US Forces Accused of Chemical Weapons Attacks in Eastern Afghanistan
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Text of report by Afghan independent Ariana TV on 15 December  [Presenter] A number of residents of the Tora Bora area of Nangarhar complain that stillborn babies in the area are disabled and defective.
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KABUL, Afghanistan Sept. 13, 2004 - US forces backed by helicopter gunships killed 22 insurgents, including several Arabs, in southern Afghanistan, the US military said Monday.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- The Taliban threatened a spring offensive of thousands of suicide bombers as the United States, doubling its combat troops in Afghanistan, took over command of the 33,000-strong NATO force yesterday.
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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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An American soldier is killed in fighting in eastern Afghanistan, the US military says.
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U.S.-led troops killed one suspected militant and detained six others, including one with alleged links to fugitive Taliban leader Mullah Omar, in a string of raids in eastern Afghanistan, the American military said Friday.
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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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U.S.-led troops mounted overnight raids on suspected al-Qaida compounds in eastern Afghanistan, killing four people and detaining several others, officials said Sunday.
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Fighting between NATO troops and Taliban fighters killed eight soldiers &#151; including six Westerners &#151; in eastern and southern Afghanistan, where insurgent attacks are running at their highest level since the U.S. invasion, officials said Monday.
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The U.S.-led coalition and the Afghan government are investigating reports that as many as 130 people, including women and children, were killed Friday in an attack by coalition forces in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province.
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US-led forces in the east of Afghanistan have begun a major offensive against the Taleban, military officials say.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- A convoy carrying Vice President Nematullah Shahrani was attacked by remote-control explosives yesterday in northern Afghanistan, just four days after a rocket was fired at President Hamid Karzai's helicopter as it was landing at a school in southern Afghanistan.
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U.S.-led troops mounted overnight raids on suspected al-Qaida compounds in eastern Afghanistan, killing four people and detaining several others, officials said Sunday. The U.S. military said "several Arab fighters" were among the suspects killed or detained in the operation in Nangarhar province, although a local official said only Afghans survived.
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KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 27 -- U.S. troops on Afghanistan's eastern border with Pakistan have seen a threefold increase in attacks since a truce between Pakistan and pro-Taliban tribesmen, said a U.S. military official, speaking on condition of anonymity.
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- US-led airstrikes targeting Taliban militants who had attacked NATO forces slammed into civilian homes in southern Afghanistan, killing civilians and insurgents, Afghan and Western officials said yesterday.
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Attacks near the Afghan border with Pakistan triple in some areas despite a peace deal, the US military says.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- NATO yesterday took command of US troops fighting insurgents in eastern Afghanistan, putting the Western alliance in charge of security amid an increase in fighting.