US troops abandon Afghan outpost

Militants have started brekaing through defences and into the temporary base in an outpost after US troops abandoned it. American foces have said that the outpost had been temporary and that "regular patrols" in the area would be maintained. " American troops...

Obama vows to end US role in Iraq

Barack Obama has said today that his main priority if he is elected president would be to end US involvemnet in Iraq.I'm thinking he has said something to this effect before, but today he made if official and plans...

Taleban's '$100m opium takings'

" Taleban insurgents took an estimated $100m (£50m) from Afghanistan's opium trade in 2007, the head of the UN's anti-narcotics agency told the BBC. Antonio Maria Costa, head of the United Nations Office on...

Taleban 'cleared from Kandahar'

After staging a coup of Jail raid more than 350 Taleban fighters had escaped with other intimates from a prison in Kandhar. Now Afghan forces have claimed to capture or clear the area form Taleban. Taleban which draws its power from south of country is still very active. "A...

Afghans seize 'largest drug haul'

Afghan police have seized biggest ever drug cache of 237 tonnes along with three men. The drug was believed to be belonging  to Taleban who were intending to exchange for purchaisng lethan weapons. Estimated  to account for 90% of world's opium,  Afghanistan...

Dozens of Afghan Taleban 'killed'

NATO forces in Afghanistan in a major offensive today killed more than 30 Taliban fighters. Even Airplanes were pressed in to bomb the compound.  " About 30 Taleban fighters have...

Suicide bomb kills Afghan troops

A Taleban sucide bomber blew himself up in Afghanistan as an army convoy slowed to pass a pothole-riddled section of the road, officials said. Suicide bombers frequently target Afghan and foreign troops fighting Taleban insurgents in the south and east of the country....

Two arrested over Karzai attack

Afghan cops have cracked the murder attempt case on President Karzai and arrested two person for plotting the case. " Afghan authorities have arrested two men and accused them of involvement in last week's attack on...

Taleban issue mobile phone threat

The Taleban has ordered mobile phone carriers in Afghanistan to "turn off" its signals at night so that foreign troops can not track their movement or else they will blow them up (the towers that is). But before they...

Attack on giant Pakistan Buddha

"Suspected pro-Taleban militants have tried to blow up an ancient carving of Buddha in north-west Pakistan. The statue, thought to date from the second century BC, sustained only minimal damage in the attack near Manglore in remote Swat district. The area has seen a rise in...

FUTURE OF AFGHANISTAN IN THE BALANCE

  To put this report into context you may wish to go to the Institute of War and Piece Reporting web site and read the article by By Sadeq Behman and Sudabah Afzali in Herat. Here is the...

BBC NEWS | UK | 'Friendly fire' UK soldiers named

The British Military has finally released teh identities of the three English troops killed by American fire in Afghanistan.  If Downing Street has any more doubts on if any of this is worth it, Mr. brown need...

S Korea agonises over hostages

"It is the rainy season in South Korea. Dark skies and long days of torrential rain are common in July and August. The gloomy weather seems to reflect the mood of many South Koreans as they wait to hear the fate of the 21 hostages still being held by the Taleban in...

In The Name of Allah ? No. Please rephrase.

Updated July 11th. After the siege by pro-Taleban militants of Islamabad's Red Mosque ended today in death and failure, Ayman Al Zawahri, Al Qaeda's ideologist and spokesman called upon all Muslims to engage in a...

US town set to ban saggy trousers

US town set to ban saggy trousers A man wearing low-slung trousers, exposing his underwear Low-slung trousers are fashionable among some young people A mayor in the US state of Louisiana says he will sign into law a proposal to make wearing saggy trousers an act of indecent...

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