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Taleban 'kill Afghan journalist' The Taleban in Afghanistan say they have killed an Afghan reporter abducted last month with an Italian journalist....
Posted: Sun, Apr 8, 2007 10:08am PDT
Nato retake Taliban-held town Nato-led forces have retaken the town of Sangin in southern Afghanistan from the Taliban after two days of fighting....
Posted: Sat, Apr 7, 2007 4:37pm PDT
Karzai Admits Talks With Taliban KABUL — US-backed Afghan President Hamid Karzai admitted for the first time on Friday, April 6, he has spoken directly with Taliban fighters about bringing peace to the country, as he rejected the formation of an unprecedented opposition front that challenges his rule....
Posted: Sat, Apr 7, 2007 9:25am PDT
Four killed in Kabul blast A suicide bomber has killed three civilians and a policeman near Afghanistan's parliament in Kabul....
Posted: Fri, Apr 6, 2007 7:29am PDT
Living Under the Taleban Fundamentalist rule has returned to Musa Qala – and some residents have never been happier....
Posted: Fri, Apr 6, 2007 7:22am PDT
Germany sends jets to Afghanistan Six German Tornado fighter aircraft have landed in northern Afghanistan, despite threats by a group in Iraq to execute two German hostages if Berlin did not pull troops out of Afghanistan....
Posted: Thu, Apr 5, 2007 10:49am PDT
Taliban 'capture aid workers' The Taliban has claimed it has captured two French aid workers and three Afghans who have gone missing in southern Afghanistan....
Posted: Thu, Apr 5, 2007 10:21am PDT
Taliban leader 'not in Pakistan' Pakistan has denied allegations that Mullah Mohammed Omar, the Taliban leader who has not been seen in public since he fled Kandahar in 2001, is being sheltered in Quetta....
Posted: Mon, Apr 2, 2007 7:44pm PDT
Afghans Flee Broken Promises KABUL — Though they know they might get third-class treatment at their host countries, many Afghans are jumping the queue every day outside foreign embassies in Kabul with pent-up frustration at broken government promises to create job opportunities and a sense of bitterness at their dismal living conditions....
Posted: Mon, Apr 2, 2007 7:26pm PDT
Resurgent Taliban hangs three Nato 'spies' as warning Taliban fighters hanged three men in Afghanistan yesterday after accusing them of collaborating with British troops, while four children were killed in a suicide bomb attack....
Posted: Mon, Apr 2, 2007 6:32am PDT
Scores killed in Afghan floods Scores of people have been killed and hundreds have fled their homes after heavy rains caused floods and avalanches in large areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan....
Posted: Sun, Apr 1, 2007 9:36am PDT
Children killed in Afghan attack Four children have been killed and six injured in a suicide car bomb attack on an Afghan army convoy in eastern Afghanistan, police say....
Posted: Sun, Apr 1, 2007 9:34am PDT
Karzai Talks Tough in Helmand The president delivers a tough-love speech in the troubled province, calling on residents to take responsibility for their own security....
Posted: Sat, Mar 31, 2007 9:25am PDT
'Dozens die' in Pakistan fighting Fifty-two people have been killed in fresh fighting between foreign militants and local tribesmen in Pakistan, the interior minister says....
Posted: Sat, Mar 31, 2007 9:22am PDT
Female students at a religious school in Islamabad release police held hostage Two policemen being held by female students at a religious school in Islamabad have been released as part of a prisoner exchange involving two of the school's teachers detained in connection with an earlier raid on a suspected brothel....
Posted: Thu, Mar 29, 2007 6:09pm PDT
Taleban Target Helmand's Capital Over the past weeks, Lashkar Gah has become increasingly unstable, with bombs and murder almost daily fare. Now, for the first time in Helmand, the Taleban have killed a woman....
Posted: Thu, Mar 29, 2007 10:01am PDT
Kabul suicide attack 'kills four' Four people have been killed and 12 wounded after a Taliban suicide bombing near Afghan security force vehicles in the centre of the capital, Kabul....
Posted: Wed, Mar 28, 2007 7:05am PDT
Italian PM faces new Afghan vote Romano Prodi's fragile government faces another nail-biting vote on the Italian peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan....
Posted: Tue, Mar 27, 2007 12:20pm PDT
Islamabad, Tribes Sign New Peace Deal PESHAWAR — Pakistani authorities signed on Monday March 26, a peace agreement with pro-Taliban tribesmen in the troubled region of Bajur, one of Pakistan's seven federally administered tribal areas, to expel foreign militants....
Posted: Tue, Mar 27, 2007 7:48am PDT
Behind enemy lines with the Taliban of Helmand In this exclusive report for the 'IoS', three members of the Taliban waging war on British troops in Afghanistan tell Chris Sands why they feel they have no choice but to take up arms against the 'foreign invaders'...
Posted: Sun, Mar 25, 2007 11:39am PDT
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