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Afghans Flee Town Ahead of NATO Offensive Militants Entrench as Troops Prepare to Retake Marjah, Last Taliban-Held Community in Crucial Valley | Font size Print E-mail Share 0 Comments | An Afghan policeman searches a passenger of a mini bus,... (photo: US DoD / Staff Sgt. Marie Brown, U.S. Air Force.) CBS News Afghanistan Nato Photos Taliban Troops |
UAE hospital offers treatment that's for the birds | A nurse prepares a falcon for an operation at the Abu Dhabi Falcon Hospital... | A nurse treats a falcon at the Abu Dhabi Falcon Hospital (ADFH) on January ... | A nurse perpares a falcon for an ope... (photo: GFDL / Marc Haisenko) Breitbart Birds Hospital Nurse Photos Wild |
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More troop casualties likely in Afghan operation | Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth warned of likely British casualties as troops prepared to take part in a major international offensive against insurgents in Afghanistan... (photo: USAF / Tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez) The Independent Afghanistan Defence Nato Photos UK War |
Karzai demands end to Nato raids | Afghanistan's president has demanded that Nato forces in his country stop all military raids on local villages. | Speaking on Sunday at the annual Munich Security Confe... (photo: USAF / Sgt. Dayton Mitchell) Al Jazeera Afghanistan Nato Photos S Asia War |
Afghanistan's NATO head: Military push needs gov't | The military has widely publicized the upcoming offensive in Marjah - the biggest Taliban-held community in the south - although the precise date for the attack in Helm... (photo: AP / Gerald Herbert) The Press Democrat Afghanistan Military Nato Photos Taliban |
Karzai: Afghanistan may institute conscription | MUNICH -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he is looking at instituting conscription to meet the goals of a building an army of sufficient size to provide security. |... (photo: AP / Massoud Hossaini, Pool) The Miami Herald Afghanistan Conscription Government Photos Police |
Postcard From Yemen | Sana, Yemen | Yemen's former prime minister, Abdul Karim al-Iryani, got right to the point when I arrived at his Sana home for dinner: "So, Thomas, did it take Abdulmut... (photo: WN / marzena) The New York Times Arab Photos Qaeda Tourism Yemen |
Taliban reject Karzai reconciliation offer | KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban rejected President Hamid Karzai's latest attempt to reach out to them as "futile" and "farcical" on Sunday, but said they were o... (photo: AP / Rafiq Maqbool) The Star Afghanistan Karzai Photos Politics Taliban |
Taliban to be offered aid, not bribe Sunday, February 07, 2010 | MUNICH: Afghanistan will not pay bribes to persuade Taliban footsoldiers to stop fighting, but will help them to reintegrate into Afghan socie... (photo: AP / Shakil Adil) The News International Afghanistan Money Munich Photos Taliban |
The war against PTSD in the US army | After ignoring and dodging the issue for years, the US army is being forced to face the alarming numbers of soldiers who are suffering from post-traumatic stress disord... (photo: US Army / Staff Sgt. Tyrone Clakely) Al Jazeera Afghanistan Health Iraq Photos US War |
Iran blames US-led mission for Afghan quagmire | Tehran, February 06: Iran has blamed the rising Taliban-linked extremism in Afghanistan on Western countries' interference in the war-torn country. | Foreign Minister M... (photo: AP / Richard Drew) The Siasat Daily Afghanistan Iran Photos US War |