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NATO jets bomb fuel tankers; Afghans say 70 killed

AP | FRANK JORDANS | Posted 10.20.2009 | World


KUNDUZ, Afghanistan — A U.S. jet dropped 500-pound bombs on two tanker trucks hijacked by the Taliban before dawn Friday, triggering a huge expl...

Taliban's Tank-Killing Bombs Came From US, Not Iran

IPS News | Posted 10.20.2009 | World


Gareth Porter I IPS WASHINGTON, Sep 3 (IPS) - In support of the official U.S. assertion that Iran is arming its sworn enemy, the Taliban, the head ...

How Deeply is the U.S. involved in the Afghan Drug Trade?

Eric Margolis | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics


Eric Margolis

Special for the Huffington Post By Eric Margolis October 15, 2008 Afghanistan is in a `downward spiral,' the Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of S...

NATO, Afghan Troops Move In Against Taliban In Kandahar

AP | NOOR KHAN and JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics


ARGHANDAB, Afghanistan — Backed by helicopters firing missiles, hundreds of NATO and Afghan forces hunted Taliban militants in villages outside ...

NATO Ammunition Drop Lands In Taliban Hands

AFP | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics


NATO has admitted that a helicopter mistakenly dropped military supplies in the wrong place in southern Afghanistan and that they had subsequently dis...