US supply line threatened by Pakistan truck halt
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Pakistan temporarily barred oil tankers and container trucks from a key passageway to Afghanistan, threatening a critical supply route for U.S. and NATO troops on Sunday and raising more fears about security in the militant-plagued border region.
Nations:Pakistan Afghanistan People:Hamid Karzai Activities:Pakistan-U.S. Afghan Terror War Source:(AP)
2008-11-16
Afghan bombing kills 9, including US soldier
KABUL, Afghanistan - A suicide car bomber struck a U.S. military convoy Thursday as it passed through a crowded market in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least eight civilians and an American soldier, Afghan officials said.
Nations:Afghanistan Activities:Afghan Terror War Source:(AP)
2008-11-13
Gunfire brings down US helicopter in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan - Insurgents shot down a U.S. helicopter after exchanging fire with its crew in central Afghanistan on Monday, while a suicide bomber in the north killed two American soldiers inside a police station, officials said.
Nations:Afghanistan Activities:Afghan Terror War Source:(AP)
2008-10-27
Taliban gunmen kill Christian aid worker in Kabul
KABUL, Afghanistan - Taliban gunmen killed a Christian aid worker in Kabul as she was walking to work on Monday, and the militant group said it targeted the woman because she was spreading her religion.
Nations:Pakistan Afghanistan Activities:Afghan Terror War Source:(AP)
2008-10-20
Taliban kill around 30 people after stopping bus
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Taliban militants stopped a bus traveling on Afghanistan's main highway through a wild and dangerous part of the country's south, captured some 50 people on board and slaughtered around 30 of them, officials said Sunday.
Nations:Afghanistan Activities:Afghan Terror War Source:(AP)
2008-10-19
Pakistan officials: Suspected US strikes kill 12
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - Two suspected U.S. missile strikes Friday on villages close to the border with Afghanistan killed at least 12 people, most of them militants, Pakistani intelligence officials said.
Nations:Afghanistan Pakistan Activities:Pakistan-U.S. Source:(AP)
2008-10-03
Pakistani troops fire on US helicopters at border
KABUL, Afghanistan - Pakistani troops fired at American reconnaissance helicopters patrolling the Afghan-Pakistan border Thursday, heightening tensions as the U.S. steps up cross-border operations in a region known as a haven for Taliban and al-Qaida militants. Pakistan's president said only "flares" were fired.
Nations:Afghanistan Pakistan People:Condoleezza Rice Activities:Asif Ali Zardari Admin. Pakistan-U.S. Source:(AP)
2008-09-25
Videos show dead Afghan children after US raid
KABUL, Afghanistan - The bodies of at least 10 children and many more adults covered in blankets and white shrouds appear in videos obtained by The Associated Press on Monday, lending weight to Afghan and U.N. allegations that a U.S.-led raid last month killed more civilians than the U.S. reported.
Nations:Afghanistan People:Hamid Karzai Activities:Afghan Terror War Source:(AP)
2008-09-08
Taliban turns lethal: 101 US deaths in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan - Taliban insurgents once derided as a ragtag rabble unable to match U.S. troops have transformed into a fighting force -- one advanced enough to mount massive conventional attacks and claim American lives at a record pace.
Nations:Afghanistan U.S. Pakistan People:Nicolas Sarkozy Gordon Brown Hamid Karzai Activities:Afghan Terror War Source:(AP)
2008-08-24
Ambush of French paratroopers near Kabul kills 10
SUROBI, Afghanistan - About 100 insurgents ambushed a group of French paratroopers, killing 10 soldiers in an area outside the capital known as a militant stronghold. In a separate coordinated attack Tuesday, a team of suicide bombers tried unsuccessfully to storm a U.S. base near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.
Nations:France Afghanistan Pakistan People:Nicolas Sarkozy Activities:Afghan Terror War Source:(AP)
2008-08-19
Obama expected to meet with commanders of Iraq war
BAGHDAD - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's visit to Iraq for talks with commanders of a war he long opposed follows the prime minister's apparent endorsement of his troop withdrawal plan and a shift by the White House away from refusing to discuss that option.
Nations:Kuwait Pakistan Afghanistan Iraq U.S. People:David Petraeus Barack Obama Hamid Karzai Chuck Hagel John McCain Activities:US Election 2008 Second Gulf War Source:(AP)
2008-07-20
Obama meets with Karzai, a leader he's criticized
KABUL, Afghanistan - Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama met Sunday with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, a man Obama has chided for not doing enough to rebuild his war-torn country.
Nations:Pakistan Afghanistan U.S. People:David Petraeus Hamid Karzai Chuck Hagel Barack Obama John McCain Activities:US Election 2008 Afghan Terror War
2008-07-20
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