Afghan War

Bombs, attacks kill 24 in Afghanistan

AP | AMIR SHAH | Posted 05.27.2008 | Home


KABUL, Afghanistan — Roadside bombings and insurgent attacks Tuesday killed 24 people in Afghanistan, including 13 police officers, while U.S.-l...

Marines launch operation in Afghanistan's Taliban territory

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics


OUTSIDE GARMSER, Afghanistan — U.S. Marines in helicopters and Humvees flooded into a Taliban-held town in southern Afghanistan's most violent p...

3 killed in militant attack on Afghan president

AP | AMIR SHAH | Posted 04.27.2008 | Home


KABUL, Afghanistan — Militants firing rockets and automatic rifles attacked the Afghan president at a ceremony in Kabul on Sunday, missing their...

Suicide bombings, attacks in Afghanistan kill 13, wound 24

AP | NOOR KHAN | Posted 04.23.2008 | Politics


KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A spate of suicide bombings and other attacks on security forces in southern Afghanistan Wednesday left 13 people dead a...

Taliban Again Threaten Spring Offensive As Car Bomb Kills At least 8

AP | AMIR SHAH | Posted 03.26.2008 | Home


KABUL, Afghanistan — A car bomb exploded Wednesday in a farmers' market in southern Afghanistan, killing eight civilians, as the Taliban warned ...

140 Afghans Killed in 2 Days of Bombings

AP | ALLAUDDIN KHAN and NOOR KHAN | Posted 02.18.2008 | Politics


KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — A suicide car bomber killed 38 Afghans at a crowded market Monday, pushing the death toll from two days of militant bomb...

State Of Denial In Afghanistan

Sean Duggan | Posted 02.01.2008 | Politics


Sean Duggan

The overall situation in Afghanistan, like that of Iraq last year, is grave and deteriorating. Violence is up by 27% in the country since 2006, there ...

Giving Afghans an Alternative

Polly McTaggart | Posted 12.06.2007 | Living


Polly McTaggart

After the Soviets' scorched earth practices deforested the country, the bombings following 9/11 and years of severe drought and strict Taliban rule, Afghans have become some of the poorest people in the world.

Afghanistan "Falling Into Hands Of Taliban"

UK | Posted 11.23.2007 | Politics


The Taliban has a permanent presence in 54% of Afghanistan and the country is in serious danger of falling into Taliban hands, according to a report b...


 

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