By MARIA ABI-HABIB And ZIA ULHAQ, The Wall Street Journal KABUL, Afghanistan—The large-scale attack that lobbed rocket-propelled grenades into the U.S. Embassy and targeted [...]
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Afghan attack left mass of bodies at luxury hotel
By DEB RIECHMANN and RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press © 2011 The Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan — Hotel guest Abdul Zahir Faizada watched as [...]
NATO-Afghan raid ends hotel assault; 19 dead
By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — NATO helicopters fired rockets before dawn Wednesday at Taliban gunmen who stormed one [...]
Obama Orders Troop Cuts in Afghanistan
By HELENE COOPER and MARK LANDLER, The New York Times WASHINGTON — President Obama declared Wednesday that the United States had largely achieved its [...]
Obama to announce Afghanistan withdrawal plans Wednesday
By Karen DeYoung and Scott Wilson,The Washington Post President Obama will announce Wednesday his decision on how many troops to withdraw from Afghanistan next [...]
U.S. Troops Honor Fallen in Ceremonies
By Associated Press, FOXNews.com KABUL, Afghanistan – U.S. troops fighting in Afghanistan paused Monday to remember the fallen in Memorial Day services, [...]
6 killed in Kabul hospital attack, official says; Taliban claims 51
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) — Six people were killed in a suicide bombing at a military hospital in Kabul, a ministry of defense [...]
Afghan FM says bin Laden death may speed up talks with Taliban
(Reuters) – The death of Osama bin Laden may speed up reconciliation efforts between the Taliban and the Afghan government, Afghanistan’s foreign [...]
Afghan Taliban Uses Child Bomber at Start of Spring Offensive
VOA News Afghan officials say a 12-year-old suicide bomber killed four people and wounded 12 others Sunday in eastern Paktika province, on [...]
Manhunt on for hundreds of Taliban who escaped from Afghan jail
BY HASHIM SHUKOOR, MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS KABUL, Afghanistan – U.S.-backed Afghan forces launched a massive manhunt Monday for hundreds of inmates, most of them Taliban [...]



