US decided against strike at Afghan cemetery
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WASHINGTON -- The US military acknowledged yesterday that it had considered bombing a group of more than 100 Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan, but that it decided not to after determining the insurgents were on the grounds of a cemetery.
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The US embassy in Kabul is advising Americans in the Afghan capital to restrict their movements after a deadly car bomb late Sunday killed about a dozen people outside the offices of a US security company.
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Pakistan has rejected reports it had withdrawn troops from a tribal area near the border with Afghanistan suspected to be a hideout for Al-Qaeda leaders, the US State Department said.
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The defence ministry confirmed last month that the United States will not provide any witnesses to attend inquests into deaths of British personnel, The Times reported on Wednesday.
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KUNAR, Afghanistan  - A U.S. bombing raid killed  at least six civilians and wounded nine in the eastern Afghan  province of Kunar early on Tuesday after assailants attacked  government positions, an Afghan official said.
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Afghan authorities investigate the circumstances of a militant attack on US forces in which eight civilians died
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KABUL, Dec 11: The US-led military in Afghanistan has kicked off a new operation to hunt Taliban militants in their winter stronghold and force them to accept an Afghan government reconciliation offer, a US military spokesman said on Saturday.
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An amendment to set a timetable for US troop withdrawal was defeated Wednesday.
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POIANA BRASOV, ROMANIA - Germany and France have rejected an appeal by the United States to have NATO take over the American-led combat mission in Afghanistan.
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GARDEZ, Afghanistan  - Afghan President Hamid  Karzai aborted an election campaign trip to the southeast  province of Gardez on Thursday after a rocket exploded just  before he was due to land by helicopter.
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GARDEZ, Afghanistan  - Afghan President Hamid  Karzai aborted an election campaign trip to the southeastern  province of Gardez on Thursday after a rocket exploded just  before he was due to land by helicopter.
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BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan -- Asserting a right to self defense, American forces in eastern Afghanistan have launched artillery rounds into Pakistan to strike Taliban fighters who attack remote US outposts, the commander of US forces in the region said yesterday.
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The US military rejects claims that its soldiers abandoned civilian truck drivers during an insurgent attack in Iraq.
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A bomb killed two American soldiers and wounded three others in southern Afghanistan, the US military said Saturday, while a separate attack in an eastern Afghan
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American officials warned U.S. citizens Monday to avoid high-profile locations and government facilities in the Afghan capital after Sunday's car bombing outside the office of an American security firm here.
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A bomb ripped through a US patrol in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing two American soldiers and wounding another, a reminder of the country&#39;s insecurity after a newly resolved hostage drama.
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The MoD denies a helicopter accidentally set off landmines which killed a soldier in Afghanistan.