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Iran fuel ban targets NATO but hurts Afghans
KABUL (AFP) – Iran’s ban on fuel tankers crossing into Afghanistan over accusations that they are supplying NATO troops is snaring ordinary Afghans in a complex power game as living costs rise, experts say. Some 2,000 trucks are stranded on the Iranian-Afghan border, Afghanistan’s commerce ministry says, in a standoff…
Afghan war claims 10,081 lives in 2010
KABUL — More than 10,000 people, about a fifth of them civilians, lost their lives in violence in Afghanistan last year, an AFP count based on official figures and an independent website tally showed Sunday. Afghanistan’s interior ministry spokesman Zemarai Bashary revealed new figures for the number of civilians, police…
Commander: US can’t seal Afghan-Pakistan border
US commander: Troops defend towns, fight Taliban on Afghan soil, but border can’t be sealed American troops are focusing on fighting Taliban militants and defending vulnerable towns on Afghan soil, as it has become practically impossible to stop insurgents from slipping across Afghanistan’s vast border with Pakistan, a senior U.S.…
US missile attack kills at least 15 in Pakistan
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan — US missiles killed at least 15 militants in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal belt where the United Nations said Monday it was suspending food handouts in one district after a suicide attack. The missiles destroyed a vehicle and compound in North Waziristan, reputedly the country’s most impregnable Taliban and…
Foreign troop deaths in Afghanistan top 700 in 2010
KABUL — The number of international troops killed in Afghanistan this year, already by far the deadliest in the nine-year campaign against the Taliban, has passed 700, an independent website said Tuesday. The number of coalition forces killed fighting the Taliban in 2010 stood at 701, around a third higher…
Waste in US Afghan aid seen at billions of dollars
WASHINGTON – Waste and fraud in U.S. efforts to rebuild Afghanistan while fighting al Qaeda and the Taliban may have cost taxpayers billions of dollars, a special investigator said on Monday. Arnold Fields, special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, said the cost of U.S. assistance funding diverted or squandered since…
US seeking to expand raids into Pakistan: report
Top US military commanders in Afghanistan are seeking to expand ground raids by Special Operations Forces across the lawless border in Pakistan’s tribal areas, The New York Times reported Monday. Amid growing US frustration with Pakistan’s lackluster efforts at removing militants from strongholds there, the officials are proposing to escalate…
Obama war review: Taliban, al-Qaida diminished
Obama review: Taliban, al-Qaida diminished; at least 4 more years of war for US troops President Barack Obama’s expansion of the war in Afghanistan has eroded the power of the al-Qaida terrorists who attacked America in 2001 and the resurgent Taliban militants who gave them cover, according to his own…
In bid to break Taliban, US embraces more firepower
The US military has dramatically stepped up air strikes and manhunts in Afghanistan in a bid to weaken the Taliban, reflecting a return to “counter-terrorism” tactics. Dropping more bombs and carrying out more raids by special operations forces underscores a sense of urgency in the war effort, as the White…
Taliban video shows US soldier held in Afghanistan
Taliban video show US soldier held in Afghanistan for nearly 18 months A new video released by the Taliban shows Spc. Bowe Bergdahl, the only known U.S. serviceman held captive in Afghanistan, with bags under his eyes and what appears to be an abrasion on his left cheek. The video…
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