US officials continue to repeat the line that Afghan forces will soon be ready to take over security of Afghanistan from NATO by 2014, despite estimates to the contrary from Afghan members of Parliament, US military officers, and Afghan forces themselves. Despite the...
A truck bomb slammed into and then exploded a checkpoint near the offices of the United Nation’s refugee agency in Kandahar, Afghanistan on Monday, an attack which was immediately followed by three armed insurgents attacking the location on foot. Five people,...
Plenty of Notice: Afghan Prison Torture Report No Surprise to US
Kabul Convoy Attack Underscores Widespread Use of Contractors
US Military ‘Shifting Out of Kandahar’ | Troops move into eastern provinces
CNN Poll Shows Overwhelming US Opposition to Afghan War | Majority see Afghanistan as the next Vietnam
US and Afghan forces exchanged six hours of gunfire with Taliban insurgents who launched attacks on two US bases in Kandahar on Thursday before exploding a car bomb outside a military outpost west of the city and firing rocket-propelled grenades at another garrison...
10 Killed, Scores Wounded in Afghan Fuel Truck Bombing | NATO fuel tanker was attacked while trying to enter Bagram
US and NATO officials are claiming that Afghan forces could soon start taking charge of security in large portions of northern and western Afghanistan, in preparation the fuller transition ostensibly set for 2014. After the second phase of the transition begins in...
Afghans See NATO’s Latest Offensive Causing More Problems | NATO cheers massive body count, but locals see more instability
