Taleban suicide bombers kill 17 people
A series of suicide blasts in central Kabul today killed at least 17 people and injured more than 30. A car bomb exploded on the edge of a large park just after 6.30am, destroying a single storey guesthouse popular with Indian contractors. Eyewitnesses said the streets were deserted as most people were still asleep on the start of the Afghan...
UK troops ‘must win Afghan trust’
The head of the UK’s armed forces, Sir Jock Stirrup, has said the killing of 12 civilians during Operation Moshtarak in Afghanistan was a “serious setback”. No British troops were involved when two rockets fired by coalition forces missed its target in Marjah. Sir Jock said the British had to focus on regaining the trust...
Two British soldiers ‘killed by suicide bomber’
Two British soldiers were killed by a suicide bomber during a mission intended to reassure local Afghans. The members of the 3rd Battalion, The Rifles, who were attacked while on a joint patrol with Afghan forces near Sangin, Helmand province, are expected to be formally named later today. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said the soldiers were...
Afghan Address in One Week
President Barack Obama has conducted a final meeting on his military review for Afghanistan, administration officials said, and he is expected to explain his decision in an address to the nation next Tuesday. “After completing a rigorous final meeting, President Obama has the information he wants and needs to make his decision and he will...
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