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Afghan 'green-on-blue' attacks affect morale: NATO
Apr 02, 2012 (AFP)
US-led NATO forces in Afghanistan said Monday that attacks by Afghan security personnel on their Western allies had had a disproportionately large effect on tro...
US envoy heads to Pakistan amid relations review
Apr 02, 2012 (AFP)
A top US diplomat will head this week to Pakistan to promote cooperation between the war partners as the parliament in Islamabad reviews the troubled relationsh...
Security failures in Afghan shootings: NATO
Apr 02, 2012 (AFP)
NATO's US-led mission in Afghanistan said on Monday there had been failures in Afghan security procedures meant to weed out potential killers of Western troops ...
US general holds talks with Tajikistan
Mar 31, 2012 (AFP)
General James Mattis, the head of US Central Command, on Saturday held talks with Takjik President Emomali Rakhmon as Washington seeks continued support for its...
In Afghan war, US struggles with insidious insider threat
Mar 29, 2012 (AFP)
NATO commanders are struggling to contain the damage from a spike in "fratricidal" attacks by Afghan forces, seeking to protect their troops without rupturing a...
After Afghan insider attacks, NATO bolsters security
Mar 29, 2012 (AFP)
The NATO commander in Afghanistan has ordered tougher security measures to protect allied soldiers from being shot by Afghan forces, officials said Thursday, am...
US generals hold first Pakistan talks for months
Mar 28, 2012 (AFP)
Visiting US generals Wednesday held the first talks in months with Pakistan's top military leaders in a further sign that the troubled alliance between the two ...
Afghanistan denies Kabul suicide plot reports
Mar 28, 2012 (AFP)
The Afghan general in charge of security at the ministry of defence in Kabul on Wednesday flatly denied reports by local and foreign media that a huge suicide a...
Afghan security forces kill three ISAF soldiers
Mar 27, 2012 (AFP)
Two British and one American soldier were killed by Afghan security personnel Monday in two separate shootings, officials said, bringing the number of such deat...
Killer Afghan officer was not Taliban: general
Mar 27, 2012 (AFP)
The commander of an Afghan lieutenant who killed two British soldiers denied Tuesday that the officer was a Taliban infiltrator, saying he had served in the arm...
Taliban targets pro-NATO Pakistani MPs
Mar 27, 2012 (UPI)
Pakistani lawmakers who favor reopening a NATO supply route through the country will be targeted for death, the Taliban warned. Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan spokes...
Pakistan Taliban warning over NATO supply route
Mar 25, 2012 (AFP)
The Pakistani Taliban on Sunday threatened to attack lawmakers if they voted in support of resuming supplies for NATO troops in Afghanistan, a spokesman said. P...
US commander cautious on Afghan withdrawal
Mar 22, 2012 (AFP)
The top US commander in Afghanistan said Thursday he favored keeping major "combat power" in place in 2013 with 68,000 American troops on the ground, despite po...
West to pay Afghan military $4 bn a year: Karzai
Mar 22, 2012 (AFP)
The West will subsidise Afghan security forces by more than $4 billion a year after US-led troops leave in 2014, President Hamid Karzai said Thursday, implicitl...
Distrust lingers from 'green on blue' Afghan murders
Mar 21, 2012 (AFP)
NATO insists that murders of foreign troops by their Afghan colleagues are isolated incidents. But on one French base near Kabul, private doubts linger. Nearly ...
Clinton vows no Afghan peace without women
Mar 21, 2012 (AFP)
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton vowed Wednesday never to accept a peace agreement in Afghanistan that rolls back women's rights, despite reaching out to t...
British Afghanistan pullout to save 2.4 billion pounds: Osborne
Mar 21, 2012 (AFP)
Britain will spend 2.4 billion pounds ($3.8 billion, 2.9 billion euros) less than planned on its mission in Afghanistan because combat operations will end in 20...
Clinton sees shared interest with Pakistan
Mar 21, 2012 (AFP)
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday the United States and Pakistan share interests in fighting terrorism after lawmakers in Islamabad issued deman...
Afghanistan: Another straw on the back
Mar 20, 2012 (UPI)
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales is expected to be formally charged this week in connection with the deaths of 16 Afghan civilians. The laying of charges and t...
Bodies of six British soldiers return from Afghanistan
Mar 20, 2012 (AFP)
The bodies of six soldiers killed in the deadliest single attack on British forces in Afghanistan since 2001 were given an emotional welcome home by grieving re...
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