Showing posts with label Afghanistan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Afghanistan. Show all posts

Sunday, July 4, 2010

NATO Says Soldier Killed On Patrol In Afghanistan

 Afghanistan
KABUL — A soldier serving with NATO's forces in Afghanistan has been killed in the country's south, where the fight against the Taliban is at its fiercest, NATO said Monday.

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Four British soldiers killed in road accident in Afghanistan

Four British soldiers killed in road accident in Afghanistan
Four British soldiers died when their vehicle overturned on the way to investigate an incident at a checkpoint near Gereshk, in Helmand province.

Seven soldiers have died since the 300th casualty of the conflict was announced on Monday, making it one of the worst weeks in the nine years of the war in Afghanistan.

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Bomb blast kills 40 in Afghanistan wedding ceremony party

Afghanistan

Out of bed to 40 people were killed and additional than 70 "massive bombing in southern province of Kandahar wounded in attack on wedding ceremony party on Thursday, officials said.

Attackers Torch NATO Supply Convoy in Pakistan | Voanews

Pakistan

Gunmen have attacked the means of transportation stop outside of the U.S. property assembly of tankers and trucks bound for Afghanistan, NATO troops torching.

Pakistani officials said 10-15 armed men store the bullets began to shoot at least 30 trucks just before 10 km from Islamabad on Tuesday. He said the attackers fled, cars and bikes.

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Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Krishna in US, Indo-US strategic talks tomorrow

Krishna in US

India and U.S. are set to hold their first strategic dialogue here in the morning where the two sides are expected to discuss the Afghanistan-Pakistan situation and bilateral cooperation against terror.

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Beckham visits British troops in Afghanistan

David Beckham

Soccer player David Beckham has verbal about his reverence for the British troops, while a visit to Afghanistan.

The 35-year-old previous England captain has set for Helmand region - where about 8,000 British troops are based - on Fridays.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Afghan insurgents attack Bagram air base

Afghan


Insurgent launch a bold pre-dawn attack Wednesday alongside the giant US-run Bagram Air Field one day after a suicide bomber struck a U.S. convoy in the capital Kabul, killing 18 people. Kabul dead incorporated five American soldiers and one Canadian, and was the fatal attack on NATO in the Afghan capital in eight months.

A spokesman for the Taliban Zabaiullah Mujahid claim blame for the attacks, said 20 suicide bombers were concerned.

Tuesday a suicide bomber attacked a NATO group in Kabul, killing 18, counting five NATO soldiers.

Suicide attack in Kabul kills 12, wounds 47

Kabul

The suicide attack under fire the convoy of the NATO-led troops Tuesday morning in the Afghan capital Kabul, dozens of people were killed and over 40 other continued injuries, said all the civilian Interior Ministry in a declaration.

"Preliminary in order shows that 12 innocent civilians were martyred and 47 sustained injuries in the second suicide car bomb attack against ISAF forces, the statement emphasize.

Monday, May 17, 2010

Plane carrying 43 crashes in Afghanistan: ministry

Plane carrying

An airliner carrying 42 persons on an interior flight between Kunduz and Kabul has not working in a mountainous region in northern Afghanistan.

The plane lost radio get in touch with in flight from the capital Kabul and the northern city of Kunduz. It had 38 passengers and five crew members, Interior Ministry spokesman Zemarai Bashary told AFP.

Friday, April 30, 2010

Afghanistan debut in morning show

Afghanistan

Afghanistan makes his big screen first appearance Saturday morning shows a dormant, suddenly became a big hit with defying a script on paper for them. A team from the war-ravaged, dysfunctional country where half of their players born in refugee camps, they narrowly missed the topic of the 2007 World Cup, but makes up for it with this competition. They have astonished many an associate team through their amazing rise from Division Five to a world occasion. But they know that they will meet - the pace of Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh spin, it can be of MS Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh - is nothing like anything they have experienced so far.