International forces' mandate in Afghanistan extended another yearOctober 8th, 2009 NEW YORK - The UN Security Council Thursday extended the mandate of the international forces in Afghanistan for another 12 months to pursue the training of Afghan national security troops. The new mandate begins Tuesday amid a growing Taliban insurgency against NATO and US-led troops.
10 Afghan soldiers killed in Taliban ambushOctober 6th, 2009 KABUL - Ten Afghan soldiers were killed in a Taliban ambush in southern Afghanistan while the defence ministry said Tuesday that more than 100 Taliban militants were killed and wounded elsewhere in the country. The militants attacked an army patrol Monday in the Gerishk district of Helmand province, sparking a battle that lasted for an hour, said Shir Mohammad Zazai, army commander in south-western Afghanistan.
McChrystal on Afghanistan: Situation 'serious'October 1st, 2009 LONDON - The situation in Afghanistan is "serious", with victory not something that can be taken for granted, the commander of NATO forces in the country said Thursday in a speech to a London audience. "The situation is serious and I choose that word very, very carefully," said US General Stanley McChrystal, the new NATO commander for more than 100,000 international troops in Afghanistan.
NATO says 3 US service members have died in a blast in southern AfghanistanSeptember 16th, 2009 NATO says 3 US service members die in Afghan blastKABUL — Three U.S. service members died when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan, a NATO spokesman said Wednesday.
12 Taliban killed in clashes, airstrikes in southern AfghanistanAugust 11th, 2009 12 Taliban killed in Afghan clashKABUL — Insurgents killed a NATO soldier during a firefight in eastern Afghanistan, bringing the death toll among foreign troops this month to at least 24, officials said Tuesday. Clashes and airstrikes in the south killed a dozen Taliban fighters, officials said.
NATO involved in incident that kills 1 Afghan civilian, wounds 5July 28th, 2009 NATO involved in incident killing Afghan civilianKABUL — The NATO-led force says an Afghan civilian has been killed and five others wounded after its troops clashed with insurgents in southern Afghanistan. The military alliance says the clash happened in Zabul province on Tuesday but gave few details.
NATO to assist Pak Army in its offensive against Mehsud in South Waziristan?June 20th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - With the Pakistan government announcing a Swat like military offensive in South Waziristan with a primary motive to hunt down the Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud, the NATO forces deployed in Afghanistan are also ready to extend help. The allied forces stationed in Afghanistan will likely extend help in Pakistan's military offensive, by sharing important intelligence inputs in order to prevent a probable spill-over of the militants, The Nation reports.
Help Afghan police, NATO chief urges membersJune 12th, 2009 BRUSSELS - NATO members states must give the Afghan police more training and better equipment to help them fight off insurgent attacks, the alliance's top official said Friday. Two-thirds of all the uniformed personnel killed in Afghanistan are police officers, and there is an "urgent need to provide them with better training, infrastructure and equipment", NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer told alliance defence ministers.
Iran is playing 'double game' in Afghanistan: GatesJune 12th, 2009 BRUSSELS - Iran is playing a double game in Afghanistan, supporting the Taliban while proclaiming its friendship to the Afghan regime, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Friday. "Iran is playing a bit of a double game in Afghanistan...
Fighting in northern Afghanistan kills 12 insurgents, 1 Afghan soldierJune 11th, 2009 Afghan clashes kill 12 insurgents, 1 soldierKABUL — Clashes in northern Afghanistan killed 12 insurgents and one Afghan soldier, the government said Thursday. The Defense Ministry said in a statement that Wednesday's fighting spanned three villages in Baghlan province.
Germany seeks Iran's help for restoring peace in AfghanistanMay 28th, 2009 BERLIN - German Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung said Iran has an important role to play in Afghanistan as the global community look for ways to stabilise the worsening security situation in that country. Jung said Iran could have an "important influence" in fighting cross-border drug trafficking, which is a major source of revenue fuelling the Afghan insurgency.
Afghan gov't says it's had 'good discussions' with Taliban militants, though no breakthroughsApril 21st, 2009 Afghan gov't: No breakthroughs in Taliban talksKABUL — The Afghan government has held "good discussions" with Taliban militants as it seeks a way to end an increasingly the bloody insurgency against Afghan, U.S. and NATO forces, the president's spokesman said Tuesday.
Russia backs NATO mission in Afghanistan: LavrovMarch 17th, 2009 KABUL - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday that his country was allowing cargo supplies for NATO forces in Afghanistan through its territory to cooperate with the stabilisation of the war-torn country. 'Terrorism and drug trafficking are the main obstacles before the peace and stability in Afghanistan,' Lavrov told reporters through an interpreter in a press conference in Kabul.
NATO forces attacked, militants killed in AfghanistanMarch 2nd, 2009 KABUL - An Afghan child was killed and five civilians were wounded when a suicide bomber targeted a convoy of NATO forces in eastern Afghanistan, while eight militants were killed in two clashes elsewhere in the country, officials said Sunday. The bomber detonated his explosives-laden vehicle near a convoy of NATO forces outside of Nangahar provincial capital Sunday, wounding six people including three children, Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, spokesman for the provincial governor said.
Taliban leader rejects reports of peace talksDecember 23rd, 2008 KABUL - Taliban's supreme leader rejected reports of peace talks between the militants and Afghan government on ways to end the war in Afghanistan, calling the reports as 'baseless' and 'planned propaganda'. Mullah Mohammad Omar, the fugitive leader of Taliban regime, who has been hiding since the ouster of his regime in late 2001, said in a statement posted at a rebel website that his group had no contacts with the Western-backed Afghan government.
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