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Leaked CIA document reveals setbacks of targeted killings

Fri Dec 19, 2014 17:12:50

Washington (AFP) - The US government's program to capture and kill insurgent leaders can backfire, a leaked CIA report said Thursday, citing "limited" results in Afghanistan in particular.

US-released Afghan captive vows to fight US troops

Sat Jun 7, 2014 15:32:47

A recently released Taliban captive in notorious US military prison and torture camp at Guantanamo, Cuba has vowed to return to Afghanistan and fight invading American troops in the country.

US hails prisoner swap with Taliban as ‘new opening’

Mon Jun 2, 2014 09:22:38

Top American officials have defended a prisoner swap deal with Taliban militants in Afghanistan, describing it as a new opening to the terrorist group fighting the Afghan government and the same group that Washington claimed it invaded the country to root out.

Karzai snubs Obama during surprise Afghan visit

Mon May 26, 2014 10:49:09

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has turned down an American offer to meet with US President Barack Obama who made another surprise visit to the war-ravaged nation to salute invading US military forces at an American airbase outside the Afghan capital Kabul.

Surging suicide rates among US special ops forces

Sat Apr 19, 2014 23:50:24

US military’s elite Special Forces have been committing suicide at record levels for the past two years, said a senior American commander who blamed the growing problem to the length and difficulty of their combat missions.

Karzai: Afghans died in a war that was for US not us

Mon Mar 3, 2014 13:46:48

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has expressed grief that his country was the victim of a war which served interests of the US and its Western allies.

Thousands of US veterans face homelessness

Sun Jan 19, 2014 00:39:32

Thousands of US military veterans face homelessness and chronic conditions like alcoholism and post-traumatic stress disorder, despite millions of dollars in government spending on the group.

US to establish spying center in Bahrain

Fri Jan 17, 2014 00:31:39

The US government intends to establish an intelligence center in the Persian Gulf Kingdom of Bahrain in a bid to substitute its shrinking presence in the war-torn Afghanistan.

US troops kill Afghan toddler amid tension on security pact

Sat Jan 11, 2014 08:44:00

US forces stationed in Afghanistan have gunned down a four-year-old boy, and the incident prompted a rebuke from President Karzai who is refusing to sign a security pact with the US unless it gives assurances of civilian safety.

Karzai: US forces should stop going in our homes

Mon Nov 25, 2013 08:09:12

Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai has laid out several conditions to sign a controversial security deal with the United States.

Karzai: My trust in America is not good

Fri Nov 22, 2013 07:55:04

Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai says there is little trust between Washington and Kabul over a security pact and it should not come into effect until after next year's election.

Taliban fired 12 missiles at US-run Bagram airbase

Mon Oct 14, 2013 12:34:17

Taliban militants have fire at least 12 missiles on US-run Bagram airfield late Sunday night, local officials have confirmed.

US fails to win troop immunity in Afghan talks

Sun Oct 13, 2013 17:30:38

US-Afghan talks to allow 10,000 American military forces to remain in Afghanistan following the planned 2014 withdrawal of US-led NATO forces from the war-ravaged country has stalled over Washington’s demand for immunity of its forces against any legal prosecution.

US airstrike kills 5 Afghan police: NATO

Thu Aug 1, 2013 19:38:54

A US airstrike has killed at least five Afghan policemen during a joint operation against insurgents in the eastern province of Nangarhar, NATO says.

Five US troops killed in Afghan blast

Sat May 4, 2013 19:01:36

A roadside bomb killed five US troops in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar on Saturday, provincial officials said.