Complex Overnight Taliban Attack Ends in Apparent Failure | Three Afghan guards killed, several NATO wounded
Complex Overnight Taliban Attack Ends in Apparent Failure
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Senate Votes for Quicker Afghanistan Withdrawal, in Non-Binding Amendment
The Senate on Thursday voted overwhelmingly for an accelerated withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan, after more than a decade of fighting in a war the Obama administration insists must continue beyond the much vaunted 2014 withdrawal date. In a bipartisan vote, 62...
Panetta: US Will Battle Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan for Years to Come
Despite more than a decade of war and at least four years of the current administration's strategies in Afghanistan, al-Qaeda militants continue to make in-roads in the war-torn country, according to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta. "Although we clearly have had an...
Audit Describes Corrupt Kabul Bank as ‘Ponzi Scheme’
Audit Describes Corrupt Kabul Bank as ‘Ponzi Scheme’ | Bank institutionalized large-scale theft to benefit few Afghan cronies
US Intends to Keep 10K Troops in Afghanistan Beyond 2014
US to Keep 10K Troops in Afghanistan | The occupation will extend well beyond 2014
France Withdraws Last Afghan Combat Troops Early
France Withdraws Last Afghan Combat Troops Early | 1,500 ‘non-combat’ forces to remain
Karzai Orders Afghan Takeover of Bagram Prison
Karzai Orders Afghan Takeover of Bagram Prison | Accuses US of violating transfer deal
Pakistan Pledges to Facilitate Taliban Peace Talks
Pakistan Pledges to Aid Taliban Peace Talks | Islamabad released Taliban prisoners interested in talks
17 Afghan Civilians Killed by Roadside Bomb En Route to Wedding
17 Afghan Civilians Killed by Roadside Bomb En Route to Wedding | Minivan loaded with passengers ran into bomb
Lord Ashdown: Afghan War ‘Failure,’ Britain Should Withdraw Now
Lord Ashdown: Afghan War ‘Failure,’ Britain Should Withdraw Now | ‘The only rational policy now is to leave quickly’
