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Seven Taliban insurgents dead in Kabul airport suicide attack
Taliban militants launched a grenade and gun attack on Kabul airport, seizing two nearby buildings and firing on military facilities before being overwhelmed by Afghan security forces. Two suicide bombers blew themselves up and all five other attackers were killed in fighting as elite Afghan troops stormed the half-built properties…
Afghan security forces praised after routing Taliban assault on Kabul
The Afghan government lauded its security forces Saturday for beating back a Taliban assault on central Kabul that left one policeman, two civilians and all four militants dead. Explosions rocked the city for several hours on Friday after insurgents launched a coordinated suicide and gun attack centred on a compound…
Last U.S. ‘surge’ troops leave Afghanistan
The last of the 33,000 US soldiers that President Barack Obama sent to Afghanistan nearly three years ago as part of a military surge have left the country, US defense officials said. The withdrawal, which began in July, follows an unprecedented number of NATO soldiers being shot dead by their…
U.S. defense chief concerned about Afghan ‘insider attacks’
WASHINGTON — US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Tuesday he was “very concerned” about the rise in “insider attacks” on US and NATO troops, and the impact they are having on cooperation with Afghan allies. In the latest “green-on-blue” attack, an Afghan policeman shot and wounded two troops from the…
Three Americans killed in Afghanistan in ambush by man in Afghan uniform
Three American soldiers were killed Friday when a man in Afghan uniform turned his weapon on them, the US military said, in the third so-called green-on-blue attack in less than a week. A spokeswoman said “an individual in an Afghan uniform fired on US Forces-Afghanistan services members in Sangin district…
Afghan response to attacks ‘sign of progress’: U.S. envoy
WASHINGTON — US Ambassador Ryan Crocker to Kabul said the ability of Afghan security forces to respond to a wave of coordinated attacks Sunday across Afghanistan were a “clear sign of progress.” “We’ve seen a very professional performance by Afghan security forces,” Crocker told CNN on Sunday after militants launched…
U.S. vows no change in Afghan war strategy
WASHINGTON — The US military has no plans to alter its troop drawdown timetable in Afghanistan despite a week of deadly unrest over the burning of the Koran at an American base, the Pentagon said Monday. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and top US military officer General Martin Dempsey both “believe…
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