May 182013
 
Up to 12000 US troops may stay in Afghanistan

Click for detailed story The United States may keep a force of 6,000 to 12,000 troops in Afghanistan after 2014, when Afghan forces will be responsible for security across the country, a top American Senator has said. “We are planning to keep a force of perhaps 6,000 to 12,000 after 2014 when all combat forces are to be out of Afghanistan,” Senator Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, …

May 012013
 
Senior Afghan peace envoy killed in blast

Click for detailed story KANDAHAR – A roadside bomb planted by the Taliban killed a senior member of Afghanistan’s peace council on Wednesday, officials said, the latest setback to efforts to end more than 11 years of war. Shah Wali Khan, the head of the High Peace Council (HPC) in the key southern province of Helmand, died along with two police bodyguards when an explosion ripped through his vehicle. The HPC is a …

Apr 272013
 
Taliban declare ‘spring offensive’ across Afghanistan

Click for detailed story KABUL (AFP/Reuters ) – The Taliban in Afghanistan vowed on Saturday to start a new campaign of mass suicide attacks on foreign military bases and diplomatic areas, as well as damaging “insider attacks”, as part of a new spring offensive this year. The offensive was announced via emails from Taliban spokesmen. The Taliban statement said this year’s offensive, named after Khalid …

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