Gov't denies Afghan casualties being played down
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The government has denied that the casualty toll among its forces in violence-wracked Afghanistan is being under-reported, as claimed by a senior officer on the ground.
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Â· Paratrooper lost both legs and suffered 37 injuries Â· Brown rejects criticism of twin-track military policy
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A rail crash that killed seven people Saturday was not caused by any system failure, Environment and Transport Secretary Alistair Darling said Wednesday.
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Nato action against Taleban militants has caused suffering for Afghan people but is still justified, Tony Blair says.
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Taliban opposition to NATO forces in   Afghanistan is far tougher than expected when alliance troops   were initially deployed to aid reconstruction, British Defense   Minister Des Browne will say on Tuesday.
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The UK government faces fresh claims that its troops in Afghanistan lack vital equipment.
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The Ministry of Defence said yesterday a total of 790 British soldiers had been seriously wounded in Iraq but rejected claims that it had sought to cover up the figure.
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday denied reports of discontent between Washington and NATO allies over Afghanistan, a day after a newspaper quoted him criticizing NATO's counterinsurgency skills.
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OTTAWA/KANDAHAR, Afghanistan  - Afghan President   Hamid Karzai urged Canada to stay the course in his war-torn   country, where 19 people were killed on Friday by Taliban   forces who have also targeted foreign peacekeepers.
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PRIME Minister John Howard is insisting he has not deliberately misled the Australian public over the children overboard affair.
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Afghanistan's government said on Saturday it was checking reports of heavy civilian casualties caused by NATO and U.S. air strikes in two areas of the country.
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KANDAHAR -- President Hamid Karzai directly accused Pakistan's government yesterday of supporting the Taliban insurgency in his country, hours after a suicide attacker exploded himself in an Afghan governor's compound, killing eight. The attacks are aimed at undermining the government of Karzai.
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The U.S. military defended its human-rights record in Afghanistan on Wednesday, claiming that a May inspection by an American general found no evidence of abuse at the 22 detainee facilities in the country, while admitting that his still-unreleased report will not include any earlier incidents.
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The NATO force in Afghanistan said Friday it had killed insurgents in bombing raids in the mountainous northeast but rejected local claims that around 30 civilians were dead.
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The US military denied claims from Afghan officials and a Danish aid group that it bombed a village and killed several civilians during clashes with insurgents in eastern Afghanistan.
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A roadside bomb killed six Afghans working for a Western security company in the east of the country on Sunday, the provincial governor said. Afghanistan has been hit by a wave of suicide and roadside bombs in the last two years as Taliban insurgents switch to Iraq-style tactics after suffering heavy casualties in conventional attacks.
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Afghanistan's defense minister on Thursday dismissed claims by a top U.S. State Department official that there was "irrefutable evidence" that the Iranian government was providing arms to Taliban rebels.