U.S. works to cut civilian casualties
Heading into battle to seize a Taliban stronghold, U.S. Marines are keenly aware of one factor that could snatch defeat from the jaws of victory: Afghan civilian casualties. Deaths of...
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NATO: Top cop aided Taliban
NATO forces swooped down on the home of a senior Afghan police official, arrested him and accused him of helping insurgents make and plant roadside bombs, Western military officials said...
NATO mistakenly kills Afghan cleric
Western troops traveling in a convoy through the capital Thursday shot and killed an Islamic cleric, apparently mistaking him for a would-be suicide bomber, officials and witnesses said. NATO acknowledged...
NATO mistakenly kills Afghan cleric
Western troops traveling in a convoy through the capital Thursday shot and killed an Islamic cleric, apparently mistaking him for a would-be suicide bomber, officials and witnesses said. NATO acknowledged...
Drones said to kill 16 as tactical shift seen
Unmanned planes fired missiles that killed 16 insurgents in separate strikes in Afghanistan's volatile Helmand province, Western military officials said Tuesday, signaling a possible change in tactics ahead of an...
Iraq strategy gets replay, but Afghanistan no repeat
-- In crafting his Afghanistan troop surge, President Barack Obama has borrowed liberally from an unlikely source: the playbook of his predecessor, George W. Bush. Obama was an outspoken critic...
Afghan Taliban chief: U.S. faces ‘bed of thorns’
As President Barack Obama prepares to unveil his Afghanistan war strategy, the Taliban's supreme commander declared Wednesday that U.S.-led forces would find only defeat, dishonor and "a bed of thorns."...
Karzai pledges reform; U.S. pledges to keep watch
Afghan President Hamid Karzai declared a new commitment to reform at his inauguration, but his American allies served notice that they intend to make sure he lives up to his...
Reporters keep low profile on road
The old man in the front seat turned around to deliver a final admonition. "Remember, your name is Nazu," he said. Blinking through the blue mesh of my burqa, I...
White House: Stability needed before any surge
Before President Barack Obama commits additional troops to Afghanistan, the U.S. needs assurances that Afghan leaders preside over a stable government that is seen as legitimate in the eyes of...