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Afghan Taliban say they killed 4 US troops
The Taliban claimed responsibility Wednesday for an attack in Afghanistan that killed four American troops just hours after the insurgent group announced it would hold talks with the U.S. on finding a political solution to ending the nearly 12-year war in the country. The deadly attack underscores the challenges ahead ...
AP News in Brief at 10:58 p.m. EDT
US, Taliban agree to hold talks on ending war in Afghanistan; Obama says process won't be easy KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban and the U.S. said Tuesday they will hold talks on finding a political solution to ending nearly 12 years of war in Afghanistan, as the international coalition ...
US, Taliban to start talks on ending Afghan war
The Taliban and the U.S. said Tuesday they will hold talks on finding a political solution to ending nearly 12 years of war in Afghanistan, as the international coalition formally handed over control of the country's security to the Afghan army and police. The Taliban met a key U.S. demand ...
AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDT
Military has schedule for women to move into combat jobs, including SEALs, other commandos WASHINGTON (AP) — Military leaders are ready to begin tearing down the remaining walls that have prevented women from holding thousands of combat and special operations jobs near the front lines. Under details of the plans ...
Afghans poised to take security lead from US, NATO
One of the most significant turning points in one of America's longest and costliest wars is imminent: Afghanistan's fledgling security forces are taking the lead for security nationwide, bringing the moment of truth on the question of whether they are ready to fight an insurgency that remains resilient after nearly ...
Taliban bomber in Kabul kills 17 at Supreme Court
A Taliban suicide bomber struck outside Afghanistan's Supreme Court on Tuesday, killing 17 people in the deadliest attack in Kabul in over a year and a half. It was also the second consecutive day of attacks in the Afghan capital, undermining the ability of Afghan forces to keep security without ...
Tuesday, June 18
Today is Tuesday, June 18, the 169th day of 2013. There are 196 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1757 - Holy Roman Empire forces defeat Prussia's King Frederick II in Seven Years War battle of Kollin, now Czech Republic, and he loses 13,000 of ...
Afghan Taliban boldly attack on Kabul airport
Seven Taliban fighters with rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns launched a rare assault on NATO's operational headquarters at the military section of Kabul's international airport on Monday. All seven militants were killed. Their failed attack showed that despite an asphyxiating security blanket around the capital, Afghanistan's insurgency is far from ...
Afghan president visits Qatar to discuss peace
Afghanistan's president landed in Qatar Sunday to discuss his country's stalled peace process and the possible opening of a Taliban office in the Gulf state, officials said. Foreign Ministry spokesman Janan Mosazai said President Hamid Karzai will not hold any talks with Taliban representatives now in Qatar. He will meet ...
US, Germany, Italy vow key Afghan roles post-2014
Germany and Italy will join the United States as "lead nations" in regions of Afghanistan after NATO transitions into a noncombat mission there after 2014, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Wednesday. The Pentagon chief was speaking after the Atlantic alliance laid out a new plan shifting into a training ...
Afghans demand arrest of US troops over killings
Hundreds of Afghans blocked a major highway south of Kabul on Tuesday, carrying freshly dug-up bodies they claimed were victims of torture by U.S. special forces and demanding the Americans be arrested, officials said. A spokesman for the U.S.-led military coalition said the claims are false. Violence erupted at the ...
Bomb kills 9 Afghan children, 2 US troops
A suicide bomber targeting U.S. troops outside an Afghan government office killed nine children walking home from school and two of the Americans on Monday, the latest sign that this year's fighting season could be one of the deadliest of the 12-year-old war. An increase in casualties among Afghan civilians ...
Monday, June 10
Today is Monday, June 10, the 161st day of 2013. There are 204 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1190 - Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa drowns while crossing the Saleph river in Armenia while on the Third Crusade. 1610 - First Dutch settlers in ...
Afghan Taliban kill 4 police in checkpoint attacks
Taliban insurgents attacked two checkpoints in eastern Afghanistan, killing four police officers in the latest test of Afghan forces' abilities as their NATO mentors withdraw. Mohammad Zahir Bahand, spokesman for Nuristan province, said Sunday that the fighting in Kamdesh district began overnight with attacks on checkpoints manned by national police ...
Report: Afghan Taliban delegation visits Iran
A semi-official Iranian news agency says Tehran has hosted a delegation of the Afghan Taliban, the radical Sunni group that has long been a sworn enemy of Iran's ruling Shiite clerics. The Fars agency reported on Saturday that the Taliban held talks with Iranian intelligence officials. Fars says the visitors ...
Afghans claim 6 arrested in Kabul attack plot
Afghan intelligence agents captured six militants with suicide vests and heavy weaponry who were planning a major attack in Kabul, an official said Thursday. A seventh alleged plotter was killed in the raid on a hideout in the capital. The raid came hours after militants hit a guest house used ...
WORLD NEWS AT A GLANCE
c.2013 New York Times News Service DRONE STRIKE IS SAID TO KILL A TOP PAKISTANI TALIBAN FIGURE A suspected U.S. drone strike killed the deputy leader of the Pakistani Taliban, Waliur Rehman, early Wednesday, Pakistani officials and militants said, dealing a potentially serious blow to an insurgency that has killed ...
AFGHAN PATHOLOGISTS TRY TO PUT NAMES TO TORTURE VICTIMS
c.2013 New York Times News Service KABUL, Afghanistan — When the mortal remains of a man named Nawab were brought to what is, in effect, the Kabul CSI on April 30, they all fit easily into a wooden crate small enough to carry under one arm. Afghan pathologists at the ...
Fighting season is testing ground for Afghan force
Abdul Malik and his fellow Afghan soldiers were driving across the arid and volatile south when their armored personnel carrier struck a roadside bomb. Malik found himself outside the vehicle, dazed but aware of his three comrades nearby. One had a serious head wound. Help came quickly: U.S. helicopters swooped ...
Afghan students protest women's rights decree
Hard-line Islamist students protested in the Afghan capital demanding the repeal of a presidential decree for women's rights that they say is un-Islamic. It was the latest sign of a backlash against the legal protections passed in the 12 years since the toppling of the Taliban regime known for its ...
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