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- U.S. disputes Afghan civilian deaths
A military field investigation of an American airstrike in Afghanistan is largely completed and there is no evidence for Afghan claims that as many as 90 civilians were killed, according to a senior U.S. defense official familiar with the findings.
- More than 100 Taliban killed in Afghanistan: US
Afghan and US-led coalition forces have killed more than 100 Taliban in the southern Afghan province of Helmand during three days of fighting, the US military said overnight. Violence has surged in Afghanistan with more than 2,500 people, including 1,000
- US says UN overstated civilian deaths in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON - U.S. officials say a review of an American airstrike in Afghanistan refutes claims by the United Nations and others that as many as 90 civilians were killed. The results of the review have been presented to Afghan government officials. The
- Gov't remains firm on Afghan antiterror mission
TOKYO Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura on Thursday emphasized the importance of Japan continuing its refueling mission in the Indian Ocean in support of antiterrorism operations in and around Afghanistan, even after an abducted Japanese aid
- US to switch some Iraq Marines to Afghanistan
Washington: The top US Marine officer said on Wednesday he could reduce his 25,000-strong force in the former Al Qaida stronghold of Iraq's Anbar province to reinforce military operations against a growing Taliban threat in Afghanistan. Marine Corps
- More than 100 Taliban killed in Afghanistan fighting
US-led coalition and Afghan forces killed more than 100 suspected Taliban militants in four days of fighting and airstrikes in the southern province of Helmand, the coalition said Thursday. The fighting occurred from Monday through Thursday when Afghan
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Afghanistan's recent history is characterized by war and civil strife, with intermittent periods of relative calm and stability. The Soviet Union invaded in 1979 but was forced to withdraw 10 years later by anti-Communist mujahidin forces supplied and trained by the US, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and others. Fighting subsequently continued among the various mujahidin factions, giving rise to a state of warlordism that spawned the Taliban in the early 1990s. The Taliban was able to seize most of the country, aside from Northern Alliance strongholds primarily in the northeast, until US and allied military action in support of the opposition following the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks forced the group's downfall. The four largest Afghan opposition groups met in Bonn, Germany, in late 2001 and agreed on a plan for the formulation of a new government structure that resulted in the inauguration of Hamid KARZAI as Chairman of the Afghan Interim Authority (AIA) on 22 December 2001. In addition to occasionally violent political jockeying and ongoing military action to root out remaining terrorists and Taliban elements, the country suffers from enormous poverty, a crumbling infrastructure, and widespread land mines.
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