aid to Afghanistan: wasted money?
Christian Science Monitorrecent cover story in the Monitor's weekly print edition investigated how a mismanaged $60 million USAID project in Afghanistan alienated those it aimed to help.
Move America toward the exit in Afghanistan
The Seattle TimesALL of the frustration and futility of U.S. military and political efforts at the ground level in Afghanistan were pointedly revealed by thousands of leaked documents. President Obama has an extraord...
FBI on the trail of Afghan leaks
New Zealand HeraldA criminal investigation into the leak of tens of thousands of secret Afghanistan war logs could reach beyond the military, Defence Secretary Robert Gates said yesterday, and he did not rule out that ...
Canada can expect Taliban 'thanks' at end of Afghan mission
Canada.comKANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — The Taliban have provided Canada with a foretaste of the rapturous welcome that it can expect from insurgents when its troops quit Kandahar next summer, congratulati...
Afghanistan election will still include suspected war criminals
Christian Science MonitorAfghanistan elections planned for September aren't supposed to include parliamentary candidates with ties to militias. Problem is, many of those disqualified aren't actually involved with militias. 'T...
Afghanistan war: USAID spends too much, too fast to win hearts and minds
Christian Science MonitorIn the Afghanistan war, it's quantity vs. quality: The USAID battle for hearts and minds is being lost just as President Obama's 'civilian surge' prepares to more than double annual assistance to $5 b...
Obama Facing New Pressure From Left on Afghanistan
VOANew questions are being raised about U.S. domestic support for the war in Afghanistan in the wake of leaked secret documents about the war and a recent congressional vote on funding for the conflict.
Afghan police fire shots to quell protest after accident
Times of OmanKABUL: Afghan police fired shots on Friday to disperse hundreds of people protesting the deaths of civilians in an accident involving a U.S. embassy vehicle, police said.A police official at the scene...
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