Up to 12 Afghan civilians, 10 children and two women, have been killed in a NATO air strike in Shigal district. A further six women are believed to have been injured in the incident in Shigal district from Kunar province in eastern Afghanistan. NATO confirmed that “fire support” was used in Shigal after a US [...]
President Hamid Karzai has issued a stinging rebuke to the US and the Taliban, saying they are both guilty of sowing fears for post-2014 Afghanistan. Hamid Karzai said Taliban suicide attacks on Saturday were aimed at intimidation that would prolong the presence of international troops in Afghanistan. The troops are scheduled to end combat missions [...]
The Afghan parliament has passed a vote of no confidence in two of its most senior ministers and demanded that they be replaced. The interior and defence ministers were criticized for failing to prevent cross-border shelling from Pakistan and security lapses that resulted in the assassinations of senior officials. They have also been questioned by [...]
Arsala Rahmani, a senior Afghan peace negotiator, has been shot dead in Kabul, officials say. Arsala Rahmani was a former Taliban minister and a key member of Afghanistan’s High Peace Council, which leads efforts to negotiate a peace deal with the Taliban. He was reportedly close to President Hamid Karzai and a key figure in [...]
Senior US officials have revealed the identity of the suspect soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians in Kandahar as Staff Sgt. Robert Bales. They named the suspect as he was heading back to the US to face charges. Robert Bales has now arrived at a maximum security military prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, after [...]
Afghan President Hamid Karzai accuses the US of not fully co-operating with a probe into the Kandahar massacre of 16 civilians by an American soldier. The US soldier accused of the Kandahar massacre is on his way to the US from Kuwait, where he was being held, and is expected to face a military tribunal [...]
The US soldier accused of the Afghan massacre on Sunday, when he shot dead 16 civilians, had received body and brain injuries while serving in Iraq and was unhappy about going for another tour of duty, his lawyer John Henry Browne says. John Henry Browne said the soldier – who has not been named – [...]
The American soldier who shot dead 16 civilians, including women and children, in Afghanistan on Sunday has been flown to Kuwait, US officials say. Afghan MPs have demanded that the man be tried in Afghanistan, but the scenario is very unlikely. Meanwhile an Afghan man who crashed a lorry at an airfield as the US [...]
President Hamid Karzai called for NATO troops to leave Afghan villages and confine themselves to major bases after 16 civilians were shot dead by a U.S. soldier. In a near-simultaneous announcement, the Afghan Taliban said it was suspending nascent peace talks with the United States seen as a strong chance to end the country’s decade-long [...]
Taliban militants in Afghanistan have suspended preliminary peace negotiations with the United States. The militants blamed the Americans’ “ever-changing position”. One key stumbling block was reported to be US efforts to involve the Afghan authorities. The group has objected to this, as they regard the Kabul government as illegitimate. Meanwhile, President Hamid Karzai has called [...]
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has arrived in Afghanistan in a surprise visit after a NATO soldier shot dead 16 civilians. According to the officials, Leon Panetta’s trip to Afghanistan was planned before 16 Afghan civilians were shot dead by an American soldier on Sunday. Leon Panetta is due to have talks with President Hamid [...]
Afghan militants have launched an attack on a government delegation visiting the site where a US soldier killed 16 civilians. Two of President Hamid Karzai’s brothers and several top security officials are in the delegation in Panjwai in Kandahar province. Afghan forces are returning fire and it is unclear whether there are any casualties. The [...]
NATO troops in Afghanistan have been placed on high alert after the Taliban militants vowed to avenge the deaths of 16 innocent civilians killed by a rogue U.S. soldier who opened fire in Kandahar province early Sunday morning. US officials warned of reprisals after the soldier went on a rampage in villages near a base in [...]
Sixteen Afghan civilians, including nine children and three women, have been shot dead by a US soldier in Afghanistan entering their homes in Kandahar province. The soldier opened fire after suffering a “mental breakdown” early this morning. He reportedly left his base early in the morning to attack village homes. The White House voiced “deep [...]
Two of four US Marines shown in a video appearing to urinate on Taliban corpses have been identified, a Marine Corps official said. The video, which was posted online, purports to show four US Marines standing over the bodies of several Taliban fighters, at least one of whom is covered in blood. The Marines have [...]
Sahar Gul, a teenage bride from Afghanistan, who was tortured for months after her arranged marriage, has spoken out for the first time since her rescue, saying she hopes her husband and his family are jailed for her abuse. 15-year-old Sahar Gul became the bruised and bloodied face of women’s rights in Afghanistan after she [...]
At least 54 people have been killed after a bomb exploded at a packed mosque in Afghanistan as people celebrated a major Shi’ite festival in Kabul. Bodies lie strewn on the ground after the powerful bomb killed the people at a shrine by the river in Kabul’s old city. People rush to the scene to [...]
Taliban who shot down the Navy SEALs helicopter in Afghanistan were killed. A helicopter for the International Security Assistance Force crashed in Afghanistan today, a press release from the Joint Command operational informs us: ISAF Joint Command – Afghanistan2011-08-S-014For Immediate Release KABUL, Afghanistan (Aug. 6, 2011) – An International Security Assistance Force helicopter crashed [...]
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