As violence in Afghanistan spirals even further out of control, the United States military is relying more and more on air power in combat situations. The number of air missions launched by the US is up 31% over last year, and these missions are taking an increasing...
Afghan officials and local residents say that a US air strike struck an Afghan wedding party on Monday, killing at least 40 civilians and wounding 28 others (including the bride). The strike occurred in the Shah Wali Kot district of Kandahar Province. Reporters on the...
Today's presidential election has been decided, and Democratic Senator Barack Obama will be the 44th President of the United States of America. And though President-elect Obama is unlikely to make any wholesale changes to America's foreign policy when he takes office...
The New York Times is reporting that the Bush Administration held a secret meeting two weeks ago to brief advisers from the campaigns of both Republican Presidential nominee John McCain and his Democratic Party counterpart Barack Obama on the ever-deteriorating...
The reports of the Afghan government seeking some kind of rapprochement with the Taliban seem stronger than ever, and in a move which General David Petraeus said he supports earlier this month the United States may be considering not just backing the talks but being...
US General David McKiernan, the top NATO commander in Afghanistan, is sick and tired of seeing headlines reporting how badly the war in Afghanistan is going. Sure, civilian deaths may be soaring, troop death may be at their highest level since the 2001 invasion, and...
Updated 10/26 1:45 PM EST US forces called in an air strike in Ghazni Province to fend off a Taliban attack on guards for a road construction project. Now, provincial officials say they are investigating reports that the air strike killed 24 guards. A spokesman for...
A French unit was surrounded last weekend in Kapisa Province Afghanistan and had to withdraw from the field, leaving behind two anti-tank Milan missiles and a launcher. Journalists say no French soldiers were hurt in the clash, but “all 14 Taliban insurgents were...
Wakil Ahmad Mutawakil, the former Foreign Minister of Afghanistan before the 2001 invasion ousted the Taliban regime, has warned against a planned 2009 military surge aimed at defeating the Taliban. Mutawakil predicts that an increase in foreign troops would derail...
Beset by a rising civilian death toll and widespread corruption charges Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who once boasted an enormous approval rating, is seen as an increasingly ineffective and unacceptable leader by the Afghan population. With the country earlier this...
