Paktika

Tribal leaders to sabotage West's assault on Taliban

They came in the night and shot Saeed Alam in his bed. His three-year-old son was crying at his feet and his mother had leapt on top of him to try to block the bullets. Both of them were hurled out of the way and an American...

U.S. Forces' Daily Struggle With Taliban

US coalition troops kill 10 Taliban militants in Afghanistan By FISNIK ABRASHI Associated Press Writer KABUL, Afghanistan December 3, 2008 (AP) File picture of US Army soliders from 1-506 Infantry Division return from a patrol...

How Pvt. Monica Brown Won A Silver Star

Monica Brown, only the second woman to ever win the Silver Star since World War II, describes saving two wounded men during a firefight she wasn't supposed to be near - while she was only 18 years old. Lara Logan reports.

Covert Taliban leader dies in Afghan attacks

Gunbattles and airstrikes by NATO and Afghan troops killed 53 militants in Afghanistan, including a wanted Taliban commander who tried to hide from soldiers by wearing a woman's burqa, officials said Saturday.

300 insurgents attack convoy of Afghan troops; 13 die

Taliban insurgents killed 13 Afghan troops in an ambush of their convoy in northwestern Afghanistan, while NATO-led troops fired on insurgents... By Amir Shah And Fisnik Abrashi The Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban...

Suspected U.S. strike kills 2 in Pakistan (Reuters)

Reuters - A suspected U.S. drone aircraft fired a missile at a house in the militancy-plagued Pakistani region of North Waziristan on the Afghan border on Saturday, killing two people, security agency officials said.

Troops kill 33 rebels in Afghanistan: coalition (AFP)

AFP – US Army soldiers from the 1-506 Infantry Division are seen here patrolling in Paktika province along … KABUL (AFP) – Afghan and coalition troops have killed 33 militants in fighting in southern Afghanistan, the US-led...

NATO forces kill insurgents in E Afghanistan

KABUL, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- The NATO -led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) on Thursday countered rocket attempts attacking ISAF bases and eliminated several insurgents in Bermel district of eastern Afghan province...

Afghan leader wishes he could down U.S. jets

Afghan leader wishes he could down U.S. planes President says he'd like to 'intercept' warplanes before they bomb villages Afghan President Hamid Karzai says that private security guards in the country are "equally as...

Cooperation Grows Between Afghan, U.S. Forces

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan, Nov. 26, 2008 – Whether it is a routine patrol or a weapons search, U.S. and Afghan forces increasingly are working together to halt the violence that has haunted Afghanistan for more than 30...

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