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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton are coalescing around a proposal to send 30,000 or more additional American troops to...
Thursday, November 19, 2009 KABUL: Afghan authorities said Wednesday that local security forces backed by Nato troops killed more than three-dozen militants in a series of military operations across Afghanistan. Twenty-three...
Kabul - Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in Kabul on Wednesday, a day ahead of the inauguration of President Hamid Karzai for a second term, officials said. Karzai...
Click to view slide show of the Haqqani Network. Afghan troops killed 23 Haqqani Network and foreign fighters during a clash in Afghanistan's eastern province of Paktika. Today's clash followed a raid on Nov. 15, where six...
KABUL, Nov. 18 (Xinhua)-- In fresh offensive against Taliban fighters in a border town in Paktika province east of Afghanistan the troops eliminated nearly two dozen insurgents, a private television channel reported Wednesday....
23 Taliban-linked militants were killed in an operation by the NATO and afghan forces in the province of Paktika late last night.A provincial spokesman said that NATO warplanes pounded insurgent positions in support of ground...
TAGAB VALLEY, Afghanistan -- Hundreds of French and Afghan troops on Sunday pushed into a hostile valley in eastern Afghanistan where militants launch quick attacks, then disappear into hillside villages. The mission: secure...
American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Nov. 16, 2009 – Combined Afghan and international forces killed or detained numerous enemy fighters in Afghanistan in recent days, military officials reported. A combined force in...
Soldiers prepare to load into a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during an air assault mission in the Bermel district of Paktika province, Afghanistan. The results of a recently-released mental health study found Soldier stress on the...
Following are security developments in Afghanistan at 1530 GMT on Sunday: HELMAND - A British soldier was killed by small arms fire while on foot patrol near Sangin in southern Helmand province, the British Defense Ministry said.
