Afghan Army Preps for Its Own Night Raids | ‘Don’t give them a chance to raise their heads’
Afghan Army Preps for Its Own Night Raids
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U.S. Paying Millions in Cash to Families of ‘Collateral Damage’
The Pentagon has a practice called "condolence payments." This is when U.S. commanders pay surviving family members thousands of dollars for every civilian they've killed. After a night operation in 2009 killed 15 civilians, U.S. commanders visited the village and...
US Envoy Confirms Meeting With Haqqani Network
US Envoy Confirms Meeting With Haqqani Network | Urges Taliban to ‘denounce’ terrorism
Karzai Meets for Peace Talks With Hizb-i-Islami
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Saturday that he personally held peace talks with the insurgent faction Hizb-i-Islami, in a move that both asserted his involvement in his own country's negotiations and reminded important players that there are other insurgent...
Taliban Claim They Recruited Afghan Soldier Who Killed NATO Troops
The Afghan Taliban said on Saturday they had recruited the Afghan soldier who shot dead four French soldiers a day earlier, seeming to confirm fears that insurgent groups have been infiltrating the NATO-trained Afghan army. Afghan soldiers have been using their...
Taliban Fighters Hear of US Marines Urinating on Afghan Corpses, Vow Revenge
Word has spread in among Taliban fighters and Afghan civilians about the video depicting U.S. Marines urinating on dead Afghans, despite the lack of electricity and internet connections in most of the country. Taliban fighters are enraged by the video, which President...
Pentagon Directing More Military Aid to Eastern Europe
The Pentagon is directing more military aid to Eastern Europe, even as the U.S. has talked about reducing the empire's resources in Europe to focus more on Asia. The U.S. has been relying more on Eastern European NATO allies in its efforts in Afghanistan, and so is...
France Pulls Troops From Afghan Training Mission
French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday that he was suspending training operations in Afghanistan after an Afghan soldier killed four French soldiers and wounded a dozen more in a shoot out. Sarkozy also said the shooting raises serious doubts about the efficacy...
Helicopter Downed in Afghanistan, Six US Marines Killed
Helicopter Downed in Afghanistan, Six US Marines Killed | Second helicopter crash this week
Anti-US Protests in Afghanistan Over Civilian Killings
Anti-US Protests in Afghanistan Over Civilian Killings | Kunar Governor insists no role in night raid
