Roadside blast kills 14 in southern Afghanistan

NATO accused the Taliban of using civilians as a human shields, which led to the high civilian casualties in Kandahar. Poland is speeding up the deployment of its para battalion, and will not restrict the movement of the unit as some NATO countries do currently.

NATO says Taliban using civilians as shields, as high toll feared

Afghan faction declared terrorist group

Afghanistan: Canada should take the lead, think tank urges

NATO kills 48 suspected insurgents in Afghanistan

Jihadis turn from Iraq to Afghanistan – Western forces offer more inviting targets

Taliban spokeman Mohammad Hanif repeated the claim that U.S. and Afghan forces withdrew from Tana in the Ali Sher district of Khost province. See “NATO Talks with the Taliban?” An American intelligence source denies the claim. The U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan has “expressed deep unease over the British military’s ceasefire with the Taliban” in Musa Qala and said the truce should not be repeated.

Afghan Pact with NATO to be made public

Afghan intelligence officers seized two trucks transporting hundreds of kilograms of bomb-making materials

Afghan troops draw praise for bravery

AKI reports of talks and a NATO withdrawal from a district, but this isn’t policy yet American troops fire artillery near Musa Qala in Helmand province. Photo courtesy of SCANPIX/AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd. Click image to view. With Pakistan’s surrender of North Waziristan to the Taliban and al Qaeda, and the pending negotiations in Bajaur agency, the security situation in eastern Afghanistan has been a major concern for NATO forces that have recently assumed command of the region. Attacks in the Afghan provinces bordering Pakistan’s North Waziristan have increased threefold since the waziristan Accord was signed in early September. Syed Saleem…

Thirty-two killed in factional fighting in Afghanistan

Karzai urges world’s Muslims to “hear Afghanistan’s cry”

Taliban-style militants roam Pakistan region after pact

Taliban: “We are targeting Europe”

NATO troops kills 15 Taliban, 32 killed in factional fighting in Herat

Militants set on fire aid agency’s office in Afghanistan

President Karzai seeks the support of Pakistani politicians to make the cross border tribal jirga a success. Mulla Omar issued an Eid statement and claimed the Taliban will step up attacks against “foreign forces.”

US Radio Ramshackle wins over Afghan locals

France reviewing Afghanistan deployment: minister

Afghanistan’s stability lies with Pakistan

The Taliban claim victory after British troops withdraw from Musa Qala in Helmand province. A suicide bomber killed two children and a British Marine in Lashkar Gah. “Gunmen” murdered and robbed 8 Afghan workers in Korengal. Pakistan’s tribal belt is the Afghan Taliban’s main source of weaponry.

On patrol with the Dragoons in Kandahar Province

Reclaiming the Other “Taliban”

Afghan schools search students to heighten security

NATO chief says more troops needed in Afghanistan

NATO troops among dead in Afghan suicide bombing

Norway will not send special forces to Afghanistan

Taliban demand Italian troops™ withdrawl for journalist™s release
